Knowledge Bennett

"From One Comes Many"

Knowledge Bennett is a self-taught visual artist currently based in Los Angeles, California. Well versed in the rich history of the 1960’s American Pop Art Movement, Knowledge’s work displays a purposeful familiarity yet possesses a deeper and more meaningful conceptual understanding. Recent works have been featured in numerous international art fairs and exhibitions as well as media outlets such as Vogue Magazine, The New York Times, Huffington Post, and Artsy.

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GERMS

"Poodle Doodle"

South Los Angeles native Jaime Zacarias aka GERMS is seemingly infected with an innate ability to channel the spirits of our surrealist predecessors, slapping our eyeballs with his grotesque yet amusing iconography and ameoba like characters while simultaneously referencing post-Chicano culture and imagery. He is known for cleverly stylized Luchador masks given life by their protruding tentacles, surrounded by floating amoebas that playfully flirt with their viewers' imaginations.

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John Valadez

"You Live"

John M. Valadez has been making significant artwork for over 40 years in the Southern California region. His work has come to define an iconography of Chicano experience in the city. Valadez had a 35-year retrospective at The San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla in 2012 that was critically acclaimed. Valadez was one of the founding members of the Public Arts Center in Highland Park. Valadez has had several solo exhibitions in Los Angeles galleries, as well as in San Francisco and New York.