theartofchase

For Antonissen Development Group in Antwerp, Belgium

The finished work for a super fun project with an amazing team in my hometown of Antwerp, Belgium. Together, we launched ‘Anversa’—Belgium’s largest student living complex, which will feature 223 student flats, community spaces, and much more. The project incorporates the ‘bones’ of the current site into the new construction, symbolized by my remix of Rubens’ portrait. As a nod to the theme, I integrated the typography 'in with the new' into the brim of his hat.

For The Hive in Mar Vista, Los Angeles

The superfood cafe The Hive recently opened their third location in Los Angeles, this time in the Venice Beach adjacent neighborhood of Mar Vista. As with the previous locations, I designed and painted all of the interior walls to be vibrant and playful with good vibes all around.

For Shamrock Capital in Westwood, Los Angeles

Shamrock Capital is a Los Angeles-based investment firm with a rich history of investing in the media, entertainment, and communications sectors. They currently have $4.4 billion of assets under management. The mural I painted at their offices incorporates company mantra as well as some of the IP they own; from 3/4 of Dr. Dre’s music catalog to the film ‘The Sixth Sense.’

1-800-CONNECT on Jefferson blvd

Upgraded public pay phone on Jefferson blvd next to the legendary Mel’s Fish Shack.

It goes without saying, but the world was a different place before the internet and cellphones. We’d head out in the morning to skate, paint, or whatever, and meet up with friends at a few spots around the city. If you didn’t find them at one, you’d run into them at another - or on the way there. You had a general sense of when dinner was and somehow just made it back home, unreachable the whole time.

Being connected like we are today has its upsides, but we’re also constantly distracted - if not outright addicted - to our phones. The dopamine-driven feedback loops keep us hooked: texting, checking likes, posting and doomscrolling.

Beyond the nostalgia, pay phones represent a time that felt freer, more innocent, less fragmented by distraction. With the last pay phone recently removed from NYC, these actions are my attempt to make them just a little harder to erase from the streets of LA.