Allison Torneros

Hueman

Hueman in her studio
Known for Graffiti
Street art

Allison Torneros, known as Hueman, is an Oakland-based[1] graffiti artist and painter.[2][3] Her best-known works include a Nike-commissioned portrait of Kobe Bryant,[4][5][6] a mural for P Diddy's Revolt TV office[7][8] and "Ritual", a 9-day, free-styled, floor-to-ceiling mural installation in a 5,000 sq foot warehouse space.[9][10] In 2013, Hueman was one of the first artists commissioned to paint a mural after Los Angeles lifted its street art ban.[11] Her biggest canvas to date has been a 90-foot wall at San Francisco's Ian Ross Gallery.[12][13] In May 2014, Hueman was named one of LA Weekly's People of the Year and was featured on a limited-edition cover of the issue.[14][15]

In 2015, she and Daniela Rocha, founder of Rocha Art, curated[16] Wander and Wayfare,[17] which featured murals painted around San Francisco by eight female street artists, as well as a gallery art show.[18] The event "will be an annual exhibition and mural festival that plans to brighten the future of the San Francisco art scene.[17]" In July, she also participated in the second annual series of Sea Walls: Murals for Oceans, organized by PangeaSeed in Cozumel, Mexico.[19] Hueman's latest solo exhibition Just One Moment runs September 19, 2015 through October 10, 2015 at Mirus Gallery in San Francisco.[20]

Hueman's signature style includes bright colors and elements of abstract portraiture. Her work has been described as a product of "free association." "Drawing first abstractly and without a definite idea, she will return to the work several times and refine images she sees in the primary, elemental composition."[21]

The name "Hueman" comes from the feelings she had after starting to paint murals for the first time. In a profile in Juxtapoz, she states,"I began painting murals after a dark period in my life when I felt like there was nothing left to lose, and when I painted big for the first time, it was like a light switch turned on. Once I got out of my studio and onto the street, I was using my entire body to paint, I was talking to people, I was collaborating, I was in the sun. I felt alive again. I literally felt human. That's where the name Hueman comes from."[22]

Since street art is a medium notoriously dominated by men, Hueman is especially notable as a female breakthrough artist.[23]

Hueman graduated from the University of California Los Angeles in 2008 with a degree in Design & Media Arts.[24] She is Filipino American.[25]

Solo Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ "Hueman". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  2. ↑ "ALLISON TORNEROS- HUEMAN REVOLUTION". YAY!LA.
  3. ↑ Kelly, Tara (June 4, 2012). "Allison Torneros, Artist, Creates 'Time Machine' Series (PHOTOS)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nike x Kobe Bryant". Complex Magazine.
  5. ↑ "Openings: "Kobe Prelude Experience" @ Nike Vault". Arrested Motion.
  6. ↑ "Nike launches nine-week campaign showcasing Kobe Bryant portraits". Insidesocal.com.
  7. ↑ "Revolt TV". Complex Magazine.
  8. ↑ "Portfolio Review: Hueman Tells the Stories Behind Her Colorful, Fragmented Portraits". Complex Magazine.
  9. ↑ "Allison "Hueman" Torneros’s "Ritual" at Think Tank Gallery". Hi-Fructose.
  10. ↑ "Recap: Allison "HUEMAN" Torneros Ritual Exhibition ~ Think Tank Gallery". LA Taco.
  11. ↑ "Being Hueman: Allison Torneros' New Mural in Los Angeles". Artslant.
  12. ↑ "How Street Art Made Me Hueman". Societe Perrier.
  13. ↑ "Watch This Timelapse of Hueman Painting an "Urduja Warrior Princess" Mural On a Wall 90 Feet Wide". Complex Magazine.
  14. ↑ "Allison "Hueman" Torneros: The Mad Muralist". LA Weekly.
  15. ↑ "L.A. Weekly People 2014". LA Weekly.
  16. ↑ ""Wander & Wayfare" Exhibit Celebrates Women Street Artists | 7x7". www.7x7.com. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  17. 1 2 "Wander and Wayfare • Rocha Art". Rocha Art. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  18. ↑ ""Wander & Wayfare" opens May 29th • Rocha Art". Rocha Art. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  19. ↑ "PangeaSeed". PangeaSeed. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  20. 1 2 3 "2015/09: HUEMAN, JUST ONE MOMENT | Mirus". www.mirusgallery.com. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  21. ↑ ""Shared Secrets" at Ian Ross Gallery". SFEnthusiast.com.
  22. ↑ Farr, Kristin (September 2015). "The Hueman Condition: A Wall-to-Wall Exploration of the Self". Juxtapoz.
  23. ↑ "Women street artists are focus of upcoming LALA Gallery exhibit". Los Angeles Times.
  24. ↑ "Cirriculum Vitae". Hueman Nature.
  25. ↑ "Landfall by Hueman". 1xRUN. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  26. ↑ "CV". HUEMAN. Retrieved 2015-09-13.

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