ROA (artist)

ROA Mural in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Painted in 2011 in the Range of his Exhibition: "Transit", at the Skalitzers Gallery.
ROA's numbat in Fremantle
Snails, Lagos, Portugal
Artwork depicting birds in Katowice, Poland

ROA (born c. 1976)[1] is the pseudonym of a graffiti artist from Ghent, Belgium. He has created works on the streets of cities across Europe, the United States, Australia, Asia and New Zealand.[2]

ROA generally paints wild/urban animals and birds that are native to the area being painted.[3] ROA usually uses a minimal color pallet, such as black, white, but also creates works using vibrant colours depicting flesh and/or internal systems within the animals and birds.[2]

In 2011

ROA came to particular notice in the UK when Hackney council threatened to paint over one of his paintings, a 3.5m high rabbit. The rabbit had been legally painted on the wall of The Premises Studios in Hackney Road, London.[1] A campaign was launched to keep the mural, by the building's owners and local residents, forcing the council to change its mind.[4]

While exhibiting works at Perth's Form Gallery, ROA was commissioned by the City of Fremantle to leave his mark on Fremantle, in about 12 hours ROA created a 25-metre (82 ft) mural of a Numbat which he chose because it is a local endangered species.[5]

In 2010, ROA participated in the Cologne CityLeaks Festival and painted a mural in Ehrenfeld at Senefelderstrasse 5[6]

In August 2012 ROA took part in the See No Evil street art festival in Bristol, England, creating a two-storey high fox on the side of a building.[7]

In January 2014 ROA visited Dunedin in New Zealand and painted a tuatara mural on a building on Bath Street.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Gabbatt, Adam (25 October 2010). "ROA's graffiti rabbit faces removal by Hackney council". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Roa @ Galerie Itinerrance". Graffiti Art Magazine (Paris). 2 February 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "ROA at North West Walls (BE)", CityKingZ, 3 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Coleman, Jasmine (10 November 2010). "Council u-turn in row over ROA graffiti rabbit in Hackney Road". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  5. ↑ Catanzaro, Joseph (31 October 2011). "Artist springs mural surprise on Freo". The West Australian. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Groffman, Adam (17 March 2014). "Street Art by ROA in Cologne’s Ehrenfeld Neighborhood". Travels of Adam.
  7. ↑ "Bristol's street art bonanza: See No Evil 2012 – in pictures". Guardian.co.uk. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "ROA New Mural - Dunedin, New Zealand", Street Art News, 24 January 2014.

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