HEKTAD

Instagram: @hektad._official

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

Hektad is a New York City graffiti pioneer who has been creating since 1982. Once you know his style of work, you’ll spot his other creations around the city — all based on love and making audiences smile.

ARLONCITO

Instagram: @Arloncito

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

Arloncito was born and raised in Washington Heights, went to school in Harlem and currently resides in the Bronx. He strongly identifies with 125th Street as the place where the whole neighborhood comes to commute.

SHIRO

Instagram: @shiro_one

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

MINHAFOFA

Instagram: @minhafofa

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

Marissa Molina is a graduate from City College and has been working as teaching artist in the Bronx and East Harlem for the past 12 years.

ANTONIO BROWN

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Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

CARYN CAST

Instagram: @caryncast

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

Caryn Cast creates murals, chalk portraits, and illustrations that often entail whimsy and animals doing “people things.” Her murals wind up in unusual places, anywhere from street alleys to restaurant bathrooms to cooking shows. Her mural for Grandscale is a tribute to Rose Meta Morgan, who by the 1940s owned and operated the largest African-American beauty parlor in the world.

GIA GUTIERREZ

Instagram: @artbygia

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

Giannina Gutierrez is a mixed-media artist based in East Harlem. Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and growing up in NYC, she draws from her vast palette of experiences, inspirations and landscapes to shape her ideas and inform her often dreamlike work.

ZIM

Instagram: @zim_arts

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

Joshua Griffin was born and raised in the Bronx, where he was heavily influenced by hip-hop culture. Often capturing still life figures from most of his peers, friends and family members, he immortalizes his everyday life and the people around him.

YSABEL ABREU

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Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

YELINE DEL CARMEN

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Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

PHES

Instagram: @mcmaniphes

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

Jon Souza, also known as Phes, is a Brazilian-American graffiti/mural artist, emcee, producer and educator. Born and raised in Harlem, he takes pride in representing the rich history of Harlem, particularly the connection to Black culture and arts. For Grandscale, he created this piece that depicts artist, actor, athlete and activist Paul Robeson.

MEKELL

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Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

NICOLE GARVIN

Instagram: @bronx.art.house

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

Nicole Garvin is a Bronx-based multidisciplinary artist whose work considers a diverse, democratic, design form. In 2016, she started Bronx Art House, and is currently a student in the City College of New York Master’s in Art History program. For Grandscale, she has created a large-scale variation of a sticker series that she's been working on for more than a decade.

THE ROYAL KING BEE

Instagram: @kingbeeuw

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

The Royal King Bee was born in Harlem and raised in The Bronx in the early 1970s. He began his career painting graffiti on walls until gathering recognition and eventually being commissioned to create art throughout the city of New York. King Bee still resides in The Bronx, where he continues to draw inspiration from the vibrant surroundings.

NANCY MENDEZ

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Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

CHRISTY AYALA

Instagram: @artbychristyayala

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

Christy Ayala is a self-taught Latina artist who was born in Harlem and raised in the Bronx. She is a co-founder of the artist collective Fantasy in Color alongside her late husband, Rob Ayala. Christy's artwork is inspired by personal experience and conveys a message of love and pain.

LAURA ALVAREZ

Instagram: @bigeyesworld

Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th

Laura Alvarez was born in Spain and moved to the Bronx in 2009, where she found a community that welcomed her and made her feel like home. Since that time, she founded Friends of Soundview Park to bring free art programming to the community, and co-founded the Bronx Arts Factory, nonprofit committed to unlocking the inner artist.

DANNY PEGUERO

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Location: Lexington b/t 125th & 124th