Local Art
Meet Our Artists
No Kings Collective
Brandon Hill + Peter Chang
They’re made to create. Hustling since 2009, No Kings Collective has worked with a family of hand-picked artists, designers and brands that share our vision. They run a design-build studio, creative agency and events production company, all rolled into one. They’re versatile. Kind of like a burrito.
Joshua Mays
Street Theory & Marka27
Street Theory is an award-winning creative agency that activates communities, spaces, and global brands through street-art, experiential marketing, cultural placemaking, branding and design, and is the creator of Bryant Street’s largest mural, “Edgewood Vibes.” Street Theory is an artist-owned agency, founded by Liza Quiñonez and renowned graffiti/ street-artist Marka27. Renowned for authentic experiences, bringing art and street culture into all aspects of life and work– from curating and producing events to empowering communities and working with some of today’s most talented and influential artists.
Chor boogie
/ JOAQUIN LAMAR HAILEY
MAXX MOSES
/ DANIEL HOPKINS
Kelly Towles
Kelly was born in the US in Ohio, then moved to Australia to grow up in the middle of the desert in Alice Springs. Kelly had kangaroos as pets and grew up watching BBC 1. This started the love affair with anime viewing shows such as Astro Boy, Danger Mouse, and Space Battleship Yamato. He returned to the US after middle school. Kelly Graduated from UMD where he meet his amazing wife Virginia. They currently have one son and a saucy Siberian husky.
Kelly Towles has painted murals in Tokyo, Taipei, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Austin, to name a few. Studio work is always pushing forward with engraved tile as a canvas. Currently based in Washington DC, Kelly Towles is the Director and Curator of DC Walls Mural Festival.
Wilfredo Valladares
Born in Trujillo Colon, Honduras, Wilfredo began his career as an artist and educator. It was due to his challenging perceptions as a teacher during a time of conflict in his country that it became necessary for Wilfredo to seek political asylum in the United States.
Wilfredo arrived in the early nineties where he continued his journey as an artist by attending Montgomery College, then Maryland Institute College of Art, graduating with a BFA in sculpture. He pursued and received an MFA in sculpture at the University of Maryland. It was evident that his chosen path would lead him to make contributions in the academic and artistic arenas.
He has been part of numerous artistic and educational events, such as group shows, solo exhibits, workshops, and environmental installations. In 1997, Wilfredo had his first international sculpture show in Milan, Italy, where he had the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse community of artists and curators.
Wilfredo’s work is designed to cross boundaries and move beyond the traditional paradigm of cross-cultural art.
Uneg
/Erick Sandoval Hofmann
Uneg is a Street Art artist from Mexico City, where Uneg has studied graphic design and communication at Escula National de artes plásticas. Mexican culture is of great importance to Uneg’s art, and through 16 years as a professional, he has developed an expression that fuses pop art and illustration into a style Uneg himself calls naive art. Uneg has traveled the world with his art and executed a large number of projects for major international brands, as well as participated in a multitude of festivals.
