2H
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2H (born 1983 in Texas) is a prolific contemporary american artist. 2H works in both fine arts media, such as painting; Street art, such graffitti,wheatpasting,stencils; as well as digital and commercial media. He attempts to blur the boundaries between high and low art. He appropriates popular themes from mass media and pop culture while useing his own unique style coined 2Hism, then turns them into large Paintings, Installations, or occasionally marketable commercial goods such as prints,clothing etc while trying to maintain his independent focus from selling out to large global corporate intities.
2H was born in 1983 in Denton Texas, where he grew up splitting his time from his divorced artistic parents between a small suburban area and in the rural countryside on a large cattle ranch owned by his grandparents. 2H started as a self taught artist through a development of studying nature,comic books,legos,toys,cartoons, social interactions and daily life. He pursued his passion for art starting at a very young age constantly practicing his craft. This cost him however, Drawing left little patience or time for the artist with his school studies. constantly labeled the class clown for acting out when bored in school. Skipping math class to draw or paint. The artist moved with his family to Eugene OR. during his 8th grade year of school. 2H later on decided against much opposition to opt out of the traditional public school system which he felt was corrupt,and focus on his abilities as an artist on his own. Learning on his own through reading and roaming the streets, he became immersed in underground Hip-Hop culture, and began studying music and useing the music and the culture it formed to develop his own unique style through new and exciting graffitti elements. Around the year 2000 he moved from Oregon to Seattle WA. to continue his path as an artist. He began producing larger works and constantly making new work for the streets of the city as well as for Galleries,Cafe's, Anywhere a new artist could hang up work he wanted to participate. Later on becoming the second member of the "Pocket Full of Monsters" artist collective started by another artist he met from Hawaii,Aaron Martin aka Angry Woebots. Angry Woebots moved to Seattle from Hawaii and they worked together on different projects including live painting for large audience's at Hip hop show's or clubs. As the collective grew more people became members from all corners of the world through the use of the internet,and the artist's involved popularity and skills advanced. The artist still live's in Seattle WA. today and continue's to show his work internationally and his skill and evolution as an artist continue's to further the movement of the contemporary art world in which he works.
List of exibitions 2005 Schmancy show Canibal flower L.A. U92 insurgents 1020 design studio Thinkspace Gallery L.A. Quality of Life movie premiere Gallery showcase AZ. Nucleus gallery L.A. Aristocrats Bauhaus show Marcus's Martini show Moksha show Olive Dolce Gallery Olive Dolce Gallery Pocket Full of Monsters show Olive Dolce Gallery clock show Snowboard Connection Ltd Run Run Gallery 1988 L.A.
2006
- RUCA ANP show with Rich Jacobs,Matt Gordon,Kelsey Brookes
- Seattle Center On Contemporary Art show
- KID ROBOT Munny toy show
- Utility design inc. show
- Moksha Mural installation
- Vain
- Alibi Room Solo show
- Picks of the Harvest 3 at Thinkspace in L.A.
- Schmancy show
- Sno:con RVCA ANP show
Currently still producing work
for more information on the artist 2H visit his website or www.myspace.com/2H
