ARTIST BIOGRAPHY AND STATEMENT

Trek6 has created a vast and unique body of work that spans three decades, a diversity of mediums, and a multitude of cities and cultures. His works are an experiment in resonance through the use of color, line, and rhythm that examine historic, indigenous and regionally relevant iconography. Portraits clash against lines smashed by color patterns and fragmented by shapes, creating dynamic and vibrant compositions. In contrast to his formal art training, the artist’s upbringing as a graffiti writer generates a duality which allows for a variety of techniques and styles to converge in his work, drifting from acrylic to aerosol, including soundscape compositions and installations.

“I’ve created a cosmic slop where mysticism, Afro/Puerto Rican culture and urban life can sit together in unison. This gives me the space to explore everything from my ancestors, to growing up in Miami in the ‘80s and ‘90s during a time of violence towards graffiti and abstract concepts, in a cohesive but loose language that’s visually interesting but not restricted by any thematic or aesthetic other than my own artistic thumbprint.”

Works by Trek6 have been featured in movies, music videos, and in television shows such as the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, the Showtime network mini-series “The Franchise”, and commercials for companies including Samsung and ESPN, featuring notable talent including LeBron James. Trek6 has traveled the world participating in many street art and neighborhood beautification projects including Hawaii’s POW WOW and Puerto Rico’s Santurce Es Ley project. He has received coverage from media sources worldwide such as Miami Herald, Huffington Post, USA Today and various art blogs. In 2013, he was awarded Street Artist of the Year and Mural of the Year by the Miami New Times. In 2014, Trek6 inaugurated an exhibit entitled “Messenger” at the HistoryMiami Museum, in conjunction with the city of Miami and the Bob Marley Family. In 2015, Trek6 became the first live painter and street artist to be featured in NYC Fashion Week alongside designers Naeem Khan and Christian Louboutin. That same year, his work was selected for a label commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Blue Moon Brewing Company.

“Real bad boys move in silence,” a song lyric by KRS-One, is a fitting way to describe Trek6, who has forged his own path of artistic innovation to create a bold body of work that connects the narrative of generations.