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Alexandre Farto aka Vhils was born in Portugal in 1987. He was raised in Portugal, during a period that was deeply affected by the revolution. The Carnation Revolution of 1974 affected Lisbon and other parts of Portugal. As a youth he witnessed the destruction and results of violence on the walls of the city and recognized how that affected an environment.

He studied at the University of the Arts in London, Central Saint Martins and Byam Shaw Fine Art Skills and Practices. He gained prominence when his work of a...

The LA Art Show begins this week in Downtown Los Angeles (January 14^th-18^th). The iconic art fair is celebrating its 20^th Anniversary. Founded in 1994, the show has grown from a small regional event to become the largest and longest running platform for fine art, bringing in more than 120 galleries representing 22 countries. Over the duration of its 20 years the LA Art Show has evolved along with the Los Angeles art scene. This particular fair brings together all kinds of art, mediums, and venues to offer a truly diverse platform for the equally diverse LA art market. Sparking global...

It was at the end of the 1980s when Mist discovered graffiti along the railroads of the RER (REGIONAL EXPRESS RAIL) while going to a graphic art school in Paris. Captivated by what he saw, he created his first graffiti piece in 1988. His paintings, with their slightly acid colors and wildstyle shapes, leave a lasting impression on the viewer and have made their mark on contemporary urban culture. Mist currently lives and works in Montpellier, France.

Freeway Editions worked exclusively with Mist to create a unique series of hand-painted screen prints for our online art gallery. Take a look at...

Freeway Editions has written about the work of Rimi Yang before but only specifically about her prints and small works. Although a talented print artist who straddles borders in contemporary art, Yang’s work is primarily done on canvas therefore today we focus on her talents as an oil painter.

Rimi Yang is a Korean artist who was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. Yang moved to L.A. in the early 90’s to attend school and study art and since has been living and working in Los Angeles ever since.
Yang is known...

Freeway Editions is starting 2015 off by featuring the work of Charlie Anderson. An emerging artist with an exciting new twist on pop art, Anderson creates detailed paintings by layering text, images, and appropriated forms to produce a new style of painting.

Charlie Anderson is a contemporary urban inspired painter. He graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2009 and since has been developing his unique style of pop-art painting. He employs imagery from magazines, flyers, advertising and political campaigns to create collage styled paintings that make commentary on our throwaway society. By layering images and deconstructing text and forms, Anderson highlights...