MAU MAU - A UK Street Artist without border

An established artist on the street art scene and a homegrown southwest talent, Mau Mau has been putting his artwork on canvas and bombing public spaces for over a decade.

As well as his exploits in the art world, he has worked on video animations for Dizzee Rascal and The Herbaliser and created album covers and logos for Skitz (including the new release Sticks Man) Rodney P, Roots Manuva and Estelle.

He is currently producing thought provoking street-smart designs for THTC’s eco trendy clothing. Not by any means a stranger to the fashion industry, back in the 90’s Mau Mau worked on his own clothing label – Sewerside - producing iconic designs that gained a cult following.

Mau Mau has quite literally tagged the world - painting pieces all over the UK, America, Jamaica, Thailand, and Australia. His distinctive style often comes with a message – ideas prompted by political and environmental topics and served with a typically ironic British twist.

STREET ART BY MAKATRON

 Mike Maka is a painter who works in a variety of media including street art, canvas and illustration. He has travelled and created work around the world, painting the Berlin Wall to the River Ganges. He received a scholarship at 20 to study art in New York, which lead to working as a bike messenger for 10 years in 10 cities, and leaving his mark on many walls.  Mike has exhibited extensively through Australia as well as group shows in Brazil, Japan and New York,  and has works in private and public collections locally and abroad, including aquisitions by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

His work is preoccupied with the interface between man, beast and machine. Presenting a visual riot that stimulates the mind, Mike’s art conveys an imperative message to those confined in the concrete jungle to stay connected to the animal within them that lives in the natural world.

He is based in Melbourne Australia.

CHALK ART by David Zinn

David Zinn has been creating original artwork in and around Ann Arbor since 1987, serving all manner of clients from small shops to major municipalities. His artistic style and professional approach are grounded in a desire to communicate concepts clearly, and with a sense of humor where appropriate. David has created posters, business logos, book illustrations, educational cartoons, museum signage, t-shirt designs, murals, greeting cards, environmental superheroes, corporate allegories and hand-painted dump trucks. His artwork has been reproduced in Canada, England, Scotland, South Korea, Japan, and Australia, and can also be found on the inside of dumpsters in Ann Arbor and the outside of buses in Anchorage.

David is a self-taught artist with a B.A. in Creative Writing and English Language from the Residential College of the University of Michigan. He has taught creative writing, scenic painting, and theatrical makeup design, performed in and directed several Gilbert & Sullivan operas, recorded audiobooks, and hosted two children's radio shows (The Rug Rat Revue on WCBN-FM and The Mud Pie Cafe on Michigan Radio). David is also a passionate sidewalk chalk artist, an avid whistler, and a haphazard ukulele player.