Photography by Lanny Nguyen and Ian Lundie
Ryan Bubnis
Mural Location: Great Oaks Skatepark, Snow Drive & Giusti Drive, San Jose
Ryan Bubnis is a multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, and educator based in Portland, Oregon. Bold, graphic and deceptively simple, Bubnis’ imagery lives in the space between the abstract and representational. Equally influenced by DIY culture, art history, illustration, and design, he explores themes of memory, nostalgia, good vibes, and the human condition. Bubnis has collaborated with a number of commercial clients and agencies and his work has been exhibited across the U.S. and abroad. He is currently an Assistant Professor at The Pacific Northwest College of Art and is usually covered in cat hair.
Camer1
Mural Location: 5652 Cottle Road, San Jose
Cameron "Camer1" Moberg's art often has a theme of life, nature, positivity and spirituality. Growing up surrounded by concrete buildings and urban blight, Cameron wanted to contrast his surroundings by changing the mood of his community. Bringing nature in to a place where nature is lacking can often inspire and bring warmth to a cold, hard environment. Painting things of love and hope can often help someone make better decisions and continue persevering in hard times. Cameron resides in San Francisco with his wife and two sons where he paints mural and canvases. He is heavily involved in his community teaching classes for all ages. He curates gallery shows and art festivals as his desire is to see other artists pursue their passion or art and business.
Cobre
Mural location: 6293 San Ignacio Avenue, San Jose
Jessica Eastburn
Mural location: 21 E. Virginia Street, San Jose
Jessica Eastburn currently lives and works in Oakland, CA. She received her BA in Liberal Studies from Portland State University and her MFA in Pictorial Art from San Jose State University. She was born in the United States in the early 1980’s, and as such, she witnessed the consumeristic excess of the end of the 20th century as well as the evolution of the rapidly advancing digital technology which has come to dominate and define contemporary life. These factors provide the locus points which Eastburn’s work both responds to and expands upon, conceptually and technically. The advent of this digital technology has inundated people with information, most of it unimportant, trivial, or outright useless. Eastburn’s work mimics this contemporary digital overload by illustrating liminal, arbitrary, and incongruous information, which takes the form of swatches and snippets of patterns and motifs, and layers of pop culture iconography that all overlap and overshadow one another to create a pastiche of ephemeral media flotsam. The information presented in the works is often disparate and random, allowing the viewer to concoct their own narrative with the given images. The process of creating the work is the antithesis of “drag and drop” digital technology, since everything is drawn and painted entirely by hand using antiquated technology such as the ruler and compass to sketch out the works, and gouache (an opaque watercolor), cel-vinyl (for inking cartoons), airbrush and spray paint.
Kaplan
Mural Location: 5585 Cottle Road, San Jose
Kaplan Bunce is an Artist, wood-maker and the 2015 President of the Kaua’i Pow Wow Council in Kauai. The Kaua’i Powwow Council is a non-profit organization. This council was established to provide a cultural event, and a traditional Native American Powwow, for the Kaua’i community. In 1998, the Articles of Incorporation were filed and the organization was granted status as a 501-C3 non-profit cultural and educational organization, under the name of The Circle of Friends; Relatives of First Americans, DBA Kaua’i Powwow Council or (KPC).
Alice Lee
Mural Location: 5585 Cottle Road, San Jose
Alice Lee is an independent illustrator and artist who loves drawing and designing physical experiences for other people. She draws illustrations, creates illustration brand systems with heart, paints murals, and designs physical installations and experiences that bring people closer together.
Spenser Little
Mural Location: Various locations; no longer viewable
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Spenser Little is a self-taught artist who has been bending wire for the last 15 years, allowing his creativity to morph into images that range from simple wordplay to complex portraits. He has related his wire work to a mixture of playing chess and illustration, as the problem-solving component of the work is what continues to inspire himself to create larger and more complex pieces. Some works contain moving components and multiple wires, but mostly the pieces are formed from one continuous piece of wire that is bent and molded to Little’s will. He has left the wire sculptures all over the world, in locations that range from the Eiffel Tower to bottom of caves, their location selected with little discernment only for the piece to be finally realized at the moment that someone discovers the surprise piece of art.
Orly Locquiao
Mural Location: 21 E. Virginia Street, San Jose
Born in the Philippines, Orly came to California at a young age and has been tattooing for over 20 years. Owner of Humble Beginnings, he has mastered the art of South Pacific and Polynesian tattooing, styles that are deeply rooted in tradition and symbolism. In addition to running his tattoo shop, Orly and his brother Jae run Cukui, a clothing company that expresses his commitment to staying rooted.
Shayne Oseguera
Mural Location: 97-83 Roundtable Drive, San Jose
Shayne’s career began on the streets of the Bay Area at the age of 13 years old. A mixture of his upbringing and Latinx heritage heavily influence his art, often turning to Aztec and Mayan lore as his source of inspiration. Believing that cave and wall paintings were the turning point of creativity for humankind; Shayne hopes to create impactful and enjoyable works of art through public murals.
Drew Roulette
Mural location: 21 E. Virginia Street, San Jose
Stephany Sanchez
Mural Location: Great Oaks Skatepark, Snow Drive & Giusti Drive, San Jose
Wooden Wave
Mural Location: 170 Jackson Street, San Jose
Born and raised in Hawaiʻi, Matthew and Roxanne Ortiz are a husband and wife art duo who collaborate under the name Wooden Wave. Their work has a hand-drawn aesthetic that reflects a playful sensibility and appreciation for draftsmanship. Frequently using treehouses as their subject matter, the art of Wooden Wave presents a whimsical take on the notion of the sustainably integrated community. The treehouse, as a symbol, exudes a nostalgic sense of possibility and represents the ultimate icon for adventure. But beyond the obvious romanticism of a dwelling built in the canopy, the inclusion of solar panels, water catchment, aquaponics, and green roof systems make each composition relevant to the environmental issues of today.
In addition to Hawaii, they have painted murals in California, Washington, Nevada, Massachusetts and Washington, DC. Wooden Wave also specializes in illustration and design, having done logos and apparel images for a variety of clients including comedian George Lopez and boxer Floyd Mayweather. They’ve designed shoe collections for the footwear company Olukai, and continue to do creative work for the brand. Roxy and Matt have exhibited their fine art paintings in Hawaii and abroad, including two exhibitions with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. In 2019, Matt was a contestant on NBC’s craft competition show, “Making It.”
