Press Uncategorized | July 12, 2017

Urban Art Fair Recap

JONATHAN LEVINE PROJECTS’ SELECTION FOR URBAN ART FAIR NYC Jonathan LeVine Projects has put on an impressive selection for Urban Art Fair New York in booth 6.02. Their exhibit features work by Augustine Kofie, DALeast, Dan Witz, EVOL, Faith47 and Prefab77. Also on view will be a selection of twenty limited edition prints by an... read more
News | November 1, 2014

Recap Greetings From NYC

Last month Jonathan Levine Gallery presented Greetings From New York City, in association with Urban Nation Berlin. The project included a group exhibition featuring works by 12 artists and a large scale public mural by DALeast. Images courtesy of the artist and Henrik Haven.   In addition to the mural, 5 artists in the exhibition also created new... read more
News | October 12, 2014

DALeast mural in Poland

DALeast recently painted a mural in Lodz, Poland for the Urban Form Project.  In the artist’s words: "The deer represents the figure of the motherland. Birds are roosting and taking off above her while her body separates them from a thunderstorm underneath. She is an individual being and the source of all emotions, a play is being... read more
News | September 22, 2014

DALeast mural in New Zealand

DALeast recently participated in the Dunedin Mural Project in New Zealand, with a wall located on 25 Stafford Street. The subject of his mural, titled Defoliation, is the landing motion of Haast’s eagle—an extinct indigenous species from the south island of New Zealand, commonly accepted to be the Pouakai of Maori legend. The species was... read more
News | September 16, 2014

DALeast mural in Portland, OR

DALeast recently painted a walll for FFTT, a public mural project in Portland, Oregon. Located on SE 6th Avenue and SE Yamhill Street, the mural titled Persistent Parabola, was inspired by an old Chinese proverb: Water can carry a boat, it can also turn it upside down. In the artist’s words: "I imagine my life journey is like... read more
News | September 9, 2014

DALeast mural on St Marks, NY

While in town for The Laten Photon, his solo exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, DALeast created a large-scale public mural located on St. Marks Place, between Avenue A and 1st Avenue.
News | August 13, 2013

DALeast mural for Dumbo Walls

In conjunction with 10 Years of Wooster Collective: 2003—2013, a group exhibition curated by Marc & Sara Schiller, Chinese-born, South Africa-based artist DALeast created a large-scale public mural for Dumbo Walls, located beneath an underpass on York and Pearl Street in Brooklyn. Here are some photos documenting his process, shot by Daniel Greenfeld, courtesy of Dumbo Improvement District.
Video | November 27, 2012

DALeast video

This time-lapse video features Chinese-born, South Africa-based artist DALeast painting a large-scale mural in Rochester NY, in the Summer of 2012. This piece was part of a project created by the Synthesis Collaborative and featured in the documentary Wall/Therapy. Produced by: Ian Wilson and Philip Night Directed and Edited by: Jeff Coles Smith Music by:... read more