Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 1998-2001 Mercer County Community College Associate’s Degree

Professional Experience

  • 2016-2020 Curate Murals on Front for Levitt Amp Festival
  • 2016-2011 Co-Organized Windows of Soul Project with Sage Coalition
  • 2005- Present Organizer/ Lead Promoter  Jersey Fresh Jam
  • 2012-2018 Interactive Projects Art All Night Trenton
  • 2009 “Urban Arts Festival” organized and painted live, State Theater, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 2008 “State of the Arts” organized arts in City of Trenton’s Heritage Days Festival
  • 2008 “CONCRETE ALCHEMY” Part of Art Tour From NY- MD (15 artists, 11 days, 5 major cities, 3 galleries
  • 2007 “New Jersey Graffiti Festival” organized month-long festival with over 70 artists, 2 exhibits, workshops, and 2 graffiti jams.

Mural Projects

  • 2022 Indigenous Walls Project, Use Your Medicine collab Lucious/Lawst, Asheville, NC
  • 2022 The Remix Studio, Christina Seix Academy,  collab with  Busta, Trenton, NJ
  • 2022 Increase The Peace Murals- 3-part peace mural series, Trenton, NJ
  • 2022 Lots Of Lots Of Love Mural, Collaborating Artist, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2021 A Journey Forward, A Covid Remembrance, Ground Mural, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 2021 Good Life Mural collab with Decoy, Maxx Moses, 220ft x 20 ft, Baltimore, MD
  • 2020 Latido Del Corazon De La Ciudad Mural, 80ft x 25ft, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 2020 Diversity Murals, Lead Artist, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
  • 2020 (S)Heroes Among Us Mural, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2020 We Are Survivors Mural- 3-part Covid mural series, Trenton, NJ
  • 2020 Aerosol: Graffiti | Street Art | New Jersey |Morris Museum, Morris, NJ
  • 2020-2019 Cure Insurance Arena (3) 35ft x 15ft  Murals, Trenton, NJ
  • 2019 Raritan River Ways Mural, 50ft x 25ft, New Brunswick, NJ 
  • 2019 Jerome Gonzalez Mural collaboration with Elan, 100ft x 20ft, Somerville, NJ
  • 2019 Mural Installation Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
  • 2018 Beautiful Broad Street Mural 100ft x 20ft, Trenton, NJ
  • 2018 A Vision For Trenton Mural 9ft x 40ft, Trenton, NJ
  • 2018 Growth Billboard Mural 8ft x 25ft, Trenton, NJ
  • 2016 City of Dreams Mural Collaboration with Will Kasso, 30ft x 25ft, Trenton, NJ

Teaching Experience

  • 2011-Present Vicious Styles/ Art Of The Spray,  Graffiti Art Class,Trenton, NJ
  • 2021 Community Liason, Capital City Farm, Trenton, NJ
  • 2019 Drumthwacket/Artworks Youth Street Art Project, Princeton, NJ
  • 2015-2012 Creative Fridays After School Program, Princeton, NJ
  • 2008-2003 21st Century Afterschool Program “Wall Power”, Trenton, NJ

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2014 “Politically Incorrect” Exhibit, Trenton Social, Trenton, NJ
  • 2013 “Shut The F*ck  Up and Paint” Exhibit, Gallery 219, Trenton, NJ
  • 2005 “Eric Kennedy vs. Leon Rainbow”, Café Ole, Trenton, NJ

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2018 Two-Man show “Leon and Mel” with Mel Leipzig 
  • 2014 Featured on NJTV Terracycle Gets Annual Graffiti Makeover at Jersey Fresh Jam By Maddie Orton
  • 2014 New York Times Caption for “Politically Incorrect” Exhibit
  • 2011 Bangkok and Blacklight, Group Exhibition, Smile Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
  • 2006 “Going Global, Breaking Boundaries” 5-person traveling show Philadelphia, Millville, NJ
  • 2005 “FRESH – A Kaleidoscope of Sound”,  City Without Walls Art Gallery, Newark, NJ
  • 2004 Group Show for the MASS MOCA North Adams, MASS
  • 2001 Ellarslie Museum “Ellarslie Open XIX “ juried group exhibit
  • 2001 NJ State Museum juried group exhibit “Eyes on Trenton”

Press

  • 2022 ABC Action News, Peace Mural, It Starts With You
  • 2020 NJ.com, Artists paint positive messages on boarded-up businesses in Trenton
  • 2020 bloomberg.com, Graffiti and Grace Notes on the Lincoln Highway
  • 2018 Featured in Philadelphia Inquirer “Trenton arts after the gunfire: Meet the unlikely duo who give us hope”
  • 2018 Featured in Bricks and Mortar Magazine “All The Colors of the Rainbow”
  • 2014 Featured in Design NJ From the February/March 2014 Issue Graffiti as Art
  • 2013 Featured in Bucks Life Magazine
  • 2012 Featured in Airbrush Action Magazine
  • 2011 Featured in Princeton Magazine
  • 2011 Graffiti Backgrounds Featured in VH1’s Love & Hip Hop TV Show
  • 2011 Featured in Trenton Times for Graffiti Class
  • 2010 Featured on CNN for Jersey Fresh Jam
  • 2010 Mural Project ”Seasons” Featured in Washington Post
  • 2009 Featured in Business Weeks “Small Biz” Magazine

Selected Exhibitions Curated

  • 2012 Curated Outside/In Art Show at The Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts Millville, NJ
  • 2012 Guest Judge “Shazam, a call for Artists celebrating Urban Art” (an all media art show) at the Medford Arts Center.