Danielle Mastrion Explained

Danielle Mastrion (born 1982) [1] is a New York City-based mural artist. She is also a painter and aerosol artist.[2] She was raised in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,[3] and studied fine arts at the Parsons School of Design, where she received her BFA in illustration. Among her street murals are “The Notorious B.I.G.” in Bushwick, Brooklyn;[4] DJ Kool Herk;[5] Beastie Boys singer MCA;[6] “Little Girls” in Flatbush, Brooklyn;[7] and a portrait of New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm for the 2019 opening of the Shirley Chisholm State Park.[8]

Her first solo art exhibition was held in March 2013 at MY NY in Brooklyn.[9] In 2012 she was Art Battles’ NYC Champion. She is a teaching artist with Creative Art Works in New York City, and is trained in oil painting and has a background in live painting. Her work appeared in the A&E channel's “In Focus” series; “Made Mondays” for New Balance; Budweiser's ad campaign “Respect the Hustle;” and Spike Lee’s Netflix series “She's Gotta Have It.” Her art was also featured in the documentaries “No Free Walls,” and “Street Heroines."[10]

Her art has been exported to cities outside of New York[11] as well, including Los Angeles, Miami,[12] Newark, Washington DC, and Arecibo, Puerto Rico. In addition she has competed art projects outside the United States, including in Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Berlin,[13] Israel,[14] England and Paris,[15] [16] France.[17] [18]

At the end of 2018 Mastrion participated in a dual art exhibit with fellow street artist and muralist Lexi Bella, at the 3rd ETHOS Gallery in Brooklyn, called The Grit & The Glam.[19] She has also painted subjects representing world events and cultural icons, such as a mural dedicated to and in solidarity with the kidnapping of 270 Nigerian school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram; political leaders such as Nelson Mandela, and for French painter and sculptor Marcel Duchamp. She has also painted human rights activists, including Malala Yousafzai.[20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: For Danielle Mastrion, There's Only One Way to Paint the Notorious B.I.G. in a New Light. www.villagevoice.com. 18 March 2015 . 2019-07-07.
  2. Web site: Artist Spotlight: Danielle Mastrion. 2017-03-25. CANVS. en-US. 2019-07-07.
  3. Web site: Wonder Woman of the Walls: Danielle Mastrion. Street Art Sold Magazine. en. 2019-07-08.
  4. Web site: Street Art Candy: The Notorious B.I.G. by Danielle Mastrion. 2013-11-11. Bushwick Daily. 2019-07-07.
  5. Web site: Visual Culture: Artist Danielle Mastrion Celebrates Kool Herc + 40 Years of Hip-Hop. LargeUp. 12 August 2013 . en-US. 2019-07-08.
  6. Web site: About Danielle Mastrion. www.citizenm.com. 2019-07-07.
  7. Web site: "Little Kids" By Danielle Mastrion – Seminar One: Arts in NYC. eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu. 2019-07-07.
  8. Web site: First phase of Shirley Chisholm State Park debuts in Brooklyn. Ricciulli. Valeria. 2019-07-02. Curbed NY. 2019-07-07.
  9. Web site: Danielle Mastrion: "My NY". First NYC Solo Show. (Brooklyn, NY). en-US. 2019-07-07.
  10. Web site: Danielle Mastrion. Next Level. en-US. 2019-07-07.
  11. Web site: Where to find New York City's best street art. Planet. Lonely. 2015-07-22. Lonely Planet. en. 2019-07-08.
  12. Web site: A blogger exposed: what does my Street Art top 5 tell you? ASA - Amsterdam Street Art. ccartlover. en-US. 2019-07-08.
  13. Web site: DANIELLE MASTRION. walkofarttours. 2014-01-17. Walk of Art. en. 2019-07-08.
  14. Web site: Graffiti in the Knesset. Press. Viva Sarah. Israel21c. 30 March 2014 . en-US. 2019-07-08.
  15. Web site: A Conversation with Lexi Bella and Danielle Mastrion on The Grit & The Glam, a Dual Art Exhibit at 3rd Ethos Gallery. Openletr. en-US. 2019-07-08.
  16. Web site: Danielle Mastrion 2. ArtBattles. ArtBattles. ArtBattles. en. 2019-07-08.
  17. Web site: Danielle Mastrion Art. 2016-12-13. Raw Femme. en-US. 2019-07-08.
  18. Web site: Danielle Mastrion: Flower Tower. 212 Arts. en-US. 2019-07-08.
  19. Web site: The Grit & The Glam: Dual Art Exhibit by Lexi Bella and Danielle Mastrion. Mills. T. K.. 2018-11-26. Well Pleased We Dream. en-US. 2019-07-08.
  20. Web site: Danielle Mastrion: Mural Biographies. 2015-09-13. Visionary Artistry Magazine. en-US. 2019-07-08.

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