Indie184 Explained

Indie 184
Birth Name:	Soraya Marquez
Known For:	Feminist graffiti art
Style:	Wild-style, mixed media
Movement:	Graffiti
Partner:	Cope2^[1]
Signature Type:	Tag

Soraya Marquez (born 1980),^[2] better known by her pseudonym Indie184, is an American street artist known for her New York feminist graffiti style infused with feminine icons such as hearts, stars and bubbles.^[3] Her current work is a mixed media style incorporating painting of past American stars, graffiti, and stencil art on canvas or wall murals.^{[4] [5]} Indie’s art is inspired by old school New York graffiti artists such as Seen, LEE, West, Serve, and Cope2.

Marquez owns a streetwear brand, Kweens Destroy.^[6] Her graffiti art has been featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. In 2013, she was commissioned by MAC Cosmetics to create a makeup style purse. Marquez also worked as Rommel London's Chief Artistic Officer in partnership on Rimmel's “The Art of Beauty Campaign.”^[7] Her art has been featured in New York City's El Museo del Barrio and the Volklingen Ironworks Museum in Saarbrücken, Germany.^[8]

Biography

Marquez was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, and is of Dominican descent. She was raised in New York City by a single mother and has four siblings. Marquez in various New York City suburbs until her family settled in the Washington Heights borough after the death of her stepfather.

Marquez's graffiti started in her teenage years in Washington Heights, where she would play basketball and draw on the walls. She studied marketing in college, but did not finish her degree.

Marquez's pseudonym Indie184 his derived from her favorite film franchise, Indiana Jones, and 184th Street, where she grew up in Manhattan.^[9]

Notable work

• Go Hard, Indie's first solo exhibit featuring^[10]
  • “Don’t Get it Twisted”
  • “Own Your Power”
• MAC Cosmetics Bag 1^[11] and Bag 2 ^[12]

Further reading

• Book: Artists talk back = Los Artistas responden : visual conversations with El Museo ; conversando en imagenes con El Museo. 1994–1995. El Museo del Barrio. Susana Torruella Leval, Museo del Barrio. 1-882454-02-2. New York. 35047218.
• Book: Elvis., Aranda-Alvarado, Rocío. Fombella, Trinidad. Fuentes Rodríguez. El Museo's Bienal : the (S) files 2011 : the street files. 2011. 978-1-882454-02-0. 758983347.
• Book: Hernandez, Jasmin. We are here : visionaries of color transforming the art world. 2021. Sunny Leerasanthanah, Swizz Beatz. 978-1-4197-4759-5. New York, NY. 1230926992.

Notes and References

1. Web site: I Am Uptown - Indie 184 . uptowncollective.com . 4 July 2024 . 8 April 2010.
2. Web site: Indie184 is Fresh, Bold and So Def. 2021-07-02. Hip Hop Education Center. en-US.
3. Web site: Indie184 Widewalls. 2021-03-09. www.widewalls.ch. en.
4. Web site: 2015-04-09. An Introduction to Indie 184. 2021-03-09. Duggal Visual Solutions.
5. Web site: 2013-06-04. Meet NYC Graffiti Artist, Designer and Entrepreneur Indie 184 Art, Culture. 2021-03-09. Remezcla. en-US.
6. Web site: Dustin. Schoof. 2012-11-01. Graffiti art exhibit on display at Warren County Community College. 2021-07-02. lehighvalleylive.com. en.
7. Web site: Igneri. Jenna. Street Artist Indie184 Is Rimmel London's New Chief Artistic Officer. 2021-07-02. Nylon. 19 January 2018 . en.
8. Web site: GmbH. finanzen net. Rimmel London Announces Street Artist Indie184 as New Chief Artistic Officer. 2021-03-09. markets.businessinsider.com. en-us.
9. Web site: March 29, 2016. Street Artist's Worldwide Acclaim Traces Back to Washington Heights. dead. 2021-07-02. DNAinfo New York. 2017-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20171117235220/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160329/washington-heights/street-artists-worldwide-acclaim-traces-back-washington-heights/.
10. Web site: Indie 184 Prints. 2021-03-09. FatCap. en.
11. Web site: MAC Illustrated Bag 1 by Indie 184 Illustrated Bags (2013) Review & Swatches. 2021-03-09. Temptalia: Makeup Reviews, Swatches, Dupes to Help You Shop Smarter!. en-US.
12. Web site: MAC Illustrated, part 2: Indie 184. 2021-03-09. The Makeup Museum.