Artists in Residence

Jaime "Vyal" Reyes

Jaime "Vyal" Reyes began painting graffiti art in the late 80's and painting under the name Vyal since 1990 when he started developing his trade mark style and can control.  In 1993, he was invited by Chaz Bojorquez to participate in his first gallery show at 01 gallery in Hollywood, after which he began to focus on exhibiting his work and pursuing his art as a full time profession. Now, over 20 years later, Vyal is considered one of the best Graffiti artists in Los Angeles, and his work has now been exhibited at museums and galleries including MOCA, and in more than 30 cities in the U.S. as well as international exhibitions in Germany, Mexico D.F., and most recently Israel and Palestine. Vyal currently leads a weekly workshop at Self Help Graphics, teaching his refined spray can techniques to youth and adults alike.

www.vyalone.com

Sticky Rick's

Established in 2005, Sticky Rick’s has been providing high quality stickers to an ever changing world with a need for quick turn around and affordable prices. In 2005, Richard & Rosanna Ahrens of Sticky Rick's made an extraordinary discovery when they decided to create PEEL HERE, an adhesive art exhibition, to kick off the Sticky Rick's sticker printing company.  They discovered that people from all over the globe of all ages and socio-economic backgrounds are crazy about stickers. Along with this overall love for stickers, there exists a subculture that uses this medium to communicate a language on the urban landscape.  This urban language communicates messages of time, place and people - stickers are personal, mobile, temporary works of art that speak for themselves and are designed to be seen by the masses.

www.stickyricks.net

Dewey Tafoya

Dewey Tafoya hails from the streets of Boyle Heights.  Growing up in an era of nightly malathion pesticide sprays in East LA, police street sweeps, and punk rock, Dewey is heavily influenced by the urban landscapes of inner city Los Angeles. A self-taught artist and screen printer, Dewey continues to develop his skills through continuous practice and by sharing his knowledge and D.I.Y. skills with anyone who's interested.  Dewey particularly enjoys working with inner city youth to develop their artistic confidence as they design and print their own T-Shirts and posters. Co-founder of Social Machine Productions, Tafoya teaches Self Help Graphics' DIY Silkscreen and Mobile Art workshops.