Josh and I designed Sunrise in October, 2011, for 46 for 46, a program of the Arts Council of Indianapolis. We were assisted in Indianapolis by Shana Siegel, Laura Nesson, and Matt Olson.  The mural is on the side of Free Wheelin, and awesome youth bike program in Indianapolis that we LOVED working with.  They are just awesome.

The mural merges the cassette of a bicycle wheel with a sunrise on the facade of Freewheelin, an earn-a-bike program in inner city Indianapolis. Adolescents work at the bike shop, learn to repair bikes and run the store; after a set number of hours they get to take home a bike. The mural points to a dawning of new knowledge, self-empowerment, and hope. The arrows radiate energy, embodying new life experiences that begin inside the walls of Freewheelin and are taken back out into the world.

Josh and I designed FLY in October, 2011, for 46 for 46, a program of the Arts Council of Indianapolis. We were assisted in Indianapolis by Shana Siegel, Laura Nesson, and Matt Olson.

The columns form a zoetrope depicting a rocket launch. The sequence is visible out of a car’s window or in the rear-view mirror in either direction on the highway. To a child looking out the passenger window of a moving car, the space will become a motion picture. 

The word “FLY”, in the context of street-art, takes on multiple meanings. The Saturn V rocket is notable for its flawless record over its career from 1967-1972, and has carried humans farther than any other rocket. 

These rockets fly up, finding their way across the columns, telling a story for the passing drivers and passengers. The brilliant colors bring joy and energy to the street, illuminating the underpass. Potential is revealed.

It’s kind of like I flipped the image, but scroll right for the whole story…

Oh yeah, that’s BIG!!

The approach…

And when you’re driving away, you can check it out in your mirror…

I make work with Bowie Zunino as Eve + Bowie.  More of our work can be seen HERE.

This bowl of candy thermometers is part of a project called “Objects of Dysconsumption” — a candy art project that facilitated people to literally digest their fears of the medical industry.

Below is the postcard from the show, candy teeth, and a poster print we made for another iteration of that project: Candy Stripers.

Bowie and I also founded the Wassaic Project in 2008 with Elan Bogarin.  We now run the organization with Jeff Barnett-Winsby.

In 2008 I co-founded the Wassaic Project and I am currently one of the three co-directors.  Bowie Zunino and Jeff Barnett-Winsby are my co-directors.  Check out our programming HERE.

This photo of the Maxon Mills, our exhibition space, is by one of our 2010 artists, Stephen Eakin (thank, facebook).

Here are some pics from our 2011 Summer Festival by Grant Cornett:

BLAST OFF! 2011, 86’ x 18’

Josh and I designed this mural in collaboration with our friend Shana Siegel. It is located in a schoolyard on Eldridge Street between Hester and Canal and is our first mural in Manhattan.

Blast Off from Tom Starkweather on Vimeo.

This schoolyard sits amidst tall buildings on a dense block in Chinatown. The mural reaches towards the rare patch of open sky above, accentuating this oasis, and directing the eyes of the students in the playground towards the clouds.

We have created a fantasy life for the water towers that dot the neighborhood. The mural encourages the students who see the mural day-in and day-out to consider the aesthetic connection between the wooden tanks they are so familiar with and the rocketships they might dream about.

Josh’s film Plan Of The City also explores the fantasy of flying water towers.

The timelapse video was created by our friend Tom Starkweather.

Blast Off was commissioned by NYCares.

Encasement, ceramic on stone, 2010 

This piece was shown at SALT Gallery in Philadelphia in 2010 and is now in a private collection.  The same year I painted a series of rib murals at Local Projects gallery in Long Island City NY.  Pics below.

I Can See You, stenciled mural and small works on paper, 2010

The Mural is on 5pointz and was commissioned by Local Projects.  Special thanks to Shana, Tod and Kristine!

And then I did a series of works on paper after the mural…

Above is 11 x 30 inches and below is 22 x 30 inches.

Catacombs, White & Gold, ceramic and gold leaf on stone, 2010

Heart, ink on paper, 2007

I made this series of drawings while Josh and I were traveling in India.

HERE/THERE, ink on paper, 2010

Muralmorphosis, 2010, 3 minutes

Muralmorphosis from Joshua Frankel on Vimeo.

An animated mural handed back and forth amongst several artists, in the style of Exquisite Corpse.

Josh and I created the ufo, the cubes, the fish and the arrows and Josh edited the film.

The film is also being broadcast on the Sundance Channel’s website.

Artists: Eve Biddle/Joshua Frankel, Rodney Camarce,
Bonnie Brenda Scott, Seth Turner, Mauro Zamora.
Curated by Sean Stoops.

Produced by The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival in 2009.

More making of photos…

True love on a scaffold.  :)

REGO PARK ROBOT, latex/acrylic on wall, 200 feet x 14 feet, collaboration with Shana Seigel, 2009
photo: Jeff Barnett-Winsby

REAL GOOD Rego, latex/acrylic on wall, 140 feet x 12 feet, collaboration with Joshua Frankel, 2009
photo: Jeff Barnett-Winsby

India St. Rocket, latex/acrylic on wall, collaboration with Joshua Frankel, 2008

The India Street Rocket from Vanara Taing on Vimeo.

Honey, our car, vinyl on honda civic, collaboration with Joshua Frankel, 2008