TWOONE
Hiroyasu Tsuri (釣 博泰 Tsuri Hiroyasu, Born 26 February 1985 in Yokohama, Japan) is a contemporary artist whose work consists of painting, sculpture, installation, performance art and sound. Hiroyasu is also well known as TWOONE for his large-scale mural works around the world. At the age of 18 Hiroyasu moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he lived, played, and started painting a lot on the streets as well as exhibiting his works in galleries and museums. Since 2014 Tsuri has been based in Berlin, Germany, where he continues to experiment with materials and mediums and push his art to new levels. His artworks have been acquired by The National Gallery of Victoria and by the City of Yarra, Australia as part of their permanent collections.
KWEST
Born and raised in Toronto, KWEST’s early artistic practice led to him being known for painting some of the most complex and largest graffiti art in Canada. As he moved into a fine art practice, he became a key pioneer in the fusion of graffiti and sculpture, approaching public art opportunities holistically as a self-taught fabricator and designer. Creating ownership of the work within the community is at the core of his public art practice. Having produced work in the public realm for over 25 years, KWEST has a vast array of experience and understanding in engaging the people and organizations directly linked to the geography of the installation. For 2021, KWEST has been awarded StreetARToronto’s first Art Over Bridges public art project which will see his sculptural design installed on a pedestrian bridge over a major Toronto expressway. In December 2019, KWEST was inducted into the Museum of Graffiti in Miami, Florida. For Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2017, KWEST collaborated with Drake music producer, Noah “40” Shebib in an interactive sculptural installation, “TRUTH”, at Yonge and Dundas Square. In 2021, “TRUTH” will deepen its engagement and build on its original intent to stand with and support the global Black Lives Matter movement with localized content as a mobile interactive sculpture that travels to different Toronto neighbourhoods.
Emmanuel Jarus
Emmanuel Jarus is a Canadian-born artist and muralist inspired by the visual human experience. His work reimagines how art can exist in public spaces. For the past 10 years, Jarus has been working with communities across Canada and around the globe to produce large- scale portraits and figures among other images on wall surfaces. They can be found within major cities as well as across rural settings. He has had notable international recognition as a contemporary muralist and figurative painter. It is Jarus’ mission as an artist to observe life, interpret and visually reflect these experiences through his mural work. Allowing space for the mural to organically create itself takes precedence as the site’s surroundings primarily inform the mural content. A combination of acrylic, latex and aerosol paint is used to create representations of the people and landscapes he’s inspired by along his travels.
Surface Art
Surface Art is an incorporated not for profit organization that seeks to preserve, exhibit, and produce street and graffiti art of historical, cultural and educational significance. Surface Art produces large-scale mural projects with celebrated local and international street and graffiti artists in Toronto and across Canada.
