Artist Profile
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The Tribal Documentarian
Jimmy Nelson was born in 1967 in Sevenoaks, England, though his childhood was anything but conventional. His father worked for Shell, so Nelson grew up between Africa, Asia, and South America, moving constantly and absorbing cultures most people only read about in books. He picked up a camera at seven years old. Photography became his
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The California Colorist
David Hockney was born in 1937 in Bradford, England. He studied at the Bradford School of Art before earning a gold medal at the Royal College of Art in London in 1962, where his precocious talent quickly set him apart from his contemporaries. After brief visits to California in the early 1960s, Hockney relocated to
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The Modern Caravaggio
Roberto Ferri was born in 1978 in Taranto, Italy. He graduated from art school in 1996, then moved to Rome in 1999 to study ancient painting techniques. In 2006, he graduated with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. Working in solitude, Ferri absorbed the methods of Baroque masters, particularly Caravaggio. His paintings
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The Modern Master
Jeremy Lipking was born in Santa Monica in 1975, the son of a painter. Though he never took an art class in high school, he enrolled at California Art Institute in 1997, hungry to learn. At just 25, one year into his professional career, Lipking won top prize at the California Art Club’s 2001 annual
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The Daily Artist
Mike Winkelmann (Beeple) never missed a day. Starting in 2007, the graphic designer from Wisconsin committed to creating one piece of digital art every single day: no exceptions, no excuses. He called himself Beeple. For years, he toiled in obscurity, crafting surreal, often dystopian images that blended pop culture with political commentary. The “Everydays” project