2009 is coming to an end… it’s been a beautiful year for growth and change, and risk taking.  As you may know by now graffiti living legend, Estria, is a client I’ve been working with this past year, and he also happens to be one of the key players in supporting my career move of starting my PR business. THANK YOU E!!

I wanted to share with you what he’s worked on and his accomplishments from 2009, which in turn is also a reflection of the work I’ve done this year.  I really feel blessed to be part of his team, and fortunate that I can work with a client who is responsible, ambitious, organized, and respectful, amongst other qualities, like an amazing artist, and business person, (who’s also become a mentor).

Estria worked on a total of 14 Murals this year! Lots of paint, lots of beautiful work, check out Estria’s top picks: *click on link to view full size

4 Guardians (Oakland)

Estria also traveled to Hawaii, Chicago, and Harlem, in search of the nation’s top graffiti artist. Finals were held in Oakland, CA, and the results were amazing! TDK’s very own Vogue took home the championship. Watch the official video recap:

Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle – Oakland 2009 Finals from Estria Battle on Vimeo.

A few weeks after the battle we had an in-store event at Shoe Biz on Haight St. in SF, where 20 pairs of Adidas Shelltoes and Stan-Smith kicks painted on by this year’s graffiti writers were displayed for an auction to help youth in Oakland and orphans in Africa. Shoebiz donated all proceeds to: YouthSpeaks.org and YouthAgainstPoverty.com. Watch the official video:

ShoeBizSF / Adidas x Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle from Estria Battle on Vimeo.

The year ended with the book release of “Mission Muralismo” which features work by Estria.

Birthed in the early 1970s, a provocative newstreet art scene transformed San Francisco’s legendary Mission District into an art epicenter that crosses popular culture, fine art and political audiences. “Mission Muralismo,” is an ever-growing movement of accomplished street art combining elements of Mexican mural painting, surrealism, pop art, urban punk, eco-warrior, cartoon, and guerilla graffiti that has catapulted many San Francisco artists into the international spotlight.

Featuring over 500 full-color photographs and 30 essays, including artistsEstria, R. Crumb, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Barry McGee (TWIST), Rigo, and Spain Rodriguez, Street Art San Francisco comprehensively exposes more than three decades of this expansive and vibrant public art movement. www.missionmuralismo.com

So what’s next??

We’re working on it… you’ll hear back from me soon!  Thanks to everyone for their continued support! Also, you can catch the Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle on FUEL TV in a few weeks!

Show will air – Monday, January 11th at 6pm PST/9pm EST and later again that evening at 9pm PST/12am EST. www.fueltv.com