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James Rodriguez aka “Sexer”

Orignally from the South Bronx, James “Sexer” Rodriguez began his interests in art at the age of 6. Cartoons were his first attempt at the arts. By the age of 10 his artwork was on display at the old Gimbels Department store. Pursuing his dreams to become a professional artist, he attended the High School of Art & Design where he studied Commercial Art. He later continued education at F.I.T. and Parsons.

His teenage years as a graffiti artist on the streets and subways of New York quickly challenged and inspired his artistic future. His love for art can be appreciated in his urban art flavor which throughout the years have transcended from trains and murals, to canvases.

The ability to combine life experiences through realistic rendition and graffiti allows for his maximum expression.

James currently has done commercial design work for brands such as Perrier, Beefeater Gin, Alizé, Chipwich, Marriott Hotels, Triple-S Life Insurance, Best Western Hotels, Howard Johnson Hotels among many others.

Luis Lamboy aka “Zimad”

In 1979, I began my career as an artist in the South Bronx the place where I was born and raised. My first creations were what some would call awful, others would call a crime, and what my peers at the time and I, called graffiti. Graffiti pieces the size of handball court walls were my forte, not because size was a concern in my artwork, but because they were in fact on handball court walls.

In 1982 I was included in the group exhibition at Fashion Moda New York City, titled, “The South Bronx Show.” My work stayed on exhibition there for three years, with other artists such as, Lady Pink, Tracy 168, Daze, Crash, TKid, and A-one. My education was in textile design from the Fashion Institute of Technology which would lead to a very difficult and demanding field where I designed clothing for singers such as, Janet Jackson, Anita Baker, all the way to DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. I created a line of children’s clothing at this time that I sold throughout the USA.

During 1987 I also worked on a variety of projects including; the backdrop for Steampipe Alley, MTV, and a giant backdrop for DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince’s last tour.

In 1992 and 93 I was filmed for a documentary called “Thie food in ThieLand” and “We don’t play” in this same year My art has been exhibited in “Space Time Light Gallery”. In 1997 and 1998 at Sotheby’s auction house in New York in their yearly employee art show, also at Guernsey’s Graffiti Auction in New York, which contained the works of Haring and Basquiat at the time.

In July 2000 I exhibited at a group show at “American Vision 145 Gallery”, featuring artist Henry Charfont, Rom Rios, Duro, and Zephyr, more of my graffiti peers, Bread and Roses Gallery group show in March 2003, and Bottom Feeders Studio Gallery in April 2003. In 2004 I was in a benefit auction at Gallery I-20 . In 2005 I’m once again filmed for 2 documentary’s, 1 by EAC called “From the spray can to the canvas” and the 2nd produced by MTV at this time not titled. Since 2005 till now I’ve a ben featured in 20 more shows.

My work has changed over the years. The change has occurred because of several unique reasons. The most important being the thought of the process, in combination with precise attention to color and an open channel feeling in my heart each and every time I sit down to work. From beginning to present, each and every one of my works is different from the one before, you can easily see the transformation from graffiti artist to something a little more different, maybe a little controversial, maybe a bit a conformist.