In honor of our Artopia party on February 10, Cultist proudly presents "100 Creatives," where we feature Miami's cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email [email protected] with the whos and whys.
29. Daniel "Krave" Fila
Look around the streets of Miami and your bound to see Daniel Fila's artwork. Maybe he's most famous for the "Adam and Eve" wall at 37th and Biscayne. It's been featured on the news, in the paper, and in plenty of magazines. Hell, in 2007 we named it Miami's Best City Mural. But the graff artist, illustrator, and painter doesn't restrict himself to any single form of expression.
In 2010 Miami Dade County commissioned Fila to create an installation in a
public park. He created a "Babylon Falling" scene at A.D. Barnes Park.
He has a new commercial mural on a NW 79th St. restaurant (Yiya's),
and a political tribute on Calle Ocho (to the Ladies In White). He's
created album covers, magazine layouts, posters, and "live painted" at nightclubs. If you pick up one of 90,000 maps
of the Wynwood Art District, you'll see his work too. Then there's his
cartoon logo, a monkey you can find on stickers, stop signs, and many a
wall. He's been in group shows, solo shows, and his work is known and
respected from the streets to the galleries to the government. Daniel
Fila's Krave Art is even moving into animations, so look for him soon on a screen near you.
1. List five things that inspire you.
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I'm here to help define and represent my own and our cities authentic
identity while ripping through the fabric of false limitations set in
our minds.
My secret identity, art form, and unknown alias.
The Creatives so far:
30. McLaine Oberhellmann
31. Fro Rojas
32. Annie Hollingsworth
33. Preston Allen
34. Cristina Molina
35. David Josef Tamargo
36. Jillian Mayer
37. Alfonso Vega
38. Natasha Lopez de Victoria
39. Aholsniffsglue
40. Heather Maloney
41. Jorge Rubiera
42. Elaine Lancaster
43. Nick Duckart
44. Danielle Estefan
45. John Dufresne
46. Monica Lopez de Victoria
47. Bill Bilowit
48. Alette Simmons-Jimenez
49. Tawnie Silva
50. Ginger Bardot
51. Jonathan David Kane
52. Naomi Fisher
53. Rocky Grimes
54. Teresa Barcelo
55. Paul Tei
56. Lee Materazzi
58. Anna Mixon
59. Octavio Campos
60. P. Scott Cunningham
61. Elena Garcia
62. Summer Hill
63. Autumn Casey
64. Juan Navarro
65. Serge Toussaint
66. David Rohn
67. Diane Brache
68. Spencer Morin
69. James Anthony
70. Jim Drain
71. Claudia Calle
72. Kevin Arrow
73. Andrew Hevia
74. Ana Mendez
75. Michael McKeever
76. Diana Lozano
77. Ricardo Pau-Llosa
78. Agustina Woodgate
79. Tarell Alvin McCraney
80. Jennifer Kronenberg
81. Farley Aguilar
82. Colin Foord
83. Karelle Levy
84. Matt Gajewski
85. Antonia Wright
86. Allen Charles Klein
87. Christy Gast
88. Gustavo Matamoros
89. Shareen Rubiera-Sarwar
90. Kyle Trowbridge
91. Clifton Childree
92. Jessica Gross
93. Danny Brito
94. Nektar de Stagni
95. Anthony Spinello
96. Vanessa Garcia
97. Justin Long
98. Rosie Herrera
99. Rick Falcon
100. Ingrid B
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