Huibert Sabelis Wybenga was born in Wageningen, The Netherlands in 1942 from Dutch and Indonesian heritage. He spent his childhood years in Medan, Indonesia and returned to The Netherlands to study under an art teacher, Mr. Bloothooft. At the age of 21, he immigrated to Canada, where he began to mix the two distinct cultures of his parental homelands into his artwork. With a blend of Dutch, Indonesian, and Canadian culture, he developed a very distinct style of his own.

Sabelis had his first solo exhibition at the Shute Institute in London, Ontario in 1967 and soon after connected with the Patmos Artist Group, with which he did Lino printing with the Dutch master artist Henk Krijger (Sengig) in Toronto. Five years after his first solo exhibition...

Inspired by a soul that breathes music, Felicia Khong is a creator, a painter, a graphic designer, a singer, a dancer, a pianist, a drummer, a photographer and videographer. She is driven, persistent, aggressive, and colorful. She is an artist. Being a musician, she expresses her passion through visual art. Coming from a musical family, she and her three sisters grew up singing together in church. They formed a girl group called JAZMIN and haven’t stopped since.

Behind every image that revolutionizes emotions is a great eye. Battling with the keen ability to delicately articulate beauty through a lens is one of the many art forms of photography. Not having this thought process cross our minds when looking at a spread in Vogue or W, many viewers only see the beauty of the image. If tracing back to the motivation for the art of photography itself, we must first entertain and soak into the eye of the photographer.

Originally pursuing writing, Troy Stith stumbled upon the designer toy world more by accident while he was waiting for artists to draw his comic scripts. He had always been looking for an artistic outlet, so he decided to pick up a box of super sculpey one day and see what he could do. What started as a creative side project outside of writing, now domineers most of if not all of his free time.

In the beginning, Troy wanted to make his own toys and seeing that vinyl production was way too pricey for his starting point, he taught himself how to mold and cast his own resin creations. The Lil' Luchas were born from his love of strange creatures and the high flying Luchadores...

There is one day out of every month that a large group of Angelenos will come out of their caves and cars and actually take a walk for blocks and blocks around downtown LA. That day is every 2nd Thursday of the month, every month. That day is the Downtown Artwalk.

There are a few stops that I definitely have to make whenever I’m at the Artwalk...

Wardell "War" Brown is an American cartoonist and comic book artist working out of southern California since 1998. Known mostly for his neo-retro styled vector cartoons, Wardell’s art demonstrates a wide range of styles and influences particularly 1960’s advertising animation.

Greatly influenced by Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, and Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Wardell spent most of his formative years cartooning and creating various comic strips and comic books. His high school years were spent studying art history and taking cartooning classes with cartoonist Bebe Williams. While attending college at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Wardell was a founding member of the Sequential Art Guild; a group of students who worked together to produce a comic book called Tiger Tales. Upon graduating with a BFA in Illustration, Wardell moved to San Diego, California. In 2001 he studied character design at the Animation Academy with Charles Zembillas.

Born in Nagoya, Japan, Nori Shirasu began painting at an early age. In 1997, after receiving a degree in Architecture from Chubu University, he moved to California. He earned a Masters degree in Studio Arts from California State University, Los Angeles in 2004. Nori has participated in numerous studio and commercial projects in Los Angeles, including exhibitions throughout Southern California, and most recently, the 2010 Los Angeles Art Show at the LA Convention Center. His commercial work includes painting murals for various businesses, including building-sized installations at American Apparel retailers in Los Angeles and Boston and the Pacific Asia Museum Garden Hallway Mural in Pasadena. Nori is also a teacher of Japanese calligraphy and sumi-e, and leads workshops in these traditional Japanese Arts at many area museums and schools. Nori is also an accomplished dancer and performance artist. He draws on his nationality, experiences in America and love of jazz music and dance as an inspiration for his fine art.

Joey Moreno is an entrepreneur, b-boy (Break Dancer), Graffiti Artist, Graphic Designer, Event Producer and a marketing whiz with a keen sense for creative business. Joey was born and raised in the heart of Southern California and has been heavily involved in the hip hop and art scene for over 15 years now. From producing some of the biggest b-boy competitions as well as competing, organizing huge art shows, as well as displaying his own art work, Joey has found a perfect mix of doing what he loves and combining it with his natural sense for business. Embodying this dedication that has brought him to a strong point in his career, Joey shows no sign of slowing down and has a bright future as an artist, designer, dancer and entrepreneur.