The Big Apple showed big support for New York City artists during Red Bull Curates: The Canvas Cooler Project event and exhibition hosted at Villain in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last Thursday. The final leg of the three-city competition drew a capacity crowd of nearly 2,000 art enthusiasts attending and voting for their favorite custom-designed Red Bull coolers, crafted by 30 urban, contemporary and street artists. The functional pieces of art will be installed in top venues throughout the city.

During the much anticipated finale, works by Gerardo Cid and L’Amour Supreme received the most votes from the curatorial panel of judges led by Daria Brit Shapiro, of the internationally renowned SCOPE Art Show, contemporary pop artist Ron English and Carlo McCormick, Senior Editor of PAPER Magazine.  Throughout the night, thousands of guests voted for their favorite canvas wrapped coolers and ultimately honored artists CLAW MONEY and KOSBEwith the Audience Choice Awards.

All four New York area artists will join the winners from Los Angeles and Chicago in an all-expense paid trip to Miami to participate in a Red Bull Curates group show at SCOPE Miami during Art Basel, where they will have the chance to exhibit and sell works from their own collections.

According to Ron English:  “This project gives [artists] accessibility to places larger than the community they are currently in…they develop relationships with the pieces they created reflecting their own personal growth as artists and it is truly phenomenal to be a part of.”

For more information on the featured artists and where their works will be displayed throughout New York City, please see below:

Artist                                        Venue

            ADAM DARE                                  Matchless

                Ari Lankin                               K&M

                Borbay                                                 Epaulet Shop

                CAKE                                      The Wick

                ChrisRWK                               Frank’s Chop Shop

                CLAW                                                 Reed Space

                Dan Wonderly                         Hope Garage

            Dark Clouds                            Merle’s Music Studio

            Gerardo Cid                             Cantina Royal

                Ian Kuali’i                               Tender Trap

                Jason Woodside                       Karmaloop

                Jeremy Penn                            King & Grove Williamsburg

                Joseph Meloy                          Greenwood Park

            Josh Slater                               Public Assembly

            Julian Rapp                              Gallery Bar

            Kevin William Reed                Project Parlor

            Kosbe                                      Matchless Band Room

                L’Amour Supreme                   Mishka

            Leah Matthews                        Sugarland

                Matt Dobbs                                        The Charleston

                Matt Dranes                             The Bedford

                Michael Serafino                     Hole Gallery

            ND’A                                       Knitting Factory

                Paul Zepeda                             PiPs

                Royce Bannon                         Invisible Tattoos

                Russell King                            Legion

                Ryan Humphrey                      Saint Vitus

                See One                                   Glasslands

                Stephanie Ng                           Marci Park

                TONE TANK                           Franklin Park

Find out more about how Red Bull gives artists wings at www.redbullusa.com/curates.

(Photo credit: Ryan Zimmerman/Red Bull Content Pool).

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With more than 50 art fairs spanning more than a decade, SCOPE has solidified its position as the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and multi-disciplinary creative programming. Renowned for presenting the most innovative galleries, artists and curators, SCOPE Art Shows in Miami, Basel, New York, London and the Hamptons have garnered extensive critical acclaim, with sales over $300 million and attendance of more than 500,000 visitors. Learn more at www.scope-art.com.

Villain operates a 5,000-square-footevent and photo space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, minutes from downtown NYC. Originally a 19th century textiles warehouse, The Space at Fifty North Third accommodates up to 400 standing, or 120 seated. Managed by Villain, a leading NYC event production company, The Space at Fifty North Third features extensive in-house AV and lighting equipment along with design and fabrication services. A fully customizable/paintable mural space is available on the front of the building to brand any events.

It is located at 50 N. 3rd St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. Connect with Villain at www.thespacebrooklyn.com.

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