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About Justin
Baltimore City
Nether is a Baltimore born/based street artist and mural painter driven by rouge beautification and strategic action aimed at sparking conversation on ignored issues & neighborhoods. In a broken city radical actions are needed to bring attention to ignored urban issues and help cement our cities threatened subcultures. Many of pieces that you find around the city dignify and bring attention to marginalized communities and the forces that have brought… more
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Public Art
Public Art in Baltimore from 2015 - 2017
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E. Madison x Curley (Bocek Park)Second wall of #artsandparks new project in Bocek Park. Retracing cultural roots and shared symbolism/history in the neighborhood, formerly better known as Little Bohemia.
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Collaboration with Ernest ShawCollaboration With Ernest Shaw Ashburton x Mosher West Baltimore
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Carey Street Pocket Park (Arts + Parks)Complete Carey Street Pocket Park (Arts + Parks) Landscaping by Elise Victoria Carey x Mosher Streets https://player.vimeo.com/video/182136743
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Screen Shot 2017-10-06 at 11.11.55 AM.pngGreenmount & 25th Street A woman stands in water, half submerged, holding a withering lotus flower as the sky, lit by a rising sun and a setting moon, pans from darkness to light. The lotus in this setting symbolizes strength and courage when getting through life's hardest obstacles such as addiction. The character is trying to save the lotus, which reflects her beauty and strength, as it is losing its pedals into the darkness. Her half-hidden face is slightly turned towards the light showing that she is turning towards help to revive her inner beauty and spirit. The obscured face speaks to the recovering addict’s inner battle in Baltimore with shame, anonymity, and pride for overcoming addiction due to public stigma. The 303 stars painted into the sky pay homage to the 303 people that died from overdoses in the last recorded year in Baltimore. I wish continuing strength to everybody in the step up program at CCG and appreciate how real everybody was with me when sharing stories and helping me conceptualize, design, and paint this mural with all hands on deck from beginning to end. Much thanks to Ron Shelly and my good friend Calla Jamison for making this happen and helping me dive get into this very important issue that has become personal to me.t
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Orleans Street (Arts + Parks)Orleans Street (Arts + Parks)
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The Mountain TopDiamond Auto Spa (W. North Avenue & Division Street) The self-proclaimed supreme righteousness and simultaneous need for reform/reclamation in the U.S. Justice System as it currently stands hypocritically presenting a major obstacle for the movement for African-American justice, or as King put it, “The Mountain Top". Lady Justice/blind justice, pirated from Egypt's ISIS and Maat, represents the misguided Justice system although it's imagery demonstrates the drive of the protests. The African patterning borrows a different row from different traditional patterning across the continent.
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Carey Street Hand Planter Sculpture (Arts + Parks)A 6' Standing Sculpture of a Hand that double serves as a flower planter. Airbrush and Aerosol on Wood Carey Street x Mosher 2017
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Arabber's Mural: Skeeter and Fatback (RIP)"Fatback and Skeeter" Arabber's Stables Fremount Avenue The two Arabbers Fatback and Skeeter on a shipping container similar to the ones used to import fruits to the Fremont Stables. The logo on the side of the container remains. The emblem in the center is a prized saddle emblem from Amish country that Fatback showed me a few years back at the Carlton Stables. To the left of Skeeter is a Baltimore City wagon permit, which throughout history has been fought for during different attempts to disenfranchise the Arabbers.
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Survival MuralMonroe Street x Laurens Street Referencing Mohammad Ali's "float like a butterfly sting like a bee" line which can speak to tactics of civil disobedience and strategic planning used by activists to achieve a goal. Also bees, which pollinate are crucial to the life of every species. They are currently facing extinction due to the ignorance in which humans have acted. Much thanks to Kwame Rose, KX, and Eubie Blake
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Freddie Gray MuralAt the intersection where Freddie Gray was illegally arrested. Mount St & Presbury Street. Painting this mural has been one of the realest experiences of my life and I am excited that this wall marks a new beginning. Much love to the Sandtown / Gilmore Homes community for pushing this movement and mural to happen and being incredibly supportive along the way.
Fine Art
Fine Art pieces by Nether
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Video Satyagraha36"x48" Acrylics and Aerosol on Wood
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Quechuan Woman with Gold Condor Wing60"x60" Acrylics and Aerosol on Canvas
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No Frontiers #248"x38" Acrylics and Aerosol on Wood
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"From Middle East to Eager Park"24"x48" Airbrush & Acrylic on wood. A piece about the rebranding of Baltimore neighborhoods and the architecture of (re)development. This article explains more: http://goo.gl/BllDaw
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No Frontiers #148"x28" Acrylics and Aerosol on Wood
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Unknown Bureaucrat39"x59" Acrylic and Aerosol on wood 2015 Referencing the satiric Icelandic sculpture titled Unknown Bureaucrat in the context of urban renewal in Baltimore.
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CommissionCommission
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East Baltimore FabricEast Baltimore Fabric 2017
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Bocek EclipseBocek Eclipse 2017
(CURATION) Eubie Blake: Sandtown Mural Project
A mural project in the Sandtown/ Penn-North neighborhood curated by Ernest Shaw and Nether
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Mural By Adam StabWhitelocke Street & Francis Street
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Mural by Pablo MachioliWhitelocke Street & North Avenue
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Mural by Gary MullenLaurens Street & Monroe Street
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Mural by Michelle SantosPressman Street & Fulton Avenue
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Mural by Bat FavitsouWhitelocke Street & North Avenue
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Mural by NetherMonroe Street & Laurens Street Referencing Mohammad Ali's "float like a butterfly sting like a bee" line which can speak to tactics of civil disobedience and strategic planning used by activists to achieve a goal. Also bees, which pollinate are crucial to the life of every species. They are currently facing extinction due to the ignorance in which humans have acted. Much thanks to Kwame Rose, KX, and Eubie Blake
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Mural by Beats, Rhymes, and ReliefOn Hardware Plus at Pennsylvania Ave and Gold Street.
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Mural by Ernest Saw, Assisted by Nether and Eric HendricksOn side of Arch Social Club at Pennsylvania and North http://afro.com/new-baltimore-mural-seeks-to-change-perception-of-city/
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Mural by Devin AllenOn Penn North Kid's Safe Zone on Carey Street.
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Mural by Megan LewisBaker Street & McKean Street