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ON HER MIND

For @blinkcincinnati We did a project mapped project on an existing mural. The mural features a…

GEE’S BEND

he crew along with the Full Set (and her new quilt inspired nails) set out on a road trip last week…

CONNECTED

We took some time to research KeVen Parker and get an idea of who he was what he stood for, and…

THE RIDE OUT

The Ride Out Project is a Mural and Mini Documentary project that explores and celebrates ride…

ILE OMI

le Omi: House of Water is a projection-mapped installation. It is inspired by intersectional…

GOING PLACES + DIY PRINTING

We are thinking about how do we incorporate history, tradition, and technology as tools that help…

KEEP GOING

This location specific piece is located in an incredible motel project called @arteloksq located in…

CLEARLY FOR WARBY PARKER

We are so excited to announce our recent work with Warby Parker. This piece entitled 'Clearly' was…

SHE IS HERE

We decided to play a little bit on this one. This piece is entitled "She is here: A Declaration…

TRANSITIONS

Over the summer we were invited by Sprocket Murals to create a mural in York, Pennsylvania. We did…

QUANTUM LEAP

"Quantum Leap" is a bold and dynamic 10x22ft mural that embraces a future-leaning perspective while…

LET’S PLAY

Let's Play is a celebration of this gathering space at the Shipyard in Green Bay. It features the…

OTHERWORLD

We've been on a big world-building kick and often spend a lot of time imagining various futures…

MZ & DORITOS

In route to another project we had to pop by our studio to pick up this beautiful press release…

GEM OF THE LAKE

Did you know that? Erie, Pennsylvania is known as the gem of the lake. We had the honor of creating…

HEAVY DISTORTION

Heavy Distortion is an augmented reality project celebrating the influence of Sister Rosetta…

MISED TOUR

In 2018-19 the Mz.Icar Collective was incredibly honored to collaborate with Ms. Lauryn Hill to…

SOFT SPACES + THE FITLER

The crew and are so very excited to announce that we are Artists in Residency @fitlerclub. As part…

BACK TO THE SOURCE

n honor of 20 years of indigenous hip hop in Uganda, @babaluku invited a group of extremely…

SOFT STUDIES & YAB

We were in an incredible group show called Drip! Drop! Slice! At You are Beautiful in Chicago…

MZ BK XBOX

Some of you may remember that under a different iteration, we used to be on the streets of New York…

POSSIBLY CONNECTED

We used artificial intelligence to compose this portrait. It was created by inputting a series of…

WHEN IN GERMANY

We were invited to Flöha, Saxony, Germany along with a bunch of other incredible artists to…

NEW GROWTH

We were invited to Edmond OK to create this piece for Sunny Dayz mural festival. We decided to…

INVISIBLE MAN

Invisible Man was commissioned for Oklahoma City’s Plaza Wallz Festival. It honors the legacy of…

THE FULL SET: THEIR FLOWERS Edition

For BLINK we will be designing a new set of Electric Nails entitled 'Their Flowers' The 'Full Set'…

PERSPECTIVES

We had the pleasure of experiencing Walnut Hills from a 'people's first perspective'. It was…

SOLID BLACK

We are thrilled to have lent our skills to Doritos Solid Black Initiative. For this project we…

COMMONWEALTH

This piece is an ode to Bahamadia's lyricism and contribution to music. Her song 'CommonWealth' may…

BANK SERIES

Grills speak to a particular value structure and bucking of respectability politics. The history of…

RESPECT ON HER NAME

Over the last few years, we've had the privilege of sharing our experience, vision, and stories…

IMAGINE MURAL

We are thrilled to share our latest and greatest mural located in Coney Island's Luna Park this…

REPRESENT EXHIBITION

Let's chat about this upcoming show Paradigm Gallery. It's a group show with the incredible Nazeer…

MZ HOMEGOING

When most of the work you do is an acute examination of proportions and relationships it's…

Fly2.0

he future is what we make, manifest, dream, put intention and or action into combined with the will…

MUSEUM OF BLACK JOY

To Imagine & Ritualize an Opulent Black Future… A month-long, curated series of virtual prompts,…

GET IT TOGETHER

Can you believe it? We completed a mural in mid-November in Boston...Global warming is so real. Our…

LOVE+GRIT STOREFRONTS

The campaign, an extension of VISIT PHILADELPHIA’s popular Love + Grit podcast, reinvigorates the…

THE FULL SET

We did the damn thing. @kendrasteppdavis and the whole collective came to show all the way out! The…

BET MURAL: SINCE DAY

This piece is an exploration of rhythm and movement. It is an ode and mirror of trends, styles, and…

FLUIDITY MURAL

SUMMER OF 2021: This piece is called FLUIDITY and it's hella big. Have you ever listened to the…

OF EXPANSION

We made a movie...a short one...but still a movie! And it won Best Experimental film in the Imagine…

SEE ME MURAL

Stay Up. Get right. Love up on yerself and each other. just a lil reminder located in a city I…

THE VISIONARY IN YOU MURAL

Our intention with all of these murals is to create large love letters that encourage people to…

ART AUCTION

“Homesick Philly” Black Art Auction Curated By Chill Moody And Atim Annette Oton Is The First…

ROADMAP TO JOY EXHIBITION

Roadmap to Joy is a public art exhibition curated by Atiba T. Edwards @at1ba and Mz. Icar…

UNRAVELED

The Untitled Space is pleased to present “UNRAVELED: Confronting The Fabric of Fiber Art” a group…

STUDIO VISIT: MAS

From an anthropological point of view, carnival is a reversal ritual, in which social roles are…

UNDERNEATH IT ALL

So much of Blackness is defined in opposition or relation to whiteness, after the labels, the…

SEE ME MURAL

“It is a reminder to walk with eyes open. Through color and composition, this piece explores the…

Value: In Terms of Iconography

We are so excited to share a collaborative project that we have been working with Erin Patrice…

STUDY UP

This week, we get silly, we get loose and we take a trip back to the archives and chat about…

THE FUTURE…IF YOU WANT IT

In this week's studio visit we do some time traveling in this video and we play outside.

BLACKOUT

We are going to tell you a true story. there were these people who lived here, all over, and did…

STUDIO VISIT: THAT NEW NEW

Let's chat about our experience and manifestations. In this studio visit, we share our process, our…

LOVE LESSONS: STUDIO VISIT

There are so many ways to love. Some are so complex and others are so simple. It's always been…

WIGGED OUT

Let's chat about hair. Particularly the hair that grows out of the top of most folks head. This…

TOLD YOU SO

Welcome to another week our archival studio visits. This week's visit will be centered around the…

THOTS ON ARCHIVING

We were painstakingly going through all of Junkprint's old work categorizing measuring, storing and…

TYPE PLAY

while we are on the topic of type love... We spend a lot of time playing and working on studies.…

WE STILL LOVING: TYPE EDITION

We love all of this and it resonates with some of the latest projects we have been working on. We…

WE LOVE

...that got us thinking about the impact of simply loving up on each other. Like for real love, not…

YOU MAY SHOP NOW

We love solutions, we love the absurdity of old ads (and full disclosure can't wait until our…

NOVEMBER 15TH

What you up to on Friday, November 15th? Well, you will be hanging with me at the 'Dope Ever Since'…

SPARK

Luckily, we're not the types to sit, complain, fart and scratch our butts all day. We decided to…

SOCA UNIVERSE

Oftentimes the iconography of our culture is created by an external entity. This project gave me…

MS. LAURYN HILL SPECIAL PROJECT

It is a real honor and I am so grateful for the opportunity. Some of the images and things are…

“farewell to meat” CARIBANA 2019

Did you know that the Latin derived name of the holiday 'carnaval' means "farewell to meat."I'll be…

REMIXED!

it goes without saying that this exhibition is inspiring but I can't help but feel that something…

ARMOUR

Play dead, when your enemy arrives everyone just drop to the floor like the fiercest death drop…

DEAR MAMA

We have been sitting on this one for a minute! I am so excited to announce our recent work with…

MAYDAY, MAYDAY, WHERE ARE THE LADY CODERS?

The project was completely laid out. All the pngs were size then ready for uploading. Sitemap was…

LISTS

Make a list. Check it twice. Check it for lint and check it for mice. Check it for love. Check it…

ART? MONIES? WORTH?

Here comes the business part of being an artist. That part is a true shit show. Between buyers,…

THOTS ON HORSES

Speaking of horses. As a kid I wanted a horse. I wanted to go horse back riding and do competitions…

CAREBEAR RUG NOTES

The care bear rug. It's interesting the way that we love things. You'll need an avid recreational…

OBSERVATIONS FROM GLOVER PARK WASHINGTON D.C.

These social settings require careful consideration, as the cloak of blackness creates a marker…

READ A BOOK!

I may have to get an actual tangible version of this book. He has so many quotables. I just…

THE LYING PHOTOGRAPH

A photo was never enough. A photo couldn't tell the whole picture. It was as if a photo was just…