PRIEST

PRIEST is a London based Contemporary pop artist from New Zealand, working across painting and installation. His satirical style contrasts playful and innocent imagery with dark, subversive subject matters. His compositions are bright and colorful, combining nostalgic cartoons, video games and street art in a tongue-in- cheek critique of capitalism and corporate culture. Toys also feature heavily in PRIEST’s practice, the word doubling as a derogatory term for inexperienced painters in the graffiti scene while emphasizing the element of play that’s central to his approach. Some recent solo exhibitions are “The Capitalization of Graffiti”, Ca’ di Dio, Venice (2024); “Trapped in a Cel!”, Mucciaccia Gallery, London (2024); “The Madness of the PRIEST-VERSE”, MEMORABILANDIA, Milan (2023) and “PRESS START”, BEYOND THE STREETS, Los Angeles (2023). Among the most recent group exhibitions: “POST GRAFFITI”, Southampton Arts Center, New York (2024); “United Intermural Artists”, 21 Gallery, Treviso (2023); “Beyond the Streets”, Saatchi Gallery, London (2023).