#sharktoof

Although the shark’s reputation is often fearsome, Toof says he uses their image instead to give strength, optimism, and possibility to the viewer. “The shark icon is a voice of rebellion, a conduit for the unheard, and an homage to graffiti art and its purpose,” he says. Telling @wdwlls that the shark images also grew out of a desire to create interactive work viewers could stand next to, touch, and take photos with it’s not surprising that on a recent visit to Melbourne, Florida to check out the Eau Gallie Arts District I had to wait to document this wall while a girl took photos of her boyfriend carefully placed in the mouth of this fearsome creature. This 2016 work is on Eau Gallie Blvd near Pineapple Ave and the Eau Gallie Causeway.  @shark__toof  @egadlife

@shark__toof dropped a little bonus wall for @muralsinthemarket! #SharkToof #shark__toof #muralsinthemarket #muralsinthemarket2017 #mitm2017 #detroitstreetart #streetart #streetartspringbreak #streetartdetroit #artnerd #artington @1xrun #1xRun #1xFam #1xFamily #sonya7ii #sonyimages #sonyalpha (at Detroit, Michigan)

so grateful to feel like home in places moreso than my own where do sharks call home These are painted for the displaced the orphans the misfits the homeless Mural with my good buddy @pro_gress for @muralsinthemarket and two of the most incredible beams of light @jessecory and @rouladavid #sharktoof #shark__toof #natureisyourhome #blackeverything #muralsinthemarket #thankyouentire1xruncrew

#Repost @sallycentigrade (@get_repost) ・・・ In honor of #sharkweek 🦈🦈🦈 Black on Black Shark (Print from Shark Toof) $40.00 20"x30" *Can be found in the gallery or on our website (link in bio) • • • #sallycentigrade #sharkweek2017 #shark #sharks #sharksighting #sharkart #discovery #discoverychannel #popculture #popsurrealism#lowbrow #lowbrowart #lowbrowlife #sharktoof #digitalart #digitalprint

Shark Toof in Boyle Heights.

Los Angeles artist Shark Toof started doing graffiti in 1985 and a decade later found himself studying at The Art Center. Looking for a way to get away from the hate and politics sometimes associated with graffiti he began painting sharks as a symbol of rebellion, but also an image he says that can “give strength, optimism, and possibility to the viewer.” Atlanta Street Art also points out that Shark Toof’s work is not simply meant to “be engaged with only the mind and eyes” but in today’s social media driven culture are “meant to be interacted with, stood next to, touched, taken pictures with.” Painted in 2015 for Atlanta’s Outer Space Project you can interact with this shark at Trabert Ave and Howell Mill Rd NW.  @shark__toof  @outerspaceproject  @streetartcities​  

TONIGHT @coprogallery 12th Annual BLAB Group Show!!! (Detail Of Painting) Nature Of Myser 12 x 12 inches Acrylic and Spraypaint on Fine Cradled Wood Panel #sharktoof #shark__toof #natureofmyser #redeverything #coprogallery

In 1987 when a local gang (turned international gang) puts the word out that they are going to chop you up with machetes because there can only be one Myser... Well you change your name immediately This piece titled Nature Of Myser honors my formative years Proud and thankful survivor of 80's LA Graffiti history This piece will be available and on view with @coprogallery for BLAB Group Show Opening Sept. 9th!!! #sharktoof #shark__toof #natureofmyser #redeverything #croprogallery #blab #myserone #lagraffiti #lagraffitihistory