Eyes On Wide "Public"

Shine On. 2011 . installation

2011-04-27T14:53:00.000-07:00

To our Dearly Departed and Deceased,

On behalf of the community i represent you will be dearly missed. These empty streets and spaces in which you once occupied are now void of great beauty.

My understanding is you , and as all of humanities diverse ancestors were just looking to participate in a potential greatness, with and for your family. It is recognized that you had to travel an extensive and treacherous path over the colonization line called the U.S. Mexican border. We see that this path you chose may have been a reaction to the economic abuse and trauma to the earth we all face in our lives. now this trauma is criminalizing you after surviving this sacred journey for the chance of a better life. I wish the objects and abstractions that the U.S. and other capitalist countries did not ever hinder your life and effect your inner peace in your distant communities. Another wish is that it never caused a great billowing pain and villanization of all of our native brothers and sisters on this side of the dehumanizing line. We are starting to be faced with a great loss of your presence and see how real and dangerous this devastating divider is to our realities.

It may be seen that if those in power can try to criminalize, can try to dehumanize, and try and take away the dignity of our dear neighbors , the dignity of our sisters and brothers at homes these people in a position of power have been doing for hundreds of years, it is the deepest moment in our generation to tap into our resilience with our most profound love and freely let these miracles inside our existence bleed into the sky , so it rains our mirrors and washes away the filthy lines of hate. If we allow the sun to shine -the great colors in the sky will mirror our unity within our lives.

I hope the journey you are on allows you to tap into this deep love and sets your heart free. Your absence and the void of you takes us on our own journeys in honor of your humanity, your dignity , and your spirit. We as a global community need to participate in a revolution of the heart. To be free in spirit and heart is truly being alive in the vein of existence. Being alive is revolution, being alive is precious, being alive like this only happens once. Life is a phenomenal miracle we all experience, yet we forget and lose sight of the staggering complexity we are engaging in every moment.

Once we tap into our essence we can step outside of ourselves and see into another beings narrative . This projection allows us to see our own story and that thread that links us all together in an impenetrable force , showing us that we are all a part of each other.When we experience the capacity to tap into our essence this starts to cultivate compassion and empathy. This phenomenal combination allows us to reconnect with our mother and lets us shine into the universe with fierce fierce light.

Dearly Deported and deceased some of us are conserving your dignity by celebrating your humanity and by fighting your criminalization. We truly know the illusion of borders in our hearts, we fight with love and fierce light to show we all shine under one sky.

Shine on, Much love

Joerael

ROOSEVELT ROW BILLBOARD

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RAINBOW IS THE NEW BLACK

The Caravan PHX AZ 2010

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The New Times link , Phoenix Magazine link

Kachina

Apache Tribute , San Carlos Apache Rez, AZ 2010

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Cuidad Juarez Mexico 2010

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Photography : Dayvid Lemmon ,: BSA LINK

VIDEO

El Paso Del Norte

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PHOTO : DAYVID LEMMON

Shameless In the South West

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Photos by Sibelle

Hitting The South West...

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Photos by Sibelle

The Offering / Joerael Elliott & Jesus Rodriguez

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Check out this video by Jack Schwitz HERE.

The Offering Progress Shots... Joerael Elliott & Jesus Rodriguez

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House of Bird , The Speed Of Vision 2009....

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Various Views Of Hair Pollution

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House Commission, 2009

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Commission Spray-bomb 2009

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Home Commission, mothers help 2009

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Super RAD Art Jam Grand Junction Colorado 2008

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HERE

Home commission in an Alfred N. Beadle condo

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Alfred N. Beadle

Al moro Dance Studio, Phx AZ 2006

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Public Works @ large

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Hair Pollution Mcdowell PHX AZ

Al Moro Dance studio Camelback

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photos by Sibelle

Al moro Dance Studio / outside, Phx AZ 2006

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Mute on Wheels Joerael Elliott & Tad Caldwell PHX AZ.

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Mute on Wheels Joerael Elliott & Tad Caldwell PHX AZ.

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Hatter Detail aerosol , distant alley PHX AZ

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Hatter Detail aerosol , distant alley PHX AZ

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Al moro Dance Studio, Phx AZ 2006

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The images below are details and examples of a commission i did for Daniel Wayne and Felicia Ruiz @ Al Moro dance studio in PHX AZ. The opening of Al Moro coincided with the the beginning of they're neighboring business Lola Tapas in 2006. Felicia contacted me through her hair stylist I did work for "Tad Caldwell" @ Hair Pollution proposing a visual challenge. She wanted me to tap into her physche and flamenco culture infusing my street background to create a visual atmosphere that becomes and integral part of dancers and viewers experience.

Researching heavily on flamenco culture the concept began to take place, I felt a little unease as to flamenco is outside of my West Texan American culture i grew up in , that said I took careful caution and consideration on the elements of flamenco while partaking in the research and execution of the work.

The work itself is heavy in layers in content , the first night I began they're daughter Paloma then age 5 helped me paint the first colors and layer on the wall in a wild and messy frenzy we busted out a rainbow of color and child like textures over the entire wall. This was the frame work for what was to become and the paths which to work with and around . From that point on it was all a careful and thoughtful preparation for the eyes and soul.

All over the wall is a puzzle of content, of hidden meanings and of metaphor. If you take a gander or experience it in person there is a sequence of a flamenco dancer blending into to the walls movement , backwards writings to read while looking into the dance studios mirror , hidden elements of flamenco, and a full loop as one end of the mural connects to the other to create a circle that dances.

This mixed media work was mostly hand painted with the occasional use of spray paint, of stencils "hand cut and found", of airbrush and of the markings from the aspiring artist Paloma.

Al Moro is now owned & run by my friend and world renowned performer Ava Fleming.

Al moro Dance Studio Detail , Phx AZ 2006

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Al moro Dance Studio Detail , Phx AZ 2006

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Al moro Dance Studio Detail , Phx AZ 2006

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Al moro Dance Studio Detail , Phx AZ 2006

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Al moro Dance Studio Detail , Phx AZ 2006

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Al moro Dance Studio Detail , Phx AZ 2006

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Al moro Dance Studio Detail , Phx AZ 2006

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Sequence of a flamenco dancer buried in layers of graffiti

Al moro Dance Studio, Phx AZ 2006

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Al moro Dance Studio, Phx AZ 2006

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Photo courtesy of Sibelle

Cycles of Beauty Photo shoot 2008

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This is a collaboration i did with friend Kristin Dinnis for a joint show called cycles of beauty

The patterns and designs are all hand painted and mostly hand made stencils.

Cycles of Beauty Photo shoot 2008

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This was hand painted fabric water colored and ironed acrylic

Cycles of Beauty Photo shoot 2008

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hand painted jacket

King & Duck ,PHX AZ 2008 Scottsdale Fashion Center

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Painted furiously in 8 hours Blk & Wht...

Dragonfly Botique Door Piece, PHX AZ 2009 , photography by Photohoe!

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Courtesy of Photohoe
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Funky Dragonfly Botique

1718 Van Buren ave

PHX AZ

Interior mural @ Dubsea Coffee

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Interior mural @ Dubsea Coffee

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