Christopher Samuels (b. 1983, Detroit, MI), mostly self-taught, co-founded the artist-run gallery space Org Contemporary in 2009. His work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles and throughout Michigan. In the summer of 2010 Samuels attended the Skowhegan School Of Painting & Sculpture in.
Murray J. Turpin, Born in South Africa on the third of September 1982, education started at Temple Emanuel Nursery School, then Norwood Primary until 1989, lived in Hong Kong for three and a half years and attended Bradbury Junior School. Returned to South Africa and finished primary schooling Std 2 to Std 6(grade 8) at St Peters Prep then attended Sandown High School, matriculated(2000) and went on to study a BA Fine Arts Degree at the University of the Witwatersrand, JHB, finished his fourth honours year (2004) and now lives, works and performs where ever the next invitation to exhibit or perform takes him.
“My current practice is multi media/multi platform based and quite often hybridised. For example a portrait painting or photograph that I have taken or painted I will bring to life as a character based intervention of performance piece.
Or a petty felony that I have committed, I will try and justify by bringing it to life as digital construct, (thus denying myself accountability, haha wat a cunt) on a social network of my choice, or a minimalist inspired serigraph series I will bring to life in the form of a live tattoo performance and installation. Or a track that have made, I will shoot a music video for, OR OR OR YOU GET THE FUKKING PICTURE, FUK MY WORD, CHECK MY SITE OUT FOR YOUR SELF,THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.”