Category Archives: Artist Profile

Amy “Aimstar” Andrieux

The Box That Rocks :: Artist Profile Amy Andrieux

Amy “Aimstar” Andrieux As the former Publisher of transcultural magazine TRACE, Senior Producer at MTV.com and Executive Editor/General Manager at The Source magazine, Amy Andrieux is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist, she has interviewed several key figures from Kobe Bryant, Larry Clark, Jamel Shabazz, Shepard Fairey and Pharrell Williams, to … Read More

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The Box That Rocks :: Artist Profile Daniel Amazu Wasser

Daniel Amazu Wasser is a painter/collagist, on a mission to fight the good fight. He was born in 1971 in Maine and grew up in Norwalk, CT, before moving to New Haven where he currently resides and works as an Elementary School Art Teacher in the inner city.  

Tim Okamura

The Box That Rocks :: Artist Profile Tim Okamura

  Tim Okamura was born in Edmonton, Canada where he earned a BFA with Distinction at the Alberta College of Art and Design before moving to New York City to attend the School of Visual Arts in 1991. After graduating with a MFA in Illustration … Read More

Tahir Hemphill

The Box That Rocks :: Artist Profile Tahir Hemphill

  Currently Hemphill enjoys his role as cultural entrepreneur, operating the Brooklyn-based creative enterprise, Staple Crops. His current project, The Hip-Hop Word Count is a searchable rap almanac. Hemphill also manages the media arts education program for Red Clay Arts, a nonprofit incubator for contemporary artists that he co-founded in 2000. … Read More