14 FOOT BY 8 FOOT CHRIS RIGGS FOR MAYOR CANVAS Painting

Chris Riggs for Mayor is born and raised in New York City. Chris began painting when he was 3 years old with his grandfather from Italy. Riggs father was killed by in a hold up at his store in Manhattan when he was 7 years old. At age 11, Chris medium was aerosol, painting murals in abandoned buildings and train tunnels in New York City. At age 17, Riggs traded in his spray cans for a paint brush. He studied painting formally with canvas during college. Chris Riggs for mayor now lives and works in NYC and Miami. Chris has made and sold 1000's of paintings! His paintings are collected by Museums, Galleries, and Collectors from all around the world. "Chris Riggs for Mayor is currently one of the most famous artists in New York City." - "Chris's influences include NYC street art, black and white African art, Aboriginal art, Picasso, Keith Haring, Basquiat, Pollock, and Andy Warhol." "His work is collected by museums, galleries, and collectors in over 50 countries." - "Shortly after starting his academic training as painter, he initiated to combine painting on canvas with street art." -Young Lee, The Frankfurt Art Association (Frankfurter Kunstverein) museum(1829), Frankfurt am Main,Germany "We consider him the New Pollock!" - Palmer Art Gallery,Houston, Texas,USA "I have been working as a full time artist since 2005. I started doing graffiti in 1985." -Chris Riggs artist "Chris Riggs is the middle-finger-loving mayoral candidate for New-York city (a.k.a. The Punk)." - The Promise of New York, documentary film "Chris Riggs had a great exhibition at the Warehouse Alternative Space, Miami 2011!" -Bird Road Art District, Miami, USA "...it is the eccentric Riggs who steals the show." - Nigel Chiwaya,Queens Ledger newspaper,Film Review The Promise of New York "A graduate of Columbia University, Brains and Creative Talent." - Mavis Palmer, private collector "Chris Riggs decided to start running for mayor because he saw a lunch program cut from a school program. It angered him, and he decided to do something about it - like, run for mayor. He also wants to end the war. He thinks this country needs a "fucking revolution." - Jessica Delfino,singer-songwriter, comedian,New York "I have been seeing a lot of Chris Riggs for Mayor campaign signs up on NW 2nd Ave lately.