Rasta Baby Print

The Norwegian female artist internationally known as Artist Zina , a young London-based street artist and illustrator, has become well known for her blue-scale portraits of women and children. She has been getting a lot of attention this past year and has been invited to an increasing number of street art festivals. Whereas she paints mostly in London and the UK, she has also been beautifying walls in Jamaica and even Oslo. She only started spraying 3 years ago when she moved to London after finishing her bachelor degree in illustration in the SouthWest of England. Mostly self taught, she has been picking up a few tips and tricks from the guys, but has explored the use of cans on her own during live events and festivals. Current work documents her interest for the urban art scene that has sparked a desire to work with spray paint. These outdoor paintings combine influences, looking at realistic portraiture and different ethnic cultures. Her studio work comes from an interest in a rising, Pop-surrealistic Movement, that demonstrates bold colours, rustic steampunk, symbolism and decorative elements. This year, the focus has mainly been on her studio work in between working a part time job. Earlier in the year Bar No.53 in Oslo, Norway, commissioned her and flew her over for a week to do a large portrait for their back garden. Over the summer she worked on organising new prints and made new illustrations for a group show in September at Stoke Newington Studios. She takes on private commissions, reasonably within her style, from small pencil drawn or painted portraits to murals, but would like to work on larger art projects for communities and organisations to make a difference and to inspire young people.