Cbabi Bayoc
saint louis, MO, United States
Cbabi (pronounced Kuh-bob-bi) Bayoc is a visual artist and illustrator residing in St. Louis, Missou...
About the artist
Cbabi Bayoc
Joined In 2018
(20 Followers)
About the artist
Cbabi Bayoc
Joined In 2018
(20 Followers)
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Cbabi (pronounced Kuh-bob-bi) Bayoc is a visual artist and illustrator residing in St. Louis, Missouri. His subjects include family, children, music and a bunch of other cool stuff designed with line, bold color and phunk!
Bayoc, whose given name is Clifford Miskell, Jr., adopted his name CBABI (Creative-Black-Artist-Battling-Ignorance) during his time at Grambling State University (‘92-‘95). In 1997, a legal name change took
place at the time of his marriage. His ex-wife assisted in deciding their last name BAYOC (Blessed-African-
Youth-Of-Creativity) as something that could be shared with their future children.
After working as a caricature artist at Six Flags over St. Louis, Cbabi pursued a career as an illustrator. His first notable client was Rap Pages magazine. During the entire year of 1998 he was given the RPM section on a monthly basis to display a caricature of the featured artist. Through that exposure, he was approached by Violator Management to create the artwork for the cover of the Violator Compilation, Vol.1 album, featuring the likenesses of Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown, Q-Tip, LL Cool J, Mobb Deep, Fat Joe and Big Pun.
That same year, Bayoc was approached to exhibit artwork at an organization...
1992 - AssocIates in Liberal Arts from Belleville Area College, IL, USA with concentration in Painting/Drawing
1995- Bachelors in Liberal Arts with focus in Painting/Drawing from Grambling State University, LA, USA
SELECTED SHOWS
BE: Be Excellent, SOHA Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2014 17: The Revolution Will Be Visualized
“Point of Departure: Cbabi, Jarvis, Lobdell” RAC, St. Louis, MO 2011
Nu-Art Series Metropolitan Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2010
Homegrown & Handpicked, ArtDimensions Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Shaw Art Fair, St. Louis, MO 2009 Columbus Art Fair,
Columbus, OH 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, LA
Laumeier Art Fair, St. Louis, MO
Family Portrait, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2007
Two Person Show, “Family Portrait,” Schmidt Art Center, Belleville, IL
Shaw Art Fair, St. Louis, MO 2007
Belleville Art on the Square
New Work, Common Space Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2006
Columbus Art Fair, Columbus, OH
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, LA
New Drawings, St. Louis Community College, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO 2005
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