From Tokyo to NYC to LA, the name Kofie rings out like a cosmic wave.

He's been commissioned to put his one-of-a-kind stamp on creative studios across Southern Cal. He creates live art during shared performances with wicked talented DJs and renowned musicians.  His own downtown studio pulses with the sounds of Sun Ra as the master organic creator sets to work. He creates an urban garden setting, a city seen from a place high up in the sky, a place where industry and nature interweave in complex harmonies. This Scorpio was born in LA and thank god he has no plans to relocate any time soon. Kofie is one of the few urban LA artists who can claim to make his living as an artist. His current collage he describes as "very therapeutic." For him, it's all about the process.  Doing what comes naturally that it feels like a self-portrait. "I like to build, so the form is very structural but organic." Back in high school, he was voted as most artistic, Young Kofie was a skater, illustrator, graffiti artist. The name KOFIE was born in 1993. He began experimenting with brush painting.  If you visit the corner of Melrose and Martel, you'll see one of his house paintings called Hummingbirds. He listens while he paints to "anything between '59-present. old skate rock, punk, jazz, funk, soul, Indie hip-hop." Artists do not appreciate labels or definitions. He's an all around creative. To label him solely an artist would not justify the vast creative universe contained within.

For more on this amazing artist, visit keepdrafting.com. Check out this coming art exhibit this Thursday Aug 15th.

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