ABOUT A-SICK-CO

 “ASICKONE”  WAS BORN IN MIAMI, FL. AND HAS SINCE THEN BEEN WORKING AND LIVING. HE COMES FROM A GENERATION OF MIAMI GRAFFITI STREET ARTISTS, WHERE HE GAINED HIS NAME (ASIK). HE CHALLENGES HIS OWN PASSIONS, OBSESSIONS AND FEARS WITH THE CONFRONTATION OF DUALITIES OF THE BI-CULTURAL REALITIES AND DECEPTIONS. ESSENTIALLY A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST AND DISCIPLE OF MIAMI CUBAN ARTIST SERGIO GARCIA. HE UTILZES ICONS FROM PAST AND PRESENT CIVILIZATIONS.HIS STYLE IS OF SWEET TENDER VIOLENCE, AND OF SUPREME ELEGANCE COMBINING THE EXTREMES OF ALL TECHNIQUES AND MEDIUMS; EXPRESSIONISM V.S. ASIAN ART V.S. SURREALISM  V.S. URBAN CULTURE.

HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN FILMED IN SEVERAL DOCUMENTARIES, AND PUBLISHED IN  FILM MAKER MAGAZINE , FANGORIA HORROR MAGAZINE , INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER HOY,  SEVERAL MAGAZINES ON MIAMI GRAFFITTI, PUBLISHED IN BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF MIAMI GRAFFITTI HE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL GRAFFITTI MAGAZINES AND HAS PAINTED SEVERAL STREET MURALS THROGHOUT THE CITY.

 

SELECTED RESUME OF HIS EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:                           
ARTWALK BROWARD-ROLLING STOCK GALLERY, FT.LAUDERDALE, FL., THE PAINT YARD / MONTANA STORE, SAN ANTONIO, TX., ARTWALK WYNWOOD BASEL EDITION / ART D QUINN, MIAMI, FL., MIAMI ART BASEL 2011 / ART D QUINN, MIAMI, FL., ZADOK GALLERY / EMERGE, FASHION TRADE SHOW, MIAMI, FL., BEYOND DUTY SHORT FILM / ACTOR, MIAMI, FL., IRREVERSIBLE / KAVACHNINA CONTEMPORARY, MIAMI, FL., PEPE CALDERIN DESIGNS, MIAMI, FL., NEW ERA GRAFFITI EXPO, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL., ARTE BA FAIR /IRREVERSIBLE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, ART NAPLES-MIAMI WAVE / STUDIO 4004, NAPLES, FL., TRUE ELEMENTZ GRAFFITI EXPO, MIAMI, FL., ARTE AMERICAS / ARTISA GALERIA, MIAMI, FL., ART PALMBEACH ART FAIR/ ALDO CASTILLO GALLERY, WEST PALM BEACH, FL., M.I.A. MIAMI INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR/ JORGE FERNANDEZ, KAVACHININA CONTEMPORARY, MIAMI, FL., LOWE ART MUSEUM, MIAMI, FL., ART BASEL 2010 / BAJAREQUE ART SPACE, MIAMI, FL., MIMO ART FESTIVAL - ART BASEL 2010 / PRECISION ART GALLERY, MIAMI, FL., M.A.R. POR CUBA, MIAMI BEACH, FL., 801 PROJECTS, MIAMI, FL., GALLERY 138, MIAMI, FL., NEW COLLECTORS GALLERY, MIAMI, FL., CHURCHILLS, MIAMI, FL., SWEAT RECORDS, MIAMI, FL., X2PROJECTS, MIAMI, FL., PAUL MILLER STUDIO, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL., COLBY GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL., DURBAN-SEGNINI GALLERY, MIAMI, FL.

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​R E S U M E  OF  E X H I B I T S

 

BROWARD GRAFFITI PRO/AM - ROLLING STOCK GALLERY, DOWNTOWN BROWARD, FL., JUNE 2012
CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: THE PAINT YARD / MONTANA FLAGSHIP STORE SATX , SAN ANTONIO, TX., MAY 2012
THE SHOE WALL MURAL FOR ART BASEL, MIAMI, FL.,       JANUARY 2012
ARTWALK WYNWOOD-BASEL EDITION: ART D QUINN ART SPACE, AKA MOVEMENT - RESILIENCE / LOVE BLOWS, MIAMI, FL., DECEMBER 2011
ART BASEL WEEK MIAMI: ART D QUINN ART SPACE, AKA MOVEMENT - RESILIENCE / LOVE BLOWS, MIAMI, FL.,      DECEMBER 2011
THE BUTTON WALL MURAL FOR ART BASEL, LARRY’S BUTTON FACTORY, MIAMI, FL., NOVEMBER, 2011
BEYOND DUTY SHORT FILM - ACTOR, MIAMI, FL., NOVEMBER, 2011 
EMERGE FASHION TRADE SHOW - AKA MOVEMENT, ZADOK GALLERY, MIAMI, FL., OCTOBER, 2011
CAMPUS COLLECTIVE EXHIBIT / MIAMI IRONSIDE - PEPE CALDERIN DESIGNS ART SPACE, MIAMI, FL., OCTOBER 2011
IRREVERSIBLE INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECT RELEASE PARTY,          KAVACHNINA CONTEMPORARY, MIAMI, FL., JUNE, 2011
NEW ERA SOUTH FLORIDA GRAFFITI EXPO,                                                            FT. LAUDERDALE, FL., MAY, 2011
CAMPUS COLLECTIVE EXHIBIT / MIAMI IRONSIDE - PEPE CALDERIN DESIGNS ART SPACE, MIAMI, FL., MAY 2011
ARTE BA ARTE FAIR, IRREVERSIBLE INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECT, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, MAY, 2011
ART NAPLES: SPECIAL EXHIBIT MIAMI WAVE / STUDIO 4004, NAPLES, FL., MAY, 2011
ARTE AMERICAS: ARTISA GALERIA, MIAMI, FL., MARCH, 2011
TRUE ELEMENTZ GRAFFITI EXPO, MIAMI, FL., FEBRUARY, 2011
M.A.R. POR CUBA, MIAMI , FL., FEBRUARY, 2011 ( MADRES Y              MUJERES ANTI REPRESION POR CUBA: ART AUCTION)
ART PALMBEACH ART FAIR / ALDO CASTILLO GALLERY,                              WEST PALM BEACH, FL., JANUARY, 2011
M.I.A. MIAMI INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR / JORGE FERNANDEZ/           KAVACHININA CONTEMPORARY, MIAMI, FL., JANUARY, 2011
ART BASEL WEEK MIAMI: BAJAREQUE ART SPACE,  MIAMI,  FL., DECEMBER, 2010
THE LOST TAPES, MIAMI GRAFFITI DOCUMENTARY, MIAMI, FL., DECEMBER, 2010
ART BASEL WEEK: URBAYNE BISCAYNE, PRECISION ART                   GALLERY, MIAMI, FL. DECEMBER 2010
MIMO ART BOULEVARD FESTIVAL: PRECISION ART GALLERY,                  MIAMI, FL. NOVEMBER 2010
M.A.R. POR CUBA, MIAMI , FL., FEBRUARY 2010 ( MADRES Y               MUJERES ANTI REPRESION POR CUBA: ART AUCTION)
COLBY GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL., OCTOBER 2009 ( CUBANS IN EXILE  IN AMERICA: MASTERS AND UP COMING ARTIST)
BLAST EM PHOTOGRAPHY “DAY OF THE DEAD  PHOTO SHOOT”              MIAMI, FL., OCTOBER 2009 ( FOR TATTOO MAGAZINE)
ORGULLO LATINO CON WILMA HERNANDEZ, MIAMI, FL.,                     FEBRUARY, 2009 (T.V. INTERVIEW EXPOSURE OF MY ART WORK)
COLBY GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL., OCTOBER, 2008 (MEXICAN                INFLUENCE IN LATIN ART)
SWEAT RECODS GALLERY, MIAMI, FL., OCTOBER, 2008                        (COLTOBERFEST 305 SPONSORED BY COLT 45 BREWING CO.)
DURBAN-SEGNINI GALLERY, MIAMI, FL. NOVEMBER, 2008 (STEP BY   STEP FOUNDATION ART AUCTION TO BUILD A  SCHOOL IN TIPA TIPA)
SWEAT RECORDS GALLERY, MIAMI, FL., AUGUST, 2008
PAUL MILLER GALLERY, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL. JUNE, 2008                   (RUNNING WITH SCISSORS II)
FANGORIA MAGAZINE, ART OF HORROR: “WHO DOESN’T WANT TO  LOSE SOME DEAD WEIGHT”( ZOMBIE PROM PUBLISHED) , MAY,  2008
BLAST EM PHOTOGRAPHY, MIAMI , FL., APRIL, 2008 (1950’s ZOMBIE PROM  FX MAKE UP)
PAUL MILLER GALLERY, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL. FEBRUARY, 2008      (RUNNING WITH SCISSORS I)
GALLERY 138, MIAMI, FL., OCTOBER, 2007
GALLERY 138, MIAMI, FL., JULY, 2007 (THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT)
CHURCHILLS GALLERY NIGHT, MIAMI, FL., JUNE, 2007 (ROCK V.S. ART)
GALLERY 138, MIAMI, FL., JUNE, 2007
801 PROJECTS GALLERY, MIAMI, FL., MAY, 2007
NEW COLLECTORS GALLERY, MIAMI, FL., FEBRUARY, 2007 (SMALL WORKS BY NOTABLE MIAMI ARTIST II)
NEW COLLECTORS GALLERY, MIAMI, FL., JANUARY, 2007 (SMALL WORKS BY NOTABLE MIAMI ARTIST I)
CHURCHILLS GALLERY NIGHT, MIAMI,FL., OCTOBER, 2006 (PUNK V.S. ART)
FAME: MIAMI GRAFFITTI DOCUMENTRY BY FLYY MEDIA                       PRODUCTIONS,  FEBRUARY, 2006 ( 1 OF 5 INTERVIEWED ON MIAMI GRAFFITTI)
WALLS OF JERICHO MURAL-PUBLISHED-L&R PHOTOLAB, MIAMI, FL., NOVEMBER, 2005
REDCARPET AFFAIR MURAL-L&R PHOTOLAB, MIAMI, FL., FEBRUARY, 2003

FILM STRIP MURAL-L&R PHOTOLAB, MIAMI, FL., FEBRUARY, 1999

 

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