Boy Kong is a self-taught painter, illustrator, muralist, and collage artist. Inspired by a mixture of Ukiyo-e, Surrealism, graffiti art, and animal folklore, Kong's visual style juxtaposes these elements with a mastery of color and rhythmic application. In short time his body of work has become immediately identifiable without succumbing to a signature aesthetic. Kong divides his time between Orlando and NYC. In 2015, he became the first artist to make work at Chinatown Soup, painting our iconic gate mural and contributing a series of multi-panel works reimagining local youth gangs from the 1970s to feature in our first curatorial project.
