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 Bent One

Born in 1976 in Central America, Bent developed a passion for the arts at the tender age of 8, when he first began to draw. 

Bent came to America and grew up during the golden age of hip hop, greatly influenced by graffiti art, break-dancing and hip hop music. Bent was first introduced to graffiti as a teenager in junior high, where he earned his nickname and learned about the different styles of graffiti art, can control, and color blending techniques. Bent grew up painting murals and earned street notoriety just by writing his name. Eventually, Bent was inducted into several well-known Los Angeles based graffiti crews, such as GS, NBT, FS, and NTS.

After becoming a well-known graffiti artist, Bent moved on to painting for movie sets and music videos, making a name for himself in the entertainment community. Bent then went on to paint a loft for hip hop artist/producer, Yung Berg, and a music school for the Flipmode Squad’s, Rah Digga. With multiple successful paintings under his belt, Bent was highly sought after to paint murals, buildings, etc., landing opportunities to paint the interior and exterior of several smoke shops across the country, from Los Angeles, California to Newark, New Jersey. To add to his extensive portfolio, Bent has also painted food trucks in Central America, music studios, medical buildings, custom shops, production studios in New Jersey, and earned a spot in eleven-time Grammy award winning, Malik Yusef’s book.

He Also become a diverse digital artist. Designing for celebrities and doing collaborations with Dr. Dre, Dave Chappell.