Zipeng Zhu, Pier 17, 89 South Street, Manhattan, NY
painted with help from Alex Mi and Thibault Loiselet 

Artist statement: Life is hard and it often leave us feeling alone, but that can't be further from the truth. For my YANA mural, I decided to create a striking type piece to celebrate the energy and resilience that we have as humans. The dynamic geometric lettering makes the mural feel not only bold but also filled with positivity. By putting the black and white typography on a lemon yellow background gives us so much contrast yet it’s warm and hopeful.

Zipeng Zhu is a Chinese-born artist, designer, art director, illustrator, and animator in New York City who wants to make every day a razzle-dazzle musical. His clients include Apple, Adidas, Adobe, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Twitter, Netflix, New York Times, Harry’s, Viacom, The New Yorker, Fox, Away, CNN, MTV, Chobani, and Samsung. He was one of the Art Directors Club Young Guns 13 winners and has been recognized as Print magazine’s New Visual Artist and The One Show Young Ones. His work has been exhibited all over the world including New York, Barcelona, Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai, Beijing and other major museums and institutions. Now he runs his creative practice Dazzle Studio and gift shop Dazzle Supply to push dazzle to the next level.

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