Join street artist, graphic and experiential installation designer HOTTEA for a conversation about his journey through life using art and design to create monumental transformations of space at street level as well as in internationally renowned institutions using non-destructive techniques.

HOTTEA is an Emmy award winning artist having worked with clients big and small- from private home installations to entities like IBM and Viacom.  Over the years HOTTEA has been able to balance both corporate commissions while still keeping his roots in street art and graffiti.  By continuing to do un-commissioned work on the streets non-destructively HOTTEA’s commissioned pieces have been given an edge over the rest using similar materials and techniques. By being able to research and install in everyday spaces one would not typically see art installations, the artist has gained knowledge of how people interact with art on a broader scale.  Some of the cities and spaces the artist has recently worked in include- the Sydney Opera House, SCOPE  satellite art show (Miami Art Basel), the Artmossphere Biennale in Moscow, Russia, the MADE festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil and NY Fashion Week.

His accomplishments range from collaborations with Sesame Street to un-commissioned interventions in Santa Monica California.  HOTTEA is an artist that prides himself in the quality and concept of his artwork both on the street and in a museum.

HOTTEA further contributes to communities through his activism work and design instruction with individuals, helping to navigate conceptual explorations of self and encouraging participants to express and communicate their reflections through type, sculpture, and design.

In addition to significant works for commercial clients in 2020 HOTTEA created the first ever mural on the exterior of the Guthrie Theater using magnets as pixels and designed and painted a mural on the exterior boards of Bachelor Farmer/Askov Finlayson during the George Floyd Protests.

Anchorage Design Week Speaker Series: HOTTEA