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Every place I land, I leave a portal 🇧🇪🇭🇰 Murals · sculptures · wearable worlds · nomadic since 2013 📍🗽🇩🇪
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Big thanks to @sprayseemo for the fun times! Here are some final shots and a few work-in-progress moments. And for everyone asking about the paint all over the floor ,here’s the story: at the end of a wild painting day, the lift got stuck while I was still up in the air. As I was on the phone trying to get help, someone very under the influence decided to pour out every single bucket of paint and used an umbrella to trace perfect circles on the ground. Then she walked straight into the gas station, completely covered in paint, leaving a trail everywhere she went. Thinking about making a separate video to share the chaotic behind-the-scenes stories that come with creating a mural ,should I? Footage and pics by @shakeandbaker248 @gimmie.mo 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
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❤️No one ever tells you bravery feels like fear ❤️ And nothing is more scary..than feelings 🥹 Exoskeleton build and performed by yours truly It’s a whole transformational birth performance you got to be there Obsessed with these beautiful shots by @shkoda ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ . . . . . . . #caratoes #heart #ionlyhave2moods #sorrynotsorry
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Day 2 @hospital.of.emotions 🙏✨ Sketching around with carboard
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Hello #losangeles @hospital.of.emotions
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Forest for the Trees and @FWC26Seattle are teaming up to welcome the world, celebrate soccer, and showcase artists this summer!  @caratoes is a Belgian–Hong Kong multidisciplinary artist creating monumental portraits of women of color that explore identity, emotional excavation, and inner duality. Working across large-scale murals, installation, painting, and performance, her practice grew from graffiti in Hong Kong after early creative work in Amsterdam and at Wieden+Kennedy. Living nomadically for over a decade, she has been commissioned internationally, including projects for the Facebook office in Hong Kong, transforming public and private spaces into powerful reflections of cultural hybridity and self-discovery. Created for the FIFA World Cup, “Red Devils” is a tribute to Belgium’s national team and the unifying power of football. The composition draws from the bold red, yellow, and black of the Belgian flag, grounding the piece in national pride and identity. Circular elements echo the form of a soccer ball, symbolizing movement, momentum, and the way sport transcends borders to connect cultures worldwide. In the background, a cedar tree branch honors the Indigenous peoples of Seattle, where the match will be held, acknowledging the land’s native heritage and weaving local cultural respect into a global celebration of sport. We’re unveiling 14 new Art Frames between now and June. Find them all featured on the Unity Loop inside the SEA&WIN mobile app game. Explore the city, earn points, win prizes, and even score World Cup match tickets on us. Download SEA&WIN via @FWC26Seattle , check out these artworks in person, and earn some free points in the process! #WeAreSeattle #SEAandWIN #UnityLoop
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@caratoes in residence for @ffttnw Two new artworks available: ‘Chaos is the Score Upon Reality is Written’ Acrylic on canvas 48” x 36” ‘Chaos Births a Dancing Star’ Acrylic on canvas 48” x 36” DM @artxiv to purchase 📸: @wiseknave
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Creature and Brock went on a magical rainforest hike. @caratoes @brock.scott
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Out here for @fifaworldcup @fifa with @ffttnw shot by @brock.scott ✨✨✨✨Hello #seattle in this dream studio ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
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Happy Year of the Fire Horse, my sweet ones ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 May this year be a wild one , galloping straight into your wildest dreams. Trust your instincts, even when they don’t make sense.. One day, they will. @conradstojak found this horse trashed on a Manhattan sidewalk and rolled it all the way to my residency, looking for shelter, I took it as a sign. I usually build dragons and serpents , so a horse arriving like that felt intentional. Working on this piece became a gift while I process my grandparents leaving this realm. Maybe it didn’t “make sense” to pour so much energy into it… but when does art ever truly make sense? When energy needs to shift, to move, to transform ... art is the portal. What we lose in form returns in force. This year, we ride with fire in our veins. Nothing about our existence is accidental. Beautiful pics @jaimemarrero #pvmondayyearofthefirehorse @photovogue
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Happy Valentine, my loooovessssss 🖤🖤🖤 To celebrate love, I’m putting a few of my favorite special drawlings up for adoption ✨✨✨ Drawing 1 & 2 $340 (excluding shipping) 32 × 24 cm / 12.5” × 9.5” Drawing 3 & 4 & 5 $300 (excluding shipping) 30 × 21 cm / 11.75” × 8.25” Be quick — last time they sold out within the first half hour. Forever grateful for you and for supporting me on this path of trusting the unknown creativity Grateful for the skin that shedded , that brought you were you needed to be ✨🖤🖤🖤 Send me a DM to claim yours ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
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