AGE: 31
BASED IN: New York
Drake Carr made his first foray into the art world on the walls of a Bushwick dive bar.
When Happyfun Hideaway wanted to commission a vibrant work to adorn its dance floor, the Flint, Michigan, native— who also tended bar at the watering hole—delivered. The 31-year-old multimedia artist adorned the space with raunchy, life-sized figures inspired by peers and friends that would later become his signature. “Gum would get stuck to them and sweaty people would press up against them,” the artist remembers. “It’s really satisfying to see these things that I labored over get lived on.”
November 21, 2024
