Logan Hicks, Los Angeles stencil artist, was classically trained, but cut his teeth on the industrial streets of Baltimore, Maryland.

After college, Logan formed Workhorse Printing, a textile screen-printing business that worked closely with Corporate Clients for high volume textile printing. During that time, Logan began to screen-print limited edition prints of his own work. He would wheatpaste them on the abandoned buildings near high traffic areas of the city. Encouraged by the response of his art in the public arena, he chose to move away from textile printing and focus solely on his own work. This change led to a move to Los Angeles that landed him at ground zero of the urban art movement that had been gaining momentum throughout the late 90’s.

Logan was unable to relocate his screen-printing shop to Southern California. Eager to continue his art, he began using stencils as a substitute for his screen. The stenciling method mimicked the principles and processes of screen-printing, but with a more gritty, urban look with an immediacy that was unable to be duplicated by screen-printing. This new approach to creating art was quickly adopted as his sole medium. By using the tools of graffiti artists, Logan was able to tame the crude medium and package street art into a tangible, digestible product.

Now known for his hyper-detailed, meticulously hand-cut stencils, Logan has rocketed to the top ranks of his field with his borderline obsessive approach to creating stencils. Using subject matter such as urban cityscapes, architecture, and organic forms, he focuses on exploring patterns and details or finding beauty in the mundane.

Past projects have included textile designs for companies such as K-Swiss, Burton Snowboards, Tribal Gear, and Upper Playground; murals for RedBull, lectures in Slovenia, as well as a stenciled animation episode. Currently, Logan is focusing on his gallery work in order to concentrate more deeply on his intricate large scale works. While walking the line between commercial artist and fine artist, Logan has managed to showcase his work in dozens of galleries internationally.

He’s leaving LA for good at the end of this month. I’m glad and honored that I had this chance to work and develop a friendship with such a talented and charismatic person. I wish him the best of luck with his new life in, my former home, Brooklyn and hope you will join me in bidding him farewell tonight at the show opening.