Artist: Ayden Stoefen

Year Completed: 2020

Medium: Acrylic, Ink and Charcoal on gallery wrapped canvas

Dimensions in Inches (HxWxD): * 48inx36inx1in

Shipping from: US

About the Artist:
Was born in 1997 in Sioux Fall, South Dakota. Moving at the age of two he spent his youth growing up along the coast of Clearwater, Florida. Finding a passion for the arts at a young age he began developing an audience early on. Having his paintings displayed multiple times within the Dali museum and winning numerous national art competitions by the age of 17. Homeless for two years before graduating High School he started his career as a clothing designer/photographer early on, he was driven away from university and two months after graduating he moved abroad to further his creative career. Over the next three years he began documenting his travels around all 7 continents in hope to share the stories of both his experience and the individuals he met along the way. Finding a passion for working with these impoverished communities and developing ways to give back to underprivileged youth through his creativity became his mission. As he continued his work as a freelancer, he began building long lasting relationships with Pro Surfer Cory Lopez and Russian National Geographic Photographer Kirill Samurskiy who mentored him after they met in Egypt.
Soon after Ayden was introduced to the skate scene working with a non-profit by the name of Concrete Jungle Foundation. Being hired on as their field photographer he was part of the team that travelled to Angola and built the nation's first skate park and a short year after doing the same in Kingston Jamaica.
At 21 he made his way back to the states to start what is now known as "Stoefs Studio"

Ayden's work has been featured on Kenzo, Vice, Monster Children, The Skateroom, and Red Bull

Additional Information:
"Detrimental Correlations" (36in x 48in) This piece has been in the works for the past 7 months. Countless hours of research went into this artwork before execution in order to probe a way to present a subject in a comforting and elegant way; not only to showcase the pure beauty of the women's form but to allure the viewer from the fact that most women, when viewing themselves in a mirror, only see what they're physically lacking. For generations we've compared body types as if this can be used to measure someone's worth. To only end up feeling unworthy or not living up to the pressures of societal norms. This unreachable physical standard seems to only increase continuing to cause a strain on women's mental health especially in their formative years. The human body should be something worth celebrating and no longer looked at as a form of competition.

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