The Apexer (also known as Ricardo Richey) is a San Francisco-based public artist and mural painter. His works have appeared throughout US and internationally. He has done commissioned mural projects for museums including the deYoung Museum and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Biography Apexer was born in San Francisco, California, in 1978. He is a third-generation San Franciscan. He is Latino and African-American.
Apexer studied classical art techniques, architecture, graphic design, and art history while developing his own artistic identity. Apexer credits the San Francisco-based community organization Precita Eyes with guiding him to find his own artistic voice. “If I’m painting from my imagination, I’m representing everybody,” said APEX. “I’m not representing one person. Or one race.”
Public works
Stanford University Zoox Building, San Francisco, 2024 Stadia Bar, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, 2021 Hayes Valley Playground, 2019 Apexer, The Path of Intuition, Juxtapoz Art and Culture Magazine, 2018 Haight Street Summer of Love in collaboration with de Young Museum, 2017 Timbuk2 Flagship Store Front in Brooklyn, 2017 Space NK First Boutique in San Francisco, 2016 St Peter's Art Alliance, Florida, 2016
References
External links APEXER at Mirus Gallery Apexer, The Path of Intuition, Interview by Kristin Farr, Juxtapoz Art & Culture magazine