Halim Flowers
Halim Flowers, "Audacity to Love", Blue, 2023, Screenprint on BKF Warm White, 30" x 22",
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Halim Flowers, "Audacity to Love", White, 2023, Screenprint on BFK Warm White, 30" x 22", Ed. 10
Halim A. Flowers b. 1980, Washington, DC
"I am a “Superpredator”. After being sentenced to life in prison at the age of 16, this is the title that I was given. Held in a cage for 22 years, I began crafting my method of artistic expression to find some sense of peace in a hopeless place.
I use the language of the visual arts and spoken word to further my love revolution. I believe that love is the antibody to all social inequalities. I use my creativity to destroy social constructs that create hatred, with the weapon of radical love. Poetry, spoken word, photography, and paintings are my weapons of artistic mass construction."
In 1997, Halim A. Flowers was arrested at the age of 16 and sentenced to two life sentences in the District of Columbia. His experiences were filmed in the Emmy award-winning documentary Thug Life In DC. In 2005, he started his own publishing company SATO Communications, through which he published 11 books.
In 2019, Halim was released from prison after serving 22 years. Upon his release, Halim was awarded the Halcyon Arts Lab and Echoing Green fellowship awards. In 2020, he signed to be represented by DTR Modern Galleries for his visual art practice. His visual art has been exhibited at the MoMA PS1 and the National Arts Club in NYC. In 2022, started his own fashion brand releasing exclusive limited collections of streetwear designs.
Halim A. Flowers b. 1980, Washington, DC
"I am a “Superpredator”. After being sentenced to life in prison at the age of 16, this is the title that I was given. Held in a cage for 22 years, I began crafting my method of artistic expression to find some sense of peace in a hopeless place.
I use the language of the visual arts and spoken word to further my love revolution. I believe that love is the antibody to all social inequalities. I use my creativity to destroy social constructs that create hatred, with the weapon of radical love. Poetry, spoken word, photography, and paintings are my weapons of artistic mass construction."
In 1997, Halim A. Flowers was arrested at the age of 16 and sentenced to two life sentences in the District of Columbia. His experiences were filmed in the Emmy award-winning documentary Thug Life In DC. In 2005, he started his own publishing company SATO Communications, through which he published 11 books.
In 2019, Halim was released from prison after serving 22 years. Upon his release, Halim was awarded the Halcyon Arts Lab and Echoing Green fellowship awards. In 2020, he signed to be represented by DTR Modern Galleries for his visual art practice. His visual art has been exhibited at the MoMA PS1 and the National Arts Club in NYC. In 2022, started his own fashion brand releasing exclusive limited collections of streetwear designs.