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Faith47
Faith47, pronounced Faith FourSeven, is a self-taught artist raised in Cape Town, South Africa. She draws inspiration from political and existential questions of her own. She ventures off into mountains and townships where others would be afraid of. Faith is humbled by the destructive and creative nature in human life. Her paintings are both metaphorical and meaningful. She tries to convey a message that is abstract and definitive. Faith goes beyond being an artist and finds deeper meanings to the world, life, death, and freedom.

The Inspirational Artist
Faith was introduced to graffiti and influenced by wealz130 of the YMB crew. She does not have a mission statement. She believes there is no ultimate truth. Faith is unlike any other artist, she designs images on unusual canvases like broken-down cars, old factories, on the side roads of ghost towns, and inner city alleyways. This causes her work to be temporary. Her attraction to lost spaces allows her to bring attention to forgotten places. “Her interactions resonate with our fragility and our elusive relationship with dreams, memory and human, interaction, reflecting harmonious and sometimes dark tones.” Her creative and constructive imagination shown in her paintings allow for on lookers to be amazed at the pure expressive talent Faith has. Her South African roots allows her to explore her own deep, raw, mean country. The streets are dangerous and the people are tough. When she explores different places, she is trying to inspire graffiti to start coming out of those areas. She wants to be able to capture photos so they can travel all over the world to allow people to see reality in different context, and it immortalizes the moment. Faith chooses her canvas by the texture, the wall, or the environment surrounding it.

Recognition and Legacy
She is quickly establishing herself internationally as an artist mostly recognized for her one-of-a-kind graffiti and street art work. She participates in galleries, shows, and projects all over the world. Her exhibits are filled with unique drawings, photographs of graffiti she has done in different places, and poetic-like words to describe her views of politics and symbolism. Graffiti is her life. The experiences is what keeps her motivated and yearning for more. Faith has strong beliefs and opinions. She has grown up in a city where they care more about the tourists than their own people. She does not agree with the government and believes that the neo policies of South Africa are very destructive to the people. The future for her country is unpredictable but her future in graffiti will live long. Her words and mind are powerful and motivating. Her art draws attention in the most unbelievable way. Through the hardships people face, they look to her art and words for hope and faith. She has a legacy that will live on and continue to spread regardless of oppression and war going on in the world. Faith’s art speaks to souls and the words written strike a cord in any man walking by.