Ace Hotel

A live ArtBattle wherein two artists, Yushi Naito a.k.a. PESU and Ben Angotti, paint and the audience votes on a winner. DJ Melo-X keeps the party going til late.

The ArtBattles mission is to produce live art events and competitions that expose emerging artists to the masses. By presenting the creative process as a form of entertainment, they’ve changed the way artists display their talent and created a new model for exhibition and sales. They believe the exclusivity that confines today’s art culture must be eliminated in order to ensure that art remains engaging and accessible.

Free and 21+. Add this to your calendar on Facebook.

Coming from a background rich in the arts, Ben Angotti weaves traditional drawing and painting with fantasy and dream-like imagery. He is highly influenced by classic Renaissance and Japanese samurai symbolism. Ben often uses these themes combined with images of modern sex and violence to make uniquely beautiful and pulpy scenes. For Ben, the visual impact his work inflicts upon a viewer is more important than the idea or meaning behind it.

Born in Shizuoka, Japan in 1980, PESU is an elected artist for Evisu International, and has participated in the Sun Dance Festival as an artist where he painted customized pieces for VIPs. In addition to being named one of the 12 Best Live Paint Battlers by MTV for their “Art Battles” shows, he has painted at live showrooms and done custom paintings for Project NY, Dirty Dozen +1 and countless other events in the New York art world, including a commissioned piece for COACH during New York's 2009 Fashion's Night Out.