Carlo$ and Flipz5.

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     Rok The Spot is a duo, formed by Flipz5 and Carlo$. Two Colombian born brothers who have lived on both coasts of the U.S but call Miami home.  They have no formal art training aside from Flipz5, who attended one year at South Miami's magnet program for art in elementary school. His class was part of an international exchange with a class from Spain.  The students paintings were sent to the others country for display as part of a Columbus Day art show. Aside from that, drawing,painting and creating is natural to both.

     There is an obvious influence in their style that comes from graffiti, an element that they added to their arsenal in middle school.  Flipz5 and Carlo$ would rather not describe their style, as they feel its a task entirely up to the viewer.  Such reactions include a model claiming she loved Flipz5 more than her mother for a portrait he painted of her.  Another woman claimed she could hear one of the paintings by analyzing the vivd brush strokes and mimicking the sounds she heard.

     Carlo$ and Flipz took their self taught techniques along with graffiti influence and applied their style to clothing and canvas. It started with Carlo$ designing for friends and later showing Flipz5 the ways. They went on to create custom painted clothing for collectores,dj's,alt models, and musicians including Itagui, frontman for Grammy nominated Locos Por Juana.

     It wasnt until time spent in Orlando they realized the art world was something they could be a part of. Through smaller local shows and networking, they were commisioned by Vitamin Water to paint feature canvases for an art charity event. That charity is run by none other than Shaquille O'neals mother, who purchased one of the canvases for her collection. Vitamin Water would call on them once more to paint live on their float during the Citrus Day Parade that was part of a national broadcast.

     Their most recent project was this past December during Art Basel. Releasing a limited run of tshirts introducing their character, Art Bastard.  The concept and illustration were well received by all, including hip hop mogul Russell Simmons who saw the design and said "thats a cool-ass shirt".

     Rok The Spot has recognized the influence their artwork has and are using their momentum to make big moves in the coming year.