GQ
GQ, March 2001 Director’s Cut We gave Hype Williams, Gore Verbinski, McG and Ted Demme the clothes. As usual, they provided the unique vision Director: Hype Williams Designer: Versace Scene: “I wanted different vibe for this photograph. I didn’t want to be Hype Williams, the brazen music-video and film director,” says the man behind Busta […]
Amid the Ashes
The New York Times, February 1, 2002 Amid the Ashes, Creativity By Holland Cotter Memory, history and the news change fast. So does New York City, where life is more or less back on track after Sept.11. Streets are crowded; subways are running. New Yorkers are doing their thing: moving on, making plans, going about […]
Spy
Daily News, VIVA New York, June 2002 VIVA Expresiones“SPY”, Mixed Media, Ernest Vales 2000 Erni Vales is a muralist and designer whose work has appeared in film, TV, Broadway shows, nightclubs, restaurants and on furniture and clothing. He got his start nearly 20 years ago in NYC’s subway tunnels and became renowned graffiti artist. Vales […]
Horny?
Horny? By David Douglas HX, November 2003, New York Then head to downtown’s newest party, where college-age cuties release the devil inside. Monday Nights on the Lower East Side will sizzle! That’s what the masterminds behind downtown’s newest “sensation” – simply titled “Horny?” – tell us: “Monday nights are about dancing, drinking and taking some […]
The Blackbook Sessions
Erni Vales, The Blackbook Sessions,American Salon, 2004 This Lower East Side talent honed his skills at The High School of Art and Design before moving to the sides of NYC subway cars over 25 years ago. These experiences have allowed Erni Vales to utilize his unique graffiti-influenced style to create numerous artistic opportunities in Hollywood, […]
Lil’ Kim
Rolling Stones, September 30, 2004 The PHOTOGRAPHS. The Fifty Greatest Portraits & the Stories Behind Them Lil’ Kim, photographed by David LaChapelle, New York, May 1995 I knew she was little, but didn’t realize she was that little,” says artist Erni Vales, who was hired to paint dozens of Louis Vuitton logos on the naked […]
Afisha Moscow
Afisha Moscow, December 2004 First ERNI VALES just painted the walls and the cars of NY subway. A bit settled down began to design clubs and restaurants, pained crazy backdrops for Davis LaChapelle photo shoots. Without a blink of eye transformed graffiti into a liquid format of canvas, the New York character offers them in […]
New York Magazine, Mountain Dew Bus
New York Magazine, November 28, 2005 Featuring Mountain Dew Bus Design by Erni Vales
Cinco Style
Cinco Style, Vivid Vales, Cinco Scene.FHM, May 2006 Vibrant colors and evocative imaged surround Cinco de Mayo. Mexican imagery, however, has moved beyond ancient Aztec pyramid carvings of serpents, spears and gods that many still associate with Mexico. Today, artists are talking fresh, new approaches to interpreting traditional Mexican iconography. The style of artist Erni […]
Helix
“Celebrate” by Erni Vales inspired by Helix Cigars. FHM, May 2006
Ar2facts
Ar2facts, episode 42/ERNI, 2006 Featuring: Erni Vales, www.ernidesigns.com In case of “when keeping it real” goes right (for a change) Alcone Marketing Group had the foresight to tap professional graffiti artist Erni Vales to design and paint a set of busses for Dos Equis’ annual Cinco de Mayo promotional campaign. The results (pictured here) were […]
Artist Takes The Basic Yellow Bus To A New School
Artist takes the basic yellow bus to a new school, By Tom Lynn Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 18, 2006 Erni Vales, a graffiti and mural artist from New York, works Friday in a Milwaukee warehouse painting eight busses that are being readied for a summer concert tour for Dos Equis beer. Vales is following three […]
Port Authority Art
Port Authority Art By Martin Halo, Downtown Money Waster, 2007 With the rush of morning commute subsidized at NY’s Port Authority, artist Erni Vales sets up his canvas just outside of the Metro Marche Café. It is almost noon when he begins his work. With a blank canvas and a constantly revolving audience, Vales air […]
DJ Times Magazine Cover
DJ Times Magazine Cover, April 2007 Featuring America’s Best DJ Jonathan Peters photographed In front of American Flag by Erni Vales
Winnipegsun
Winnipeg Sun, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, August 2008 (Winnipegsun.com) By Brenlee Coates, Sun Media Graffiti Art Programming is celebrating its 10th anniversary with Erni Vales, a 30-year legend of the art form. Vales, a New Yorker, came to Winnipeg to paint a mural with founding members on the Graffiti Gallery’s indoor walls. “We thought it would […]