Danielle Mastrion (born 1982) ^[1] is a New York City-based mural artist. She is also a painter and aerosol artist. ^[2] She was raised in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, ^[3] and studied fine arts at the Parsons School of Design, where she received her BFA in illustration. ^{[1] [2]} Among her street murals are “ The Notorious B.I.G.” in Bushwick, Brooklyn; ^[4] DJ Kool Herk; ^[5] Beastie Boys singer MCA; ^[6] “Little Girls” in Flatbush, Brooklyn; ^[7] and a portrait of New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm for the 2019 opening of the Shirley Chisholm State Park. ^[8]

Her first solo art exhibition was held in March 2013 at MY NY in Brooklyn. ^[9] In 2012 she was Art Battles’ NYC Champion. ^[1] She is a teaching artist with Creative Art Works in New York City, and is trained in oil painting and has a background in live painting. Her work appeared in the A&E channel's “In Focus” series; “Made Mondays” for New Balance; Budweiser's ad campaign “Respect the Hustle;” and Spike Lee’s Netflix series “ She's Gotta Have It.” Her art was also featured in the documentaries “No Free Walls,” and “Street Heroines." ^[10]

Her art has been exported to cities outside of New York ^[11] as well, including Los Angeles, Miami, ^[12] Newark, Washington DC, and Arecibo, Puerto Rico. In addition she has competed art projects outside the United States, including in Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Berlin, ^[13] Israel, ^[14] England and Paris, ^{[15] [16]} France. ^{[17] [18]}

At the end of 2018 Mastrion participated in a dual art exhibit with fellow street artist and muralist Lexi Bella, at the 3rd ETHOS Gallery in Brooklyn, called The Grit & The Glam. ^[19] She has also painted subjects representing world events and cultural icons, such as a mural dedicated to and in solidarity with the kidnapping of 270 Nigerian school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram; political leaders such as Nelson Mandela, and for French painter and sculptor Marcel Duchamp. She has also painted human rights activists, including Malala Yousafzai. ^[20]

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