RISKY
Contemporary Art Mastery And Alt Rock Royalty Collide At RISK’s Inimitable California Compound, A Singular Homage To Andy Warhol’s Factory
- FORBES MAGAZINE
“Creative space for all kinds of different creatives, all different walks of life and genres, and creativity comes together and we just eat or hang out and get inspired. We work with one another, make connections, and it's a beautiful environment for healing and change.”
- Dave Navaro (Jane’s Addiction / Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
RISK (born Kelly Graval), also known as RISKY, is a Los Angeles-based graffiti writer and contemporary artist often credited as a founder of the West Coast graffiti scene. In the 1980s, he was one of the first graffiti writers in Southern California to paint freight trains, and he pioneered writing on "heavens", or freeway overpasses. He took his graffiti into the gallery with the launch of the Third Rail series of art shows, and later created a line of graffiti-inspired clothing. In 2017, RISK was knighted by the Medici Family.
FIRST WEST COAST GRAFFITI ARTIST
RISKY IS A LIVING PIECE OF HISTORY AS HE IS THE FIRST GRAFFITI ARTIST TO EVER TAG THE WEST COAST.
ART BASEL
RISKY IS A PREMIERE FEATURED ARTIST ON THE STREETS AND IN THE GALLERIES OF AMERICA’S LARGEST ART FESTIVAL
SHACC
SHACC (Surfing Heritage and Culture Center) EXISTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SURFING’S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND PRESENT SURFING’S HERITAGE AND CULTURAL IMPACT
We Explore, Enlighten and Celebrate.
SHACC houses the world’s most important and authoritative archive of surfing artifacts, surfboards, memorabilia, photography, video, periodical and scholarly works.
Our collection comes from all corners of the globe and reflects the spirit of exploration and adventure that is core to surfing’s ethos.
Our educational programs and events focus on bringing surfing’s rich history and stories to the world.
Through it all, we celebrate what it means to be a surfer and why surfing has captured hearts and minds since the first time someone rode a wave.
GALLERY EVENT AUCTION
MARCH 2024
CUSTOM ART ON HISTORY
Risky will be selecting a historical surf board the SHACC will be donating from their archives.
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He will then be adding his signature artwork over the top to create a historical/modern art piece unlike anything in his portfolio.
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We can’t think of a better artist to be a juxtaposition of modern art on a historical canvas all while tapping into their own history and love for surfing.
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ESTIMATED APPRAISAL VALUE: $500K+
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SOCIAL MEDIA REACH: 191K
LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
In addition to the artwork created on the surf boards for the auction gallery event, Risky will be taking photographs of his custom art and making custom prints in his shop for sale that will have hand-embelished paint over them to add value making them limited-edition and unique.
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ESTIMATED APPRAISAL VALUE PER PRINT: $2K
CHRIS NUNEZ
Chris Nuñez, “Miami ink” & “Ink Masters” celebrity, will also be selecting a vintage surf board and creating his signature, custom art work on it for auction.
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ESTIMATED APPRAISAL VALUE: $200K+
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SOCIAL MEDIA REACH: 790K
RISKY’S PREMIERE GALLERY
RISky’s new gallery space will be hosting the AUCTION EVENT to support the collaboration. This is an event space like no other. Hailing from his surfing, graffitti and Rock n’ roll roots many famous people from each of those genres are known to frequent his gallery openings from upscale and bespoke private events to the likes of his presence at Art Basel in Miami every year. This is your bite-size and local media machine space. We’ll have gallery walls, entertainment areas, live music, rooftop vibes, and sponosred refreshments from known food and libation affiliates. It’ll be an event everyone witnessing on social media will have wanted to be at.
4OCEAN COLLABORATION
4Ocean cleans up 40 million pounds of plastic taken from the oceans per year.
A portion of the proceeds from these RISKY auctions will be going towards cleaning up our favorite surf spots with 4Oceans.
DOCUMENTATION
The documentation/ filming of this event will be covered by MAKE.BELIEVE.PICTURES. A collective of award winning film makers that not only run the branding for the new face and venture of the SHACC, but also are creating an avalanche of new content rolling out for them. This even in particular will be heavily covered from behind the scenes, the making of, and into the event itself to later be shared on social media and more high-brow edits in the coming days to elevate every entity and brand involved.
SOCIAL CURRENCY
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SOCIAL MEDIA: between the shacc, risky, 4ocean, make.believe, and chris nuñez the social media attention and build-up will be the best of each genre benefiting from one another in the cross-pollenation of audiences ranging between art, surf, tattoo, and ocean charities for an added total of 12 million social media followers collectively (4Ocean has 10 million alone), not including personal accounts from each entity’s team members as well.
SPONSORSHIPS
With your sponsorship, we have the following exciting opportunities and benefits to offer you for this unique event:
Our social media video campaign telling the story of the event and creation of the art.
PLATINUM PACKAGE: $15K
- VIP event entry
- your logo or name on the outside of our new airstream
- Pre-event access to Risky & Chris Nunez auction
- 4Ocean custom event bracelet
- 4Ocean gift bag (hat, shirt, water bottle, tote bag)
- SHACC hat
- 5 free raffle ticket entries ($100 value)
- Limited edition print & hat
- VIP access to upper level & back rooms, meet & greet with Risky
- Logo on step & repeat
- Tagged in every social post at the event, reaching over 18 million followers
- Name or logo on the back of a YouTube short film
- Press coverage from local media
- Product integration opportunities with sponsors, influencers, and celebrities
- Tax-deductible credit for in-kind contributions to SHACC
GOLD PACKAGE: $10K
- VIP event entry
- Pre-event access to Risky & Chris Nunez auction
- 4Ocean custom event bracelet
- 4Ocean gift bag (hat, shirt, water bottle, tote bag)
- SHACC hat
- Logo on step & repeat
- Tagged in every social post at the event, reaching over 18 million followers
- Name or logo on the back of a YouTube short film
- Press coverage from local media
- Tax-deductible credit for in-kind contributions to SHACC
SILVER PACKAGE: $5K
- VIP event entry
- 4Ocean gift bag (hat, shirt, water bottle, tote bag)
- SHACC hat
- Logo on step & repeat
- Tagged in every social post at the event, reaching over 18 million followers
- Press coverage from local media
- Tax-deductible credit for in-kind contributions to SHACC
THE
MAKE.BELIEVE.PICTURES
TEAM
JEFFREY KUSHON
Jeffrey has been an Art director, Producer and Set Designer for over 30 years in the Film & Television Industry on projects like “Fast & the Furious”, “Straight Outta Compton”,
“Dexter”, “Hacks” and “Our Flag Means Death” series on HBO with Taika Wahtiti , as well as being the CEO of Parker Stone Interiors that specializes in custom commercial interior design for such production companies as Deutsch LA, Steelhead & Lime Studios.
NICK WARAKSA
As an Emmy & Cannes award winning filmmaker, Nick has worked on projects ranging between A-list actors and musicians, fortune-500 companies, and traveling the world making documentary content for indigenous tribes that the United Nations has credited to gaining them global sovereignty of their cultures, and original TV show content with his partners at Make.Believe.Pictures.
CHRIS NUÑEZ
Chris Nuñez is a respected figure and influential voice in the world of body art from his decades of television personality work on Ink Masters and Miami ink. Chris is now producing and directing original documentaries and TV shows with Make.Believe.Pictures.
BRYAN MIR
Director and Producer, Bryan Mir, has worked with countless top names in the film and the music industry from John Legend and Sara Bareilles to Slash and Jason Mraz. He now pioneers indigenous content and original TV shows at Make.Believe.Pictures.
