ROA USUALLY USES A MINIMAL COLOR PALLET, SUCH AS BLACK, WHITE, BUT ALSO CREATES WORKS USING VIBRANT COLOURS DEPICTING FLESH AND/OR INTERNAL SYSTEMS WITHIN THE ANIMALS AND BIRDS.
ROA In 2010 came to particular notice in the UK when Hackney council threatened to paint over one of his paintings, a 3.5m high rabbit. The rabbit had been legally painted on the wall of The Premises Studios in Hackney Road, London.[1] A campaign was launched to keep the mural, by the building’s owners and local residents, forcing the council to change its mind.[4]
While exhibiting works at Perth‘s Form Gallery, He was commissioned by the City of Fremantle to leave his mark on Fremantle, in about 12 hours He created a 25-metre (82 ft) mural of a Numbat which he chose because it is a local endangered species.[5]
In 2011, He participated in the Cologne CityLeaks Festival and painted a mural in Ehrenfeld at Senefelderstrasse 5[6]
In August 2012 He took part in the See No Evil street art festival in Bristol, England, creating a two-storey high fox on the side of a building.[7]
In January 2014 He visited Dunedin in New Zealand and painted a tuatara mural on a building on Bath Street.[8]
ROA is a street artist from Gent, Belgium renowned for his giant paintings of black and white animals.
