Danielle Mastrion

Place: Sheepshead Bay

Born: 1982

Biography:

Danielle Mastrion is a New York City-based mural artist. She is also a painter and aerosol artist. She was raised in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and studied fine arts at the Parsons School of Design, where she received her BFA in illustration. Her work has a focus on social justice, specifically women’s rights and youth education. She has painted murals both locally and internationally since 2012, and has been recognized for her street murals in New York City, including 'The Notorious B.I.G.' in Bushwick, Brooklyn; DJ Kool Herc; Beastie Boys singer MCA; 'Little Girls' in Flatbush, Brooklyn; and a portrait of New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm for the 2019 opening of the Shirley Chisholm State Park. She has also painted murals in cities outside of New York, including Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Washington DC, and Arecibo, Puerto Rico. In addition, she has competed art projects outside the United States, including in Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Berlin, Israel, England, and Paris, France. She has also painted murals dedicated to and in solidarity with the kidnapping of 270 Nigerian school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram; political leaders such as Nelson Mandela; and human rights activists, including Malala Yousafzai. She has also painted subjects representing world events and cultural icons, such as a mural dedicated to French painter and sculptor Marcel Duchamp.