ROA Codex: Lannoo Publishers

ROA began pulling animals out of the depths of the industrial world in his home country Belgium. His work snarls at you from wherever it prowls, awaking a visceral reaction that comes from seeing something familiar yet unknown, an uncanny portrayal of the animals within and around ourselves that our contemporary lifestyles have made null. In 2011 ROA was part of the iconic exhibition 'Art in The Streets' at MOCA in Los Angeles. His art practice is not bound to any set location; as with his murals, his studio is mobile, and his artworks originate on location, in galleries, in museums. ROA works site-specific: detached from daily routine, continuously spinning a web of new encounters, scavenging local materials from his new surroundings, the temporary residences where he expands his art practice.