Mister E

Mister E (b. 1987) came to art from a construction site. He studied construction design and real estate, worked job sites through the mid-2000s, then walked off in 2013 to rent a room and hang his first paintings. Self-taught ever since. His work treats American iconography — currency, most famously the $100 bill — as material for inquiry rather than reverence. Enlarge a symbol, repeat it, recolor it; ask what it's still worth. *Benny Jr.* (2013), his rainbow-hued hundred, hangs at the New York Stock Exchange. The "100 Series" carries that inquiry into the number itself. He's been commissioned by cultural leaders, brand collaborators, and the President of the United States. Press has followed — *Forbes*, *Vogue*, *Vanity Fair*, CNN, CNBC. He lives and works in Delray Beach, Florida, out of a warehouse studio he built himself.

Mister E (b. 1987) came to art from a construction site. He studied construction design and real estate, worked job sites through the mid-2000s, then walked off in 2013 to rent a room and hang his first paintings. Self-taught ever since. His work treats American iconography — currency, most famously the $100 bill — as material for inquiry rather than reverence. Enlarge a symbol, repeat it, recolor it; ask what it's still worth. *Benny Jr.* (2013), his rainbow-hued hundred, hangs at the New York Stock Exchange. The "100 Series" carries that inquiry into the number itself. He's been commissioned by cultural leaders, brand collaborators, and the President of the United States. Press has followed — *Forbes*, *Vogue*, *Vanity Fair*, CNN, CNBC. He lives and works in Delray Beach, Florida, out of a warehouse studio he built himself.Read more