OUR TEAM
CRUSHOW HERRING
Artist, Muralist & Curator
Founder of ShowzArt and Community Arts Manager at The Sidewalk Project’s Arts & Culture division, CruShow is a visionary curator, educator, and muralist transforming public space through community-led storytelling.
With over 50 murals across Los Angeles, his work centers unsheltered voices and reimagines art as a tool for justice, healing, and cultural pride.
CruShow brings bold leadership and deep intention to every collaboration. His creative direction at ShowzArt shapes experiences that are as impactful as they are unapologetically rooted in community.
SHOWZART
Artist
ShowzArt, known as “The Art Jedi”, has been in love with art since a very young age and started learning about public art through graffiti and tagging in South Central, LA. At 13 he created his first mural and has never looked back. He is one of the most well known muralists in the Los Angeles area and believes that art is and should always be for the community.
ShowzArt chooses to remain anonymous and works tirelessly to elevate the Skid Row community. Throughout his work he chooses to represent those among us who are underrepresented in art and media, thus giving a voice and a face to those who may not have the means to speak for themselves.
JD Ochoa
Artist - in - Residence
JD is a South Central-born graffiti and contemporary artist whose work reflects the rhythm, resilience, and raw truth of his Low Bottoms neighborhood. As Life Is Studio Gallery’s first Artist-in-Residence, he brings a bold visual language rooted in street art and shaped by lived experience.
His practice centers identity, place, and creative power—using murals, workshops, and storytelling to shift narratives and elevate voices often left out of the art world. JD’s mission is clear: to show his community that self-expression is a right, and their stories deserve to be seen.
Hannah Edmonds
Junior Artist
Hannah is a multidisciplinary painter originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, known for her unapologetic use of color, emotion, and distortion to reflect the raw truths of human experience. Her work lives at the intersection of street culture, soul, and storytelling—capturing exaggerated expressions, imperfect beauty, and the humor woven into life’s chaos. Influenced by music, memory, and movement, each piece is a layered portrait of emotion, painted unfiltered and full of feeling. For Edmonds, perfection isn’t the goal—truth is.