Bio:

Bryce Oquaye is an illustrator, comic artist and animator. His comic and graffiti styled approach have placed him within a wide range of projects. From comic to cover art for publishers like Z2 Comics, illustration for Zox and Netflix, and animation for companies like Group Nine Media, Bryce has placed a focus on story based illustration and sequential work. 

A resident artist at the Loudoun House and Lexington Art League, Bryce Oquaye operates a studio he calls MADHUNDREDS, where he self publishes comics and small animation projects as a freelance creator. This summer he had his debut solo exhibit title, “MADHUNDREDS Presents: COLLECT. He also works closely as part of a collective called “Six Bomb Boards” where he had his start as a live artist. He travels to exhibit and perform live art in different comic conventions and art showcases. Most recently he was part of the God of the Hills summer tour where he performed live art and showcased work in Brooklyn, NY and the Kentucky Castle.

 Bryce’s goal is to help spark the next wave of illustration styles and approaches that showcase a merger of different multi cultural influences and stylized draftsmanship. 

Artist Statement:

I remember sitting at home during the pandemic and thinking to myself, “If we are locked inside…. How are we still dying?” The footage of George Flloyd and Breonna Taylor added to the long list of personal experiences that lived in my head. My cup ran over and in this moment, everything had to come out. I first began to create purely for my sanity, but I knew I wasn’t alone. The feeling of solidarity with the brothers and sisters that looks and felt like me that made me go outside and sound off. This was a time where of my artwork and lived experiences merged and the pandemic was as my backdrop. It felt like the world could have ended in that moment and I wouldn’t have been surprised….. so I documented everything I felt. I felt like, if I was gonna die, I could at least tell our story in my own way. 

This art is a shared experience.