In The Middle We Stay Calm, We Just Drop iBOMS.

With his most ambitious project to date under his belt with “Where this Bloom Begins” mural, iBOMS is set to showcase some of his newest pieces with the “Ego Death” installation at Mize Gallery in early January.

Sea Walls X SHINE Mural Festival tasked iBOMS with crafting a mural dealing with the themes of harmful algae blooms and red tide. iBOMS used his Ashi character as the centerpiece. Ashi is depicted floating in a body of red water, surrounded by dead fish and red flowers. The flowers represent the algae spreading toxins into the water, that Ashi is absorbing, causing his tattoos to form. Ashi is transformed from the toxins changing his appearance to reflect the environment he is in. Although he is now toxic, Ashi can change the way the way he presents the toxic side of him to the world.

My favorite thing about iBOMS work is the cartoon world he has created with his Ashi character. For now I know he has created some female characters, one of them named Badi, to live in his old school Disney meets The Boondocks style of artwork.

Other than his newest mural by far my favorite pieces from iBOMS have got to be his mega Draco and mega Mac 11 resin casts of mega blocks. These stand alone pieces are essential for any iBOMS fan, I definitely need one of each in my collection. I am hoping one day iBOMS and Chicago based creative Kristopher Kites can do a collab on a Draco chain.

With an upcoming installation at the debut of St.Petes new “The Factory”, I am looking forward to seeing what new pieces iBOMS has created. This year was about the brand, next year is about expanding. I hope one day he can create the signature Jit Camp jit to be the sites new mascot.