AndaluzArt

Huntington, NY, USA

Efren Andaluz III, better known as Andaluz The Artist, was born on October 8, 1986 in Queens, NY. Growing up in the cultural melting pot of Richmond Hill Queens he was introduced to an array of beliefs, backgrounds and multi-cultured people. Being half Dominican and half Ecuadorian his latino upbringing focused on family and work ethic. A major part of growing up in the boom bap borough of Queens was the influence of Hip-Hop culture. Andaluz would wake up to the muffled bass sounds protruding from his uncle’s room as his uncle was producing instrumentals. This love for Hip-Hop was heightened by the fact that Efren grew fond of the graffiti tagged walls in his neighborhood. Graffiti, one of the four elements of Hip-Hop, would play a major part in his future art style. Andaluz was inspired by saturday morning cartoons and superheroes. He found himself sketching these characters at a very young age. His grandfather, Efren Andaluz, was also an artist and would teach him different drawin