Norman maxwell artist death

Norm “Nomzee” Maxwell was a visual artist whose education came via the streets (Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Los Angeles) and the Hussian School Of Art.

His combination of urban upbringing and fine art training resulted stylistically in an esoteric combination of color, light, and subject matter.

Politics, mythology, popular culture, and his own biography are addressed in his fine art.

Culturally, Maxwell was a quintessential urban contemporary artist, with a portfolio that included graffiti, streetwear design, club flyer and album art, graphic design, music video production, and fine art painting. He ran a studio gallery for eight years in Los Angeles, first on Sawtelle in West LA and then in the Fairfax District.

Born in Philadelphia PA in 1969, Maxwell was introduced to art by his mother at an early age.

He spent hours drawing, studying the work of da Vinci, and imitating his mother’s art school assignments. As hip hop culture b