RAMON MENOCAL was born in Havana, Cuba, and attended La Academia de arte San Alejandro in Havana where he graduated in 1976 in Painting and Drawing. He began working in the research department of the National Museum of Fine Arts while attending Havana University from where he holds a master’s degree on Art History.
The Infinite Love Project started as a small, genuine offering of kindness from Eric Hyde Miller giving out stickers and his artwork of wooden Infinite Love Hearts and custom signs, to people he encountered.
Early in 2020 he was reading about, hearing, and experiencing too much negativity and needed to counter that, reminding himself as well that everything is better when you are around kind and empathetic people. That is when his stencil art Be Kind signs were created.
A child of the ‘70s, Jonas Benjamin Raider was born and raised in the quaint, but hip, oceanfront town of Rockaway Beach NY. Only a quick drive from the bustling creative vibes of Manhattan, he found early artistic inspiration from both his childhood suburban surroundings and the big city.
He was fortunate enough to grow up with multiple influences throughout his youth-as the music, films, fashion and pop icons of the era, directly shaped his artistic ambitions.