Fnnch

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fnnch is a [[Pseudonym|pseudonymous]] American [[street artist]].<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) 보그 코리아 (Vogue Korea)|url=http://www.vogue.co.kr/2020/08/24/%ec%9d%b8%ec%8a%a4%ed%83%80%ec%99%80-%ec%83%8c%ed%94%84%eb%9e%80%ec%8b%9c%ec%8a%a4%ec%bd%94%eb%a5%bc-%ec%a0%90%eb%a0%b9%ed%95%9c-%ed%97%88%eb%8b%88%eb%b2%a0%ec%96%b4-2/|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Vogue Korea|language=ko-KR}}</ref> It is pronounced like the bird "[[finch]]", a childhood nickname of his.<ref name=":0"></ref> His works often feature birds and honey bears<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and employs the use of [[Stencil graffiti|stencils]].<ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Early life ==
fnnch is from [[Kirkwood, Missouri]].<ref name=":0" /> He moved to the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] in 2005<ref name=":5">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> to attend college.<ref name=":0" /> He graduated from [[Stanford University]] with a BA with honors in [[Economics]] and a BS in [[Mathematics]].<ref></ref>

== Career ==
fnnch's first piece as a street artist was in [[Duboce Park]].<ref name=":5" /> On [[the arts and politics]], fnnch has said, "Something that is truly political is divisive, and I want to be additive."<ref name=":5" />

fnnch's work has been displayed at [[Burning Man]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Stanford Redwood City,<ref></ref> and [[San Francisco LGBT Community Center]].

In July 2017, fnnch debuted the "9 Cans of [[La Croix Sparkling Water|LaCroix]]" nine-piece stencil series at gallery in the [[Mission District, San Francisco|Mission District of San Francisco]]. He sold them for $500 each. ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' likened it to [[Andy Warhol]]'s 1962 [[Campbell's Soup Cans|Campbell's soup cans]], saying that "fnnch used the same-sized canvases as Warhol and painted the cans from a similar vantage point."<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6"></ref> What began as a joke between friends, fnnch said that the series is a [[tongue-in-cheek]] commentary on the [[zeitgeist]] of the sparkling water brand and how that symbolizes the faltering popularity of [[Soft drink|soft drinks]].<ref name=":6" />

=== Honey bears ===
On the honey bears, fnnch said, "I think it’s a universal symbol of happiness. It’s got nostalgia, it’s got desire because it contained sugar, which is something we deeply wanted as kids, and it’s an all around positive image."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

In January 2018, fnnch plastered 450 honey bear stickers on poles in [[South of Market, San Francisco|South of Market]] and [[downtown San Francisco]] to seek the reduction of punishment for the posting of street art stickers and wheat paste adhesives on public property from a misdemeanor to a minor [[infraction]].<ref name=":2" />

=== Non-fungible tokens ===
In March 2020, fnnch sold two [[Non-fungible token|non-fungible tokens]] (NFTs) of his works via events hosted on the [[Clubhouse (app)|Clubhouse]] app.<ref name=":4">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The [[Caricature|caricatures]] of tech founders [[Mark Zuckerberg]], [[Daniel Ek]] and [[Tobias Lütke]] as honey bears sold for 38.88 [[Ethereum]] or about $64,000 dollars. Twenty percent of the proceeds went towards COVID-19 relief via [[GiveDirectly]].<ref name=":4" /> One half of a digital artwork depicting two halves of a [[matzo]] in a digital [[afikoman]], with the other hidden for participants, sold for 2.2 Ethereum or about $4,200.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> One hundred percent of those proceeds went towards a non-profit.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Influences ==
fnnch lists [[Andy Warhol]], [[Banksy]], [[Jeremy Novy]], [[Frank Stella]], and [[Ellsworth Kelly]] as some of his influences.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" />

== References ==

[[Category:Anonymous artists]]
[[Category:Stanford University alumni]]
[[Category:Street artists]]
[[Category:People from Kirkwood, Missouri]]
[[Category:Artists from St. Louis]]
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== External links ==

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