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{{Infobox artist
| name = Jason Innocent
| image =
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| birth_name = Jason Innocent
| birth_date = January 7, 1995<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=Jason Innocent|url=http://www.jasoninnocent.com/about|accessdate=December 15, 2016}}</ref>

| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], New York, U.S.
| nationality = American
| field = [[Graffiti]], [[street art]], Drawing, writing, painting, poet, Film 
| training =
| style       = [[Abstract art|Abstraction]], [[Figurative art|figuration]]
| movement =
| works = 
| website     = {{URL|http://jasoninnocent.com/}} 
}}

'''Jason Innocent''' ({{IPA-fr|esən ɪnəsənt|lang}}; Born January 7, 1995) is an American artist and [[graffiti writer]] who's known for writing enigmatic graffiti [[epigrams]] in Lower Manhattan.

==Early life==
He attended and completed his  High School education at [[Murry Bergtraum High School]].<ref name=about/>

==Career== 
Innocent's first [[solo exhibition]] took place in August 2016, at the ''The Living Gallery'' in [[Brooklyn]]. The exhibition was titled ''Wall 2016'' and featured ten small paintings by Jason, written by hand, bringing the practice of tagging into the formalized academic space.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jason Innocent: WALL 2016|url=http://artinbrooklyn.com/2016/08/jason-innocent-wall-2016/|accessdate=December 15, 2016|work=Art in Brooklyn|date=August 16, 2016}}</ref><ref name=wong>{{cite news|last1=Wong|first1=Jasmine|title=Wall 2016 By Jason Innocent|url=http://www.idolmag.co.uk/arts/wall-2016-jason-innocent/|work=Idol Magazine|date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>

In September 2016, Innocent collaborated with [[Getty Image]]'s photographer Alex Wong to create an "unofficial campaign poster" for [[Donald Trump]] with the phrase "Ego Maniac" added. According to Innocent, the work aims to reclaim the importance of every vote.<ref name=wong/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cardona|first1=Gloria|title=The Artists Taking their Anti-Trump Sentiments to the Streets|url=http://www.sleek-mag.com/2016/09/26/anti-trump-art/|accessdate=December 15, 2016|work=Sleek|date=September 26, 2016}}</ref>

==Artistic styles==
Innocent works across all mediums displays a childlike fascination with the process of creating. Innocent said that he change his drawing to more [[Abstract art|abstract]] and [[Figurative art|figuration]] drawing.<ref name=wong/>

==Influences== 
In an interview with Idol Magazine, Innocent stated his influences are [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], [[SAMO]], [[Marcel Duchamp]] and [[Dada]] He has also been inspired by [[classical music]], [[jazz]], [[alternative rock]] and [[grunge]].<ref name=wong/>

==See also==
{{Portal|2010s|Visual arts|Art|New York City|African American|Biography}}
* [[List of street artists]]
* [[Street artists]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==

*{{Official website|http://www.jasoninnocent.com/}}

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[[Category:American male painters]]
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[[Category:American people of Haitian descent]]
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