HEROES : THESE ARE 7 FT MURALS.   These are large, things will appear much larger than they really seem.

WARHOL AND AVEDON WOULD ONLY PHOTOGRAPH THE RICH & FAMOUS. FOR ME, IT'S THE OPPOSITE FOR ME. EVERYONE ELSE IS A HERO, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WOULD NEVER LOOK TO BE FAMOUS. IT'S OUR FATHERS WHO WORKED FOR 25 YEARS AT A DEAD-END JOB TO SUPPORT US. IT IS OUR MOTHERS WHO LOVE AND SPOIL US, DO LAUNDRY, MAKE BEDS, COOK, CLEAN, SHOP, ORGANIZE OUR LIVES, CLEAN OUR HOUSE EVERY DAY, AND WHO PUT THEIR DREAMS ON HOLD DURING THEIR PRIME YEARS TO RAISE US. THESE ARE THE INVISIBLE, THE ANONYMOUS, EVERYDAY AND HIDDEN HEROES.

Strodl’s faces embody more than anonymity; they become symbols of our classic class struggles, standing in for the countless forgotten who live at the margins. They remind us how the powerless are erased, how the poor and voiceless vanish into the background of history as a mermer.

The anonymity in his work is not emptiness but indictment. It is a testament against greed itself, a warning of its inevitable downfalls, how it corrodes dignity, devours families, communities, destroys pride, and leaves only hollow outlines where once there were lives.

Mark Strodl is a NYC-represented,  interdisciplinary artist whose work spans continents and conversations, blending narrative practice. A fellow at the Château d'Orquevaux in France, he has exhibited internationally—from winning 1st place & representation in Chelsea, NYC, to being featured at the Château Diderot Museum. His has traveled to London’s Royal Academy and Vienna, where he engaged in discussions with Klaus Biesenbach and participated in discourse salons led by Hans Ulrich Obrist at the Serpentine. 

Strodl’s art doesn’t sit quietly—it socially constructs negative spaces, murals, it tries to create nice disturbances. Through illiteracy initiatives, prison reform, educational projects, and nonprofit collaborations, he challenges biased systems and discovers hidden narratives, in the innocence of a drip that can rock.