Ess McKee
Ess McKee is a multimedia visual artist native to Arizona. She has been involved in the Indianapolis arts scene as a muralist, designer, studio manager, organizer, instructor and curator for nearly a decade. Ess began her journey as an artist at the age of eight and would eventually attend Ball State University to Major in Industry & Technology and minor in Studio Art with an emphasis on printmaking. Inspired by an appreciation for graffiti art and hip hop culture, her artistic expression manifests in the form of abstract paintings, character illustrations, digital design, and the combination of all three within murals. Her work has journeyed from pen and ink, to graphic prints, and currently to mixed media and acrylic paint on a variety of surfaces.
Ess is also one of the EIGHTEEN artists behind the Indianapolis Black Lives Matter mural. This was a large-scale mural on Indiana Avenue as part of the movement for racial justice in August 2020.