Pee-Jay Czifra

Dutch contemporary artist Pee-Jay Czifra is an autodidact painter, designer, and founder of HippeShit013; his life after cancer. While battling a tough fight with cancer at the age of 36, he uncovered his lost childhood passion for creating art. Along the way, he used art, painting and new-found creativity to his benefit; it became his own personal art therapy, his path to healing. 

After a shout-out on Instagram, that went viral, from Alicia Keys (Pee-Jay painted a portrait of her), his star has been raising fast. Lots of national TV and radio attention in his home country of the Netherlands resulted not only in increased sales of his artwork, but also in some honourable experiences for him. We will highlight a few: 

Pee-Jay has designed shoes for Mascolori Schoes, an exclusive Dutch designer shoes company, which were taken in production. The result can be admired on the feet of many celebrities. A second challenge he is proud to share is an invite he received to create a massive mural (350m2 or 3,768 ft2) in his home city of Tilburg, for "Jantje Beton", a national organization promoting play facilities for youth in urban areas: "Never Stop Playing". This mural was revealed by Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands in 2018. 

A humble man, Pee-Jay wants you to know he continues to enjoy commissioned work. Personal portraits, to which he takes a very personal approach. "I want to welcome you to my work, my journey, my life after cancer."

Exhibitions (past and current)

2019

• 2nd Annual "Taste of the World" Exhibition, Try it ART Gallery and Back to the Picture, San Francisco, CA (G)


• North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam (S)


• Maison & Objet, design trade show Paris (France)

2018

• First Annual "Taste of the World" Exhibition, Try it ART Gallery and Back to the Picture, San Francisco, CA (G)


• North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam


• Maison & Objet, design trade show Paris (France)