okMitch Studio was established in 2009 and is helmed by Dmitry Pankov and Angel Saemai.
Mitch hails from Russia but now lives and works out of Brooklyn, NY. Born Mitya (short for Dmitry), Mitch is much easier for Yanks to pronounce.
In Russia, Mitch and his friend worked together and individually under the moniker Unplate, throwing up art projects and commercial murals. In 2006, Mitch came to New York where he worked as a graphic designer and silkscreener for sign shops. He has since decided to pick up where he left off in Russia, to further the movement of supergraphics with okMitch Studio's murals. Along the way he taught himself to create painted signs and the art of gold leaf gilding.
With an education in photography and photo design, Mitch has exhibited art in Russia, Belgium, NY, LA and Miami. His work has also been published in various international magazines.
Angel Saemai wears many hats. She is Mitch’s partner, painting assistant, salesperson, creative director, photographer and blogger. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she has worked in advertising for several, top Fortune 500 Brands, at a major social network and for music and art non-profit groups.
Similar to Mitch's roots in graffiti, the studio enjoys working in public spaces, preferably through an analog method and with traditional to digital techniques. Moreover, the studio's main objective is to incorporate an artistic sensibility into commercial work, producing a new quality of design that represents all that they love - that, which is fun, unique, stylish and interesting. The studio consistently looks for new ways to experiment, grow and realize its ideas through artwork development and hand done craft forms.
For more of duo's work, in the form of large outdoor murals, is a recent undertaking called Overall Murals.
