J Garcia began performance painting with STS9 in 1999. Since then, STS9 has shared the stage with him across the United States, Europe and Japan. Through the use of an essential repertoire of symbols and an diffused hierarchy of site specific color, he has established a distinctive painting style and a unique ability to capture the moment. Performance painting is the execution of spontaneous exhibition of skill in the application of color to a surface in direct congruence with the sound and energy of the collective experience performed live during an event. Garcia has painted with a variety of multiple bands and at NFL games in front of audiences ranging from 500 to 90,000 people. He has also contributed immensely to our community by donating his art and profits made from sales of his art. Garcia’s art has raised over 30,000 pounds of food for Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and local food banks through The Conscious Alliance Food Drives, payed for six teachers salaries in musical programs in Gugarat, India through Ahimsa Benefits, raised awareness and cultural education via The Smithsonian Sikh Gallery and Sikh Heritage Foundation, enriched the lives of inner city youth through mural programs at Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center of San Francisco, raised funding for the research of psychotropic medicine by MAPS, been used for banners in Rainforest Action Network activist demonstrations and contributed towards the building of a music and creative writing school in Johannesburg, South Africa through a Playing For Change Benefit. STS9 is honored to be working with J Garcia. Please check out and support his art today.