ABOUT

EVAN ROSSELL is an artist and designer, probably best known for "Stink" a hairy, sharp-toothed monster who skates, paints, and gets into trouble, and who has become one of the most recognizable characters in contemporary street art and illustration. Stink started in a high school sketchbook and has since traveled the world through murals, sculptures, zines, paintings, and brand collaborations that span Nike, Levi's, Converse, Warner Bros., Burton, Hurley, and Red Bull. He is Evan's alter ego. He is also Evan's thesis.

It makes sense that this would come from Huntington Beach. Evan grew up surrounded by surf culture, skateboarding, and the particular kind of creative freedom that comes from spending most of your time outside. His grandfather was a cartoonist who drew political illustrations for the New York Post and worked on The Jungle Book and The Smurfs. His grandmother designed textiles for Chanel. The instinct to make things really make them, with craft and intention, is in the bloodline.

A lot has been made of how fluidly Evan moves between art and commerce. He served as co-creative director at Levi's, then creative director at Nike, where he painted over 50 murals for Go Skate Day. But the more important thing is that the work never changed. The same character, the same line, the same energy, whether it's on a gallery wall or the side of a building or a sneaker box. In April 2026, Evan will be featured in Seamless: Art and Design at Virginia MOCA, an exhibition dedicated to artists who refuse to choose between the two. He co-founded Rossell Studios with his wife, a creative and design studio built around the same idea: that great art and great design are, at their best, the same thing.

Selected Exhibitions

2026 Seamless Art and Design, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art 

2025 Stink is for Lovers, Thank you gallery

Public Collections

2019 Evan Rossell Basketball Court, Williamsburg, New York

2017 Nike SB Go Skate Day, Echo Park, Los Angeles