JC Rivera - CHI

JC Rivera is a Puerto Rican born, Chicago transplant who has spent the last decade creating one of the most iconic national street art brands using the ‘Bear Champ’ as his moniker. He uses the iconic bear character, that can be identified all over the world, to express his concepts, journeys, and struggles to make it in the art world over the past decade.

“I created the bear like that, a boxing bear, beat-up. He was smoking a cigarette at the beginning, tired of all the punches in life, but still going. It’s been through a lot, but it still keeps going.” - JC Rivera