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A ROA update today – with many exclusive photos here for BSA readers with personal pictures taken and selected by the artist himself.

The Belgian Street Artist, whom we long ago christened as an “Urban Naturalist”, has quite defined the category. He’s well traveled and well regarded. He can’t seem to stand still; Borders for him are an imaginary nuisance – or at least he would love them to be. By his own admission he is most at ease while up high on a boom lift battling a wall, or making friends with it.

ROA. BukRuk. Bangkok, Thailand. 2015 (photo © ROA)

From highly commercial and corporate sponsored events to respected grassroots driven or socio-politically rooted organizations with whom he works, ROA brings the animal world into the conversation, sometimes tragically and other times comically. In an inter-connected view of the world and its various natural systems we somehow blind ourselves to our neighbors in the animal category. ROA makes sure that their voices are being considered in enormous and more subtle ways, giving them center stage and first billing.

Here are new pieces from Hawaii, New Jersey, Tahiti, Copenhagen, Italy, Denmark, Coney Island, Australia, Puerto Rico, Arkansas, Harlem (NYC), Bangkok, Dubai, and Belgium. Our sincere thanks to ROA for bringing us on this massive and glorious tour with him so far.

ROA. Ødense Harbor, Denmark. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Ødense Harbor, Denmark. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Perc Tucker Regional Gallery – Townsville City Counsil. Townsville, Australia. 2015 (photo © ROA)

“Thanks Tegen for dancing in front of the Crocodile and Turtle”

ROA. Perc Tucker Regional Gallery – Townsville City Council. Townsville, Australia. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Perc Tucker Regional Gallery – Townsville City Council. Townsville, Australia. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Jersey City, NJ. Jonathan LeVine Gallery – Mana Contemporary. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Vieques, Puerto Rico. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Vieques, Puerto Rico. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Just Kids Residency. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Just Kids Residency. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Just Kids Residency. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. The Unexpected. Forth Smith, Arkansas. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. The Unexpected. Forth Smith, Arkansas. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Surface with Soren Solkaer. Copenhagen, Denmark. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Monument Art. El Barrio. East Harlem. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Festival ONO’U. Tahiti – Papeete. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Coney Art Walls. Coney Island, Brooklyn. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. POW WOW 15. Hawaii. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Muratista. Sadali – Sardinia, Italy. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Muratista. Sadali – Sardinia, Italy. 2015 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Dubai Walls. Dubai. 2016 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Dubai Walls. Dubai. 2016 (photo © ROA)

ROA. Chrystal Ship Festival. Ostend, Belguim. 2016 (photo © ROA)