STRAAT is proud to announce ‘SHARED EXPERIENCE’, a two-person exhibition at STRAAT Gallery, featuring American artists Kayla Mahaffey and Carlos Ramirez, co-hosted by Los Angeles based Thinkspace Projects. ‘SHARED EXPERIENCE’ highlights the ongoing racial pressures and class separation still rampant in the United States and how Kayla Mahaffey (b. 1994 on Chicago’s South Side) and Carlos Ramirez (b.1967 in the Coachella Valley of Indio, California), even though decades separate their formative years, have each faced many of the same obstacles growing up and still do to this day, simply for being a person of color in America. This exhibition celebrates one of the museum’s ongoing and long term aims; to show the diversity and popularity of our worldwide street art and graffiti culture. The opening reception for ‘SHARED EXPERIENCE’ is Saturday August 20th, 2022 from 5-9 PM, and will feature refreshments and live DJ’s. Both artists will be in attendance along with the curator, Thinkspace’s Andrew Hosner. STRAAT NDSM-Plein 1 1033 WC, Amsterdam The Netherlands #straatamsterdam #kaylamahaffey #carlosramirez #thinkspacegallery #museumexhibition #sharedexperience