Al-Baseer Holly is a Philadelphia-born multidisciplinary artist now living on the West Coast. His path to visual art began through music. Early in his career he collaborated as a recording artist with Pharrell Williams and others, and his self-taught visual practice has since become a body of work that rewards careful study. His murals and paintings are bold, deliberate, and grounded in archival research.
Al-Baseer Holly
Artist Process
For The Pioneer Squares, Holly has painted a collage tracing Black contribution to European football across past, present, and future. The piece reads as a single composition spanning generations of players, making visible a global representation that the sport is still learning to recognize. Holly has spoken about the importance of representation on the global stage, and the piece is his contribution to that ongoing visibility.
Instagram: @theartofalbaseer
Our Collaboration
In collaboration with SeattleFWC26 and Populus Seattle, we’ve commissioned fifteen new works installed across the neighborhood, timed to the World Cup. The artists who painted these pieces didn’t just visit Pioneer Square. They lived at Populus Seattle and worked at RailSpur Studios, developing their commissions in the same environment where their work will be experienced.
For a few magical weeks this summer, the World Cup matches will bring people from all over the world to our doorstep in Seattle, but what we hope to leave behind lasts longer than the matches.
In Motion
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Lookin' at You Socceroo
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Night Moves
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United in the Game
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Red Devils
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In Motion
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Flowers to the Game
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