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Dave Warnke, "DAVe", is an internationally recognized street artist. He has been working as a street artist since 1989 and a professional artist since 1999. DAVe's hand-painted posters and stickers of colorful, cartoon creatures can be found on trashcans, poles and boarded-up buildings throughout San Francisco and around the globe. His street art is intended to brighten up the urban landscape with a little good-natured subversion. DAVe's paintings have been exhibited in art galleries throughout the world N'from the Bay Area to Brazil, Los Angeles to London and Mexico to Malaysia. In 2004, his work was part of "The Interventionists", an exhibition of international Street Art at The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. DAVe has studied painting at The San Francisco Art Institute and New York's School of the Visual Arts. He earned two degrees in Fine Art at DunLaoghaire College of Art and Design, in Dublin Ireland. DAVe's artwork has been featured in magazines, books and even on television. DAVe was profiled in both The Oakland Tribune and The San Francisco Chronicle. In addition to working as an artist and a teacher, DAVe is the co-founder, with Mark Dwight, of a merchandise company called DAVe Industries.