Justin Canha creates emotive charcoal portraits and water-based paintings. Additionally, Justin composes computer-generated animations of invented characters frame-by-frame; this work was recently incorporated into a hip-hop music video. His mark-making is decisive and expressive, infusing his drawings with strong contours and bold gestures. At 16 years old, Justin Canha is the youngest artist represented by Ricco Maresca. His work first appeared on the New York art scene in 2005, in the “Autism/Aspergers/Art” exhibition at Ricco Maresca Gallery. Canha has exhibited at the Great Hall at Cooper Union, Rhode Island School of Design, the Beacon Firehouse Gallery, among others.