Emilio Florentine

Corey has been painting on the streets creating his vivid and beautiful murals for more than a decade under the moniker “Emilio Florentine”. His paintings are based on the belief that natural beauty is heightened during chaos. By using impressionist and surrealist techniques, he exploits, tortures, and then paints his subject - the flower - at its tipping point. With a BFA from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, Emilio’s involvement in the arts stretches back to when he was 4 years old, and intuitively realized that people enjoyed the things he drew. This immensely positive feeling gave him the confidence to pursue art as a career. Emilio Florentine’s murals can be seen from Puerto Rico to Los Angeles to NYC and Jersey City. While being a successful artist, Emilio Florentine has also maintained a successful screen-printing business that provides fine art printing to both local and national artists. He works one on one with the artists to translate their ideas onto apparel and paper. Emilio (Corey Fleming) is also the Creative Co-Curator and Technical Consultant to the Jersey City Mural Arts Program. He joined the program specifically to lend his vast arsenal of street art know-how and expertise to the team. He is extremely passionate in his goal to help support and encourage local artists. Emilio has been instrumental in helping Jersey City establish itself as a street art mecca by bringing in artists like WK Interact, Case MacClaim, Shepherd Fairey, and Finton Magee amongst many others.