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Chor Boogie
Born
Jason Lamar Hailey

1979 (age 45–46)
Oceanside, California, U.S.
EducationSelf-taught
Known forFine art spray paint murals, teacher
MovementSpray paint fine art, color therapy Modern Hieroglyphics

Chor Boogie (born Jason Lamar Hailey) is an American spray paint artist based in San Francisco, California. He co-operated the Soul Centro iboga retreat in Costa Rica, where a participant died during a 2024 ceremony, prompting an official investigation by local authorities.[1]

Biography

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Chor Boogie was born Jason Lamar Hailey in Oceanside, California in 1979. He was introduced to art in general at the age of five by a teacher in grade school, after which he decided he wanted to be an artist when he grew up.[2] He first used spray paint at age 10, and chose the name "Chore" for himself at age 11 (later dropping the "e") to describe his enjoyment of art from a professional standpoint. He did not receive formal art training, because spray paint was discouraged as art.[3]

He later began to volunteer as the director of mural projects for Writers Block, a San Diego group that created art with high school students.[3] He curated shows at the San Diego Museum of Art and the city's children's museum.[3]

He has resided in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2007 where he has been an active member of the street art community and has painted several notable commissioned public murals including The Eyes of San Francisco, Purgatory, and Opium Horizons.

Works and style

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Primarily an autodidact, Chor Boogie lists as influences Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Klimt, Van Gogh, and Salvador DalĂ­, along with early spray paint mentors from the Hip hop culture PHASE 2, Vulcan, and Riff 170.

Chor Boogie paints exclusively with spray paint, in sizes ranging from miniatures (such as a 2010 range of 2-by-2-inch "boogie birds")[4] to building-sized murals.[5] He refers to his colorful style and its intended spiritual and emotional impact on viewers as "color therapy"[6][3][7] and "The Art of Modern Hieroglyphics."

His first major commission was a rock wall he painted in his early teens for a series of motivational speeches by Anthony Robbins.[3] He since had public art projects commissioned in San Diego (a mural at The New Children's Museum, as well as the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art),[8][9] Beijing, China (for the 2008 Summer Olympics)[10][6] and Melbourne, Australia.[5] He designed and worked with volunteers to paint Edgewood at the Edge of the World, a 500-foot-long (150 m) mural in the Edgewood neighborhood of Northeast, Washington, D.C.[10][11][12] He has held shows in Mexico City, Brazil, and Dubai, traveled with musicians for live painting, and has painted a number of spray paint portraits of celebrities including Hugh Hefner, Jay-Z, Ol dirty bastard, and Rage Against the Machine.[3][10] His works are in several corporate collections, including Google and Zazzle.[citation needed]

One of his more prominent works, The Color Therapy of Perception, is a 100-foot (30 m) mural commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission's "Arts in Storefronts" project to improve the city's blighted Tenderloin neighborhood.[13][14] While painting that work he was stabbed by thieves trying to steal his painting supplies.[3] Mayor Gavin Newsom visited Chor Boogie in the hospital, and helped complete the painting.[15]

Corporate Zombies is located in New York, NY at 5 Bryant Park. The building's owners commissioned Chor Boogie to paint a mural inside the empty space on the corner of 40th Street and Avenue of the Americas, as part of the lot's rebranding as 5 Bryant Park.[16]

Death of Lauren Levis

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In August 2024, Chor Boogie and wife Elizabeth Bast co-ran an iboga ceremony at their Soul Centro retreat in Costa Rica during which an American participant, Lauren Levis, died. Iboga, the psychoactive root used in Soul Centro’s ceremonies, is an unregulated substance in Costa Rica and has documented medical risks, including past fatalities.[17][18]

Vice reported that Levis became medically distressed during the ceremony and did not receive prompt emergency medical intervention. Boogie and Bast attempted to cool her and administer an IV but did not immediately contact emergency services.[17] Levis later suffered a fatal cardiac arrest.[17]

The incident prompted public scrutiny of the retreat's safety practices and its handling of medical emergencies.[17]

References

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  1. ^ VICE, “A Woman Died After Taking Iboga at a Costa Rican Psychedelic Retreat,” 2024.
  2. ^ Chor Boogie. "bio".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Sam Devine (January 13, 2010). "Painting his own way". San Francisco Bay Guardian.
  4. ^ "Air Castle Gallery presents... "Boogie Birds"- small works by Chor Boogie". Current TV. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Chor Boogie". Flavorpill. October 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Joe Tash (December 25, 2009). "Vista adds murals to Sprinter line". San Diego Union Tribune.
  7. ^ Shalwah Evans (December 7, 2008). "SLIDESHOW: The Fine Art of Spray Painting". Mission Local.
  8. ^ Robert L. Pincus (May 4, 2008). "A star is (re)born". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  9. ^ Jennifer Vigil (August 21, 2008). "From blank to beautiful on boulevard". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  10. ^ a b c Megan Hughes (August 20, 2009). "SF Artist Painting Washington, D.C. Red". KTVU. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  11. ^ Panorama, Interactive (August 21, 2009). "From Edgewood to the Edge of the World". Washington Post. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  12. ^ "Collective Vision". Washington Post. August 23, 2009. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012.
  13. ^ Lindsey Barber (December 21, 2009). "Spraying Over Scars". San Francisco State University X Press. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  14. ^ Mike Aldax (January 6, 2010). "Vandals impair public art efforts". San Francisco Examiner.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Bringing The Beauty Back to Market St!". KnowtheName.
  16. ^ "Corporate Zombies by Chor Boogie at 5 Bryant Park, New York". www.wescover.com. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  17. ^ a b c d Busby, Mattha (October 15, 2024). "American 'Neoshamans' Are Running Psychedelics Hotels in Costa Rica—and Someone Died". Vice.
  18. ^ Fernandez, Ileana (March 31, 2025). "Costa Rica Retreat Under Scrutiny After Tragic Fatal Heart Attack". Tico Times.
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