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Title of Piece:My Father's Jacket
Artist: Xavier Gayden
Size:72x40
Medium:Acrylic
Price: Inquire about price.
About the Artist:
Xavier Gayden is a Kansas City Artist - Teacher - Community Voice with over 15 years of experience, known for blending creativity, education, and community development to inspire change. He is a published illustrator of children’s books, a muralist, and a multi-disciplined artist. Xavier has showcased his work at national conventions and been featured in numerous exhibitions, reflecting both technical excellence and a deep commitment to storytelling. Through his work, Xavier uses art as a powerful tool to foster growth, connection, and empowerment in individuals and communities.
About the Piece:
My Father’s Jacket — a modern icon of divinity in the everyday. A 90s-inspired reimagining of Christ, clothed in cultural memory and sacred familiarity, positioned as the focal point of BoxHead Arts’ solo exhibition. Jesus emerges from a gas station alongside the apostles — not in distant glory, but in present-day proximity — blurring the line between the holy and the human, the ancient and the now. The jacket becomes both inheritance and symbolism: authority without arrogance, divinity without distance, holiness wrapped in the language of the people.
Title of Piece:My Father's Jacket
Artist: Xavier Gayden
Size:72x40
Medium:Acrylic
Price: Inquire about price.
About the Artist:
Xavier Gayden is a Kansas City Artist - Teacher - Community Voice with over 15 years of experience, known for blending creativity, education, and community development to inspire change. He is a published illustrator of children’s books, a muralist, and a multi-disciplined artist. Xavier has showcased his work at national conventions and been featured in numerous exhibitions, reflecting both technical excellence and a deep commitment to storytelling. Through his work, Xavier uses art as a powerful tool to foster growth, connection, and empowerment in individuals and communities.
About the Piece:
My Father’s Jacket — a modern icon of divinity in the everyday. A 90s-inspired reimagining of Christ, clothed in cultural memory and sacred familiarity, positioned as the focal point of BoxHead Arts’ solo exhibition. Jesus emerges from a gas station alongside the apostles — not in distant glory, but in present-day proximity — blurring the line between the holy and the human, the ancient and the now. The jacket becomes both inheritance and symbolism: authority without arrogance, divinity without distance, holiness wrapped in the language of the people.