Al-Baseer Holly is a Philadelphia-born multidisciplinary artist now living on the West Coast. His path to visual art began through music. Early in his career he collaborated as a recording artist with Pharrell Williams and others, and his self-taught visual practice has since become a body of work that rewards careful study. His murals and paintings are bold, deliberate, and grounded in archival research.

For The Pioneer Squares, Holly has painted a collage tracing Black contribution to European football across past, present, and future. The piece reads as a single composition spanning generations of players, making visible a global representation that the sport is still learning to recognize. Holly has spoken about the importance of representation on the global stage, and the piece is his contribution to that ongoing visibility.

Instagram: @theartofalbaseer

Website: albaseerholly.com