Ian de Beer is a Buffalo-based artist whose practice bridges graffiti culture and contemporary fine art. He is also associated with the name HERT (HERT ONE), reflecting his roots as a graffiti writer and his long engagement with public visual language. His work has been discussed in relation to bringing street-based mark-making into gallery contexts through abstraction, hyper-flat surfaces, and spatial awareness. De Beer continues to develop a studio practice grounded in painting, drawing from both modern and contemporary abstraction while preserving a street-informed sensibility. His work reflects an ongoing interest in legibility, structure, and the visual systems that shape how we move through built environments.