ATOMIK UMBRELLA

Adam Vargas, or Atomik, is the graffiti artist behind the smiling oranges you see all around South Florida. Adam’s been tagging and creating street art in Miami for decades. He’s a trained graphic artist who’s painted other work, including the mural greeting visitors to Little Havana. But it’s his guerilla street art and iconic orange that cemented his fame. It was born from the day the Orange Bowl met the wrecking ball. You can now find Atomik’s Miami orange around the world, from Argentina to Australia. But in Miami, some of the buildings he tagged with his iconic orange have been turned to dust — as Miami continues to remake itself.