James Rizzi was an American pop artist from Brooklyn, New York who was born in 1950 and died in 2011. He studied art in Florida where he experimented with different mediums like printing, painting, and sculpting. Rizzi's work often featured depictions of his hometown of New York City using bright colors, thick black outlines, and unconventional designs that showed buildings as people and vice versa. In addition to paintings, Rizzi also designed office buildings later in his career in Germany before his death.