JMikal Davis, aka Hellbent, is a muralist, painter and street artist who lives and works in Brooklyn.

Davis began making street-based artwork in the late 1990s while still in art school at the University of Georgia. Upon graduating and moving to Brooklyn in 2000, he took up the nom de plume Hellbent, experimenting with various media and becoming known for his hand-carved plagues that he pulled throughout New York City and eventually across the globe. 

Since 2011, the backgrounds that started on these plaques became the focal point of his work both on and off the street. The abstract configurations of multiple patterns layered on top of each other are derived from American quilt-making and folk art traditions, inspirations not typically associated within murals and street art. In his public work he aims to include elements from different textiles associated with the citizens of the community and weave them together harmoniously. 

His work has been shown with the New Museum and C24 Gallery both in New York City as well as shows in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, the United Kingdom and Tehran, Iran. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The New York Post, Juxtapoz Magazine, and Vogue. He has collaborated with fashion brands like Ralph Lauren and Coach along with commissions for Conde Nast Traveler and the Hudson Square BID. Architectural Digest chose his large painting at 44 Wall Street as one of the top 12 best artworks in commercial spaces in New York.