Grayson Earle

He attended UC Irvine before moving to New York City to enroll in the Hunter College Integrated Media Arts MFA program.

The arrest occurred as the group projected onto the Metropolitan Museum of Art after David Koch donated $60 million to have his name permanently added to the fountain outside.

[6] David Koch is known for donating millions of dollars to the Tea Party and various climate change denial interests groups.

[10] In 2016, Earle kept a receipt for every single purchase he made and recorded himself "consuming" the item in his work Tax Deductible Expenses.

Earle notes in several interviews that he was inspired by the museum hiring a union-busting firm to oust its organizing employees while simultaneously putting leftist art on display.