Mr. Brainwash featured in the Petersen Automotive Museum’s We Are Porsche exhibition, celebrating 75 years of the iconic carmaker. His contribution included a full-scale sculpture of a 1973 Carrera RS 2.7 enclosed in oversized Matchbox-style packaging. The work was installed as part of a broader showcase of more than 40 historic Porsche vehicles.

In 2022, Mr. Brainwash opened his first museum in a three-story building designed by architect Richard Meier. The Mr. Brainwash Art Museum features interactive installations and artworks across all floors, reinforcing the artist’s signature message: Life Is Beautiful.

In an historic collaboration, Mr. Brainwash joined Pope Francis and artist Domingo Zapata at the Vatican to create a joint painting celebrating immigrants. During the session, Pope Francis contributed a painted cross and bird, while Mr Brainwash inscribed the phrase “Life is beautiful” and a heart. The completed work, titled “El Inmigrante,” was later slated for auction to benefit the Pope’s Scholas Occurrentes Foundation.

​​Commissioned by the City of Beverly Hills for the BOLD Summer Showcase, Mr. Brainwash installed three large-scale cast‐resin sculptures in high-traffic areas, including “Life Is Beautiful” on Rodeo Drive, “Beverly Hills Is Beautiful” in Beverly Canon Gardens, and “Beverly Hills Is Life” near Wells Fargo.

In 2017, Stan Lee visited Mr. Brainwash’s studio for a private tour and impromptu photo session. The artist photographed the Marvel Comics legend during the visit, capturing a rare moment between two icons of pop culture.

Exit Through the Gift Shop, featuring footage filmed by Mr. Brainwash, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival with no official listing and only Banksy stencils hinting at its presence. Directed by Banksy, the documentary drew from a decade of footage Mr. Brainwash captured while following street artists. The film went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

Madonna commissioned Mr. Brainwash to create the cover art for her greatest hits album Celebration. Referencing New York’s graffiti culture, the accompanying artwork included wheat-pasted portraits that appeared throughout Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The collaboration reflected Madonna’s early connections to the downtown art scene, including her relationship with Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Mr. Brainwash debuted his first solo exhibition, Life Is Beautiful, at the former CBS Columbia Square studios in Hollywood. The historic site—originally Los Angeles’s first film studio—was transformed into a large-scale gallery featuring sculptures, installations, paintings, and prints. The opening drew thousands, with crowds lining up around the block and rushing the gates to see the work.