Born in Central America with deep Mayan roots and raised in Los Angeles since 1979, Wilber (Wilpower) is a breakdancer, art model, and an emerging visual artist For over 32 years, he worked as an art model and assistant to painter Dan McCleary, contributing to works collected by Elon Musk, Jack Black, Craig Krull & Jane Fonda. Wilpower has also modeled and worked for other artists including Peter Alexander, John Nava, George Yepez, Justin Bua, Javier Carrillo, and Robert Vargas. Wilpower’s image appears in artwork across Beverly Hills, Studio City, Hancock Park, Paris, London, Oaxaca, and New York, and he has modeled at The Getty Museum and USC Fisher Museum of Art. Wilpower started doing Street Art in 1983 and got introduced to abstract art in 1989. Now in 2023 he is stepping into his own creative voice, Wilpower reclaims his heritage as The Mayan Panther—fusing dance, ancestry, and visual arts.