She wanted to celebrate with the purchase of a $15,000 watch, but then had a better idea.

My name is, uh, guy standing fellows, and I'm an artist for New York City.

On March 20th of last year, he posted a video on Instagram explaining his new mission.

I grabbed my phone and did that shot on Instagram, introducing myself to everybody and say, Hey, I'm an artist from New York City.

New York's been really good to me, and I know all my community.

I know my artist friends are hurting right now, so I'm looking to buy as much artwork as possible, and I hit send, and that's when I opened Pandora's box.

Since then, Filosa spent $70,000 buying over 200 pieces of art from more than 150 artists around the world.

The collection, which includes pieces by his former professors and his tattoo artists, is displayed throughout his small studio apartment and in a storage unit.

Recently, he has been getting calls from museums around the world who want to host his collection.

But his goal is the first.

Display it in New York.

I think something really cool and really fun and amazing to call some of these artists that I purchased their work who works, never been sold before.

I was the first person to buy something from them and be like, Hey, by the way, you know the painting I just bought it's actually going to be hanging in the MoMA.

What started as a way to help people afford essentials has now turned into a mission to boost the confidence of artists still trying to break out.