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Priz-one (New York City) – graffiti; Rammellzee (New York City) – gothic futurist, graffiti; Retna (born Marquis Lewis 1979; Los Angeles) – graffiti; Revs (New York City), graffiti and urban art; Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada (New York City) – urban art, culture jamming; Stephanie Rond (Columbus, Ohio) Rubin415 (New York City) - graffiti
This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
JA began painting graffiti in New York as a teenager, [2] and by 1985 was known for his work on the city's trains. [3] JA One took on his tag in 1986. [4] In response to the MTA's clamp down on train graffiti, initiated under the leadership of David L. Gunn, [5] JA One spearheaded the movement to take graffiti bombing onto the streets. [6]
Quiñones often added poetic messages in his pieces, such as "Graffiti is art and if art is a crime, please God, forgive me". Lee also painted huge handball court murals in his neighborhood, for instance “Howard the Duck,” the first whole handball court mural, in the spring of 1978 outside of his old high school, Corlears Junior High School ...
The self-proclaimed King of Style, Kase was admired by other graffiti writers as having a natural flair for his art, his train pieces being creative and stylish. He was included in the original hip-hop documentary Style Wars , which won the Grand Prize for Documentaries at the 1983 Sundance Film Festival .
2007: The Warhol economy: how fashion, art, and music drive New York City. Texts by Elizabeth Currid, Princeton University Press; 2008: Street Art: The Graffiti Revolution. Texts by Cedar Lewisohn, Tate, London; 2008: The Elms Lesters Book and Christmas Exhibition. Texts by Ben Jones, Paul Jones et alt. Elms Lesters Paintings Rooms, London
Also, in 2010, Crash was commissioned to create a special limited edition luggage for TUMI, Inc. [13] In 2019, Crash participated in the New York City's "Beyond the Streets," bringing a massive new showcase of the evolution of graffiti and street art to the city that helped it become a global phenomenon. [14]
Bio has collaborated with many of the top graffiti artists in the world from past to present day. He has also lectured at M.I.T. and various universities in the United States. Bio was also part of the Smithsonian Institution ’s 35th annual Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. , where Tats Cru was chosen to represent New York City muralists ...