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IZ was prominently featured in the 1983 documentary Style Wars. [8] His work, which appeared in the book Subway Art, has been credited with inspiring European graffiti in particular; Martin's piece Hell IZ for Children became influential in Europe where the use of his tag to form a sentence and his freeform style has been incorporated and adapted by contemporary graffiti artists.
Concrete Vibes was the host to graffiti artist Iz the Wiz. In 2003 Iz held his first solo artist showcase on Long Island at Concrete Vibes. [11] [12] In 2005 Phetus relocated his studio and worked with graffiti artist Richie SEEN. He set up shop in the back of "Tattoo SEEN" in the Throgs Neck section in the Bronx.
Graffiti became a serious part of Dondi's life in the mid-1970s. His first work in graffiti was as a tagger. He tagged using "NACO" and "DONDI", and worked on refining his style, gradually moving from simple tagging to building more elaborate pieces. [5]: 8 Using his nickname as a tag was considered risky at the time because the Metropolitan ...
1964 (age 59–60) Ambato, Ecuador. Known for. painter, muralist, graffiti writer. Spouse. SMITH (Roger Smith) Website. www.ladypinknyc.com. Lady Pink, born Sandra Fabara (born 1964), is an Ecuadorian-born American graffiti and mural artist, active in New York City.
Richard Mirando, known as Seen, is an American graffiti artist. [1][2] He is one of the best known graffiti artists in the world and has been referred to as the Godfather of Graffiti. [1] Seen first started to paint on the New York City Subway system in 1973. [1] He was born in the Bronx, New York City.
IZ the Wiz (born November 30, 1958 – June 17, 2009 as Michael Martin) – bold colored work [1] [2] Chris Johanson (California) - Graffiti, murals, sculpture, installation art Lady Aiko (Brooklyn) – street art
In 2009, A. O. Scott of The New York Times examined the film: "Style Wars is a work of art in its own right too, because it doesn't just record what these artists are doing, it somehow absorbs their spirit and manages to communicate it across the decades so that we can find ourselves, so many years later, in the city, understanding what made it beautiful."
Surrender Dorothy. " Surrender Dorothy " is a famous special effect used in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, where the Wicked Witch of the West flies on her broomstick to write the two-word phrase across the sky. The phrase later attained local fame as graffiti in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.