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1UP (One United Power) is a graffiti crew from Berlin, Kreuzberg. [1] They have been active since 2003. [2]1UP have been described as "one of the most well-known graffiti crews in the world" [3] and are known for their bombing (large amount of tags put up in one night), rooftop paintings, and full train paintings.
Chris Changyang Shim (Korean: 심찬양, born () February 25, 1989), known as Royyal Dog and formerly Royal Dog, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] is a South Korean graffiti writer ...
King Robbo (born John Robertson, [2] 23 October 1969 – 31 July 2014 [3]) was an English underground graffiti artist. His feud with the artist Banksy was the subject of a Channel 4 television documentary called Graffiti Wars, first shown in August 2011. [4]
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.
Dare in his studio 2008 Wreaths and candles at a Dare Graffiti, 2010 Dare Basel home game show, last exhibition 2009 Dare , born Siegfried von Koeding (15 September 1968 – 6 March 2010) was a Swiss graffiti artist and curator.
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]
He is widely considered one of the world's first modern graffiti artist. [1] [2] [3] McCray was raised in Brewerytown, a neighborhood of North Philadelphia. During the late 1960s, he and a group of friends started doing graffiti in Philadelphia, by writing their monikers on walls across the city. [4]
Dondi pioneered many of the styles and techniques still used by modern graffiti artists. [ citation needed ] Though he often created wildstyle pieces for the benefit of other writers (like the famous 2MANY piece), he wanted the public to be able to read and enjoy his work, so he focused on readable letters with intricate fills and characters.