Hosting by CDMON
New Haven, Connecticut (USA) Growing up in New Haven there was wall literally steps away from my parents house and it happened to be the corner store (corner bodega) this is where I was introduced to graffiti by my first mentor Egon 2 and Dooley-o (BRAT) TSB crew (The Soul Brothers), and others graff writers…
STICK was born as a reaction. While many were looking for epic nicknames, I wanted something that represented my essence: letters with personality, perfect symmetry, and the possibility of integrating characters by replacing vowels. But beyond the form, it was a matter of identity: I wanted a name that wasn’t repeated in other cities, that…
At first, I was writing «Routine,» but since I was mostly doing illegal stuff, 7 letters were just too much. I shortened it to «Routs» for a while, until one day I was doodling and realized the letters could make «Rusto.» That’s the abbreviation for the colors used by the old school in NYC, Rustoleum….
My nickname doesn’t have much meaning; I just liked how it sounded. After signing with my brother at the beginning of it all in the mid-1980s as Yavik and B69, I decided on Rosk in the late 1980s, since everyone knew my brother and called him Yavik. Mi apodo no tiene mucho significado, simplemente me…
Phnom Penh (Cambodia) ¿De dónde viene tu apodo? Where does your pseudonym come from? Mi seudónimo, Chifumi, proviene del juego piedra, papel o tijera. Las manos son el elemento central de este juego, al igual que lo son en mi trabajo. Me pareció una conexión obvia con las manos gigantes que pinto. My pseudonym Chifumi…
Pocho is a graffiti writer for over 30 years, his work reflects a consistent trajectory and a recognizable style. It’s not just about painting; it’s about living graffiti as a way of life. Pocho es un escritor de graffiti desde hace más de 30 años, es el reflejo de una trayectoria constante, con estilo reconocible,…
I don’t use a pseudonym, just my given name, japanese last name from my father ́s side of the family. most people think its a pseudonym. No uso un apodo, solo mi nombre de pila, apellido japonés del lado paterno de la familia. La mayoría de la gente piensa que es un seudónimo. …
It‘s actually my shortcut for Delusion (engl.).I guess, I’ve been painting it since 2018, when I startet to get back painting more legal pieces and to stick to a name. All in all it was quite difficult to find a name that doesn’t already exist, lol. De hecho, es mi abreviatura de «Delusion» (inglés). Creo…
I started writing my nickname in 2004, initially using four letters in my early years of painting: “Spok.” I’d love to say it was simply due to the influence of the science fiction series Star Trek: The Original Series, but I actually chose those letters because I found them very dynamic and interesting, simply to…
As a teenager, I remember seeing the work of many graffiti artists in my neighborhood, and in high school, I was inspired to create my own pieces. What you saw in my city back then was pure originality; I was fascinated by the work of artists like Goal, Crime, Gruñon, Waize, Chiz, Puerk, and others….
My nickname comes from taking my surname written in Japanese, ライチェンズテイン, and removing all the letters in the middle, leaving only the first and last letters: ラン (Ran). Mi apodo viene de Tomar mi apellido escrito en japones ライチェンズテイン y quitarle todas las letras del medio, dejando solo la primera y la ultima: ラン (Ran)….
My name is rather abstract, and I chose this alias more than 25 years ago because I liked the combination of letters. Today, I would choose an even more abstract name, since many people confuse “syck” with “sick,” which I find boring. Mi nombre es bastante abstracto, y elegí este alias hace más de 25…
I simply liked the letters and the sound of it. I haven’t been using this name for very long; before that I painted under the names Tiger / Tman. Simplemente me gustaban las letras y el sonido. No llevo usando este nombre desde hace tanto tiempo; antes pintaba bajo los nombres Tiger / Tman. ¿Qué…
My name Bolo originally came from a character that represents the street wear brand (school of the hard knocks), that brand was so famous during the 90s and early 00s ,and I was 14 years old pop locking dancer at the time and I used to wear that gear with the character a lot that…
I was always interested in painting. My grandparents always worked in the fields, but when they were older and retired, they started painting. They had always wanted to paint, but at that time, with so many children, it was unthinkable; they had to earn a living. So I grew up watching them paint, and maybe…
My pseudonym or tag name comes from the word commercial. Growing up in the Bronx in the 80s-90s and always seeing graffiti everywhere from trains , streets to highways and everything in between. There was a writer whom was definitely a style master he wrote «Cromag» Imok (rest in peace). I was so interested and…
Shub has been my nickname since 2004. Friends from that time gave it to me as a reference to the character Chewbacca from Star Wars. It was first pronounced “Chewb,” and more recently “Shub.” “110” (or one ten) is a concept I created within the Street BikeTrial community. I practiced this sport intensely between 1998-2002…
Gaza (Palestine) ¿Qué te motivó para empezar a pintar? What motivated you to get started painting? Siempre me atrajeron los colores de la calle y cómo el arte puede transformar un espacio aburrido en algo lleno de vida. Ver a otros artistas expresar su libertad a través del arte urbano me inspiró a tomar un…
When I was 19, an older my friend gave me the nickname “Korone”. I had never been given a strange nickname at that time, so I liked it and started drawing it as KORONE. after breaking it down a little,as KRNE. After that, with what to draw in the public and artwork I decided to…
Rame means “copper” in Italian. Before choosing that name I tried many others, because I was looking for something that could really represent me when I started painting. When I found Rame, it just felt right: I liked the way it sounded, the way it looked written, and also its meaning. Copper is a strong…
I got into graffiti art in 1996, through a friend, with whom I started writing my first tags. I see motivation in development, in my opinion every writer develops in a certain way… Me inicié en el graffiti en 1996, gracias a un amigo, con quien empecé a escribir mis primeras firmas. Veo la motivación…
It was never a goal or a conscious decision. Drawing was always there. Before painting, there were already lines: on walls, on the margins of notebooks, on my own skin. Any surface could become a support. Painting came later, almost without announcing itself, as a natural drift from that initial gesture. It wasn’t a choice,…
Metz (France) Mi firma no tiene ningún significado en particular. Al principio, solo quería una firma que empezara por la letra S, una letra con la que me gustaba trabajar. Cuando empecé a pintar en 2002, la escribía sin la E al final. Fue en 2005 cuando añadí la E, principalmente para enriquecer mi letra…
I had seen tags and graffiti in my neighborhood, Pardinyes, in Lerida, and I started tagging the walls near my house with the tag “crash” for about three months or so. I met other writers from my neighborhood and neighboring neighborhoods (such as Owe, As, Psta, Cruel, Jam, and a few others), and I found…