KET
Q & A: NEW YORK GRAFFITI ARTIST KET
by CHRIS GROSSO on Jul.22, 2009, under KET
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING ART?
As a kid I drew a bit but I started to take it a bit more serious in 1987 when I started to write on trains.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME AN ARTIST?
I was inspired by the writers i met in high school and by the writer’s whose names I saw on the walls and the trains in my neighborhood. I wanted to be like them, to paint like them, and I wanted to be up. My neighborhood looked better as a result of the writer’s pieces and throw ups. I loved it.
WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS?
As far as writers go its Phase2, Stayhigh149, MICO, Part One, Chain 3, Kel First, Sonic, Ghost, Sento, Reas, Case 2, Wane, Wolf, and Pure in New York City.
Outside of the NY area I would add Charlie, Risky, Denz, Revok, Hews, Ease, Apex, Persue, Saber, Ich, and Space.
Worldwide there are too many but a few are: Neon, Mode 2, Sabe, Rusto, Smash 137, Askew, Atome, Delta, Oclock, Banksy, Os Gemeos, and Oker.
Besides that Emory Douglas, John Byrne, Jose Parla, Doze Green, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Rodin, Mare 139, Futura, Jon One, Romare Bearden, Hank Willis Thomas, Steve Marcus, Lee Quinones, Dredd Scott, Murikami, and too many others to name…
