TYPO Speaker

»CV`S ARE DESCRIPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A FUTURE ACCORDING TO THEIR PAST. LET`S IMAGINE I HAVEN´T..«This is the kind of answer Gallerists usually receive from me when they ask me for a CV, together with a photography of me with a black and blue beaten face.

I started doing art on the streets as a little kid, painting over Billboards at the Busstop on my way to School. With 16 I got bitten by the Grafittybug, i started Skateboarding, dj´ing and various other mindexpanding things. Skateboarding and Grafitty brought me to L.A. around 1990. I lived in a car and went to artexhibition openings everyday, just to get free food or drinks. I could do up to three a night, and just had to steal my breakfast every morning.I didn´t sleep for a whole month, due to a very hot summer and no air conditioning.I started seeing things, and at some point i started painting them.I learned to trust intuition. I used it a lot since then.
Here´s some meaningless facts :

– Demi Moore called me the other night and wanted to buy a Valentines present.
– I’m Peaches’ favourite DJ in the world.
– I painted the murals in the Basement of Whitetrash Diner together with my friend Tagnoe in only 2 days.
– I got re-animated by electroshock 7 times
– I never had an academic career.
– I am allergic to nuts and the color orange.
– I painted everyday around 20 pieces of trash all over Berlin, for over 7 years.

Most of these pieces were collected and taken home at some point. This makes me Europes most collected artist in individual pieces. This is completely useless information but it sounds good.
Around 1992 Galerists came sniffing after me, and i started doing shows in institutions, showrooms, museums . Meanwhile it´s been over 40 shows worldwide.God, I hate all this marketplace information. Can anybody else please take care of this….. Yes I been part in countless artbooks about streetart… i never got a cent for handing out photos to these guys, or having pictures taken of works….

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