ARTISTS
| Lady Pink was born in Ecuador, but raised in NYC. She started writing graffiti at the age of 15 and soon was well known as the only female capable of competing with the boys in the graffiti subculture. Pink painted subway trains from the years 1979-1985. She is considered a cult figure in the hip-hop subculture since the release of the independent motion picture “Wild Style” in 1982, in which she had a starring role. While still in high school she began exhibiting paintings in art galleries and at the age of 21 had her first solo exhibit at the Moore College of Art. As a leading participant in the rise of graffiti-based art, Lady Pink’s canvasses have entered important art collections such as the Whitney Museum, the MET in NYC, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of the City of NY, the Groningen Museum of Holland and many others. Her paintings have been exhibited throughout the world in noteworthy places such as The Bronx Museum, The Queens Museum, Le Case D’Arte in Milan, Lisson Gallery in London, Inhound Museum in Geneva, Sidney Janis Gallery in NYC, and the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC. Today, she is well documented as a community activist by creating grand scale murals throughout the city and mobilizing artists into donating public art in culturally neglected communities. She has brought her artwork in a full circle from the subways and commuters, to the cultured and elite in galleries, back to working class neighborhoods. Lady Pink and her husband Smith, are one of the few professional mural teams to arise from the graffiti subculture. She now shares her 2 decades of experience by holding mural workshops with students and actively lecturing in universities throughout the US. pinksmith.com |
