# Graffiti

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RareKind is a collective of innovative, professional artists in Brighton and London.  The team of gifted graffiti artists apply natural skill and expertise to produce a variety of arts projects including oil on canvas, large murals and fashion design.  RareKind continue to push the boundaries of urban art and are broadly recognised as the industry leader in the UK hip hop and graffiti arts scene.  Work to date also includes private commissions for universities, celebrity homes, and public spaces such as bars and restaurants around the UK and abroad.


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A mix of old school graffiti, distinctive characters, and fresh colour combinations equate the unique style of the Montana Writer Team. The first initial of each artist is represented in the shield. The German team is sponsored by Montana Cans, an international spray paint manufacturer.


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Adren, a young female artist visiting from Belgium, painted this phenomenal image at the Sleeping Giants and Graphotism Graf Jam.  The multi-lingual Adren took time out from her studies in Brighton to participate in the event. The 18-year-old artist received much deserved respect for her contribution at the event.


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Growing up in London, Astek noticed graffiti from a young age.  Fascinated by the art, he became an observer of graffiti for many years before actually attempting it himself.  The self-trained artist is famous for wild style drawings, creating designs, words and characters that are difficult to decipher.  In the last five years, Astek has evolved his technique towards a hybrid of wild style graffiti and 3D art.  This particular design marks Astek’s crowning glory in his progress to 3D.  The challenging design took two days to complete and is triumphantly dubbed ‘The Ultimate 3D Wild Style’.


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American artist Revok travelled over 5,000 miles from Los Angeles to participate in the 2006 Graf Jam.  With his writing team, Seventh Letter, the fabulous artist has sprayed colourful designs across the globe.  One of Revok’s most memorable stunts was covering an all white 4 x 4 vehicle in Taiwan, the owner was impressed with Revok’s technique and wanted some for himself.


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A year ago this writing crew was barely known in the graffiti scene.  Today, the up-and-coming Sooper Dooper Crew are receiving deserved attention and grace the cover of the latest issue of Graphotism, an international magazine dedicated to graffiti.  This talented young crew is based in Kingston upon Thames, with each member enrolled in an art discipline ranging from illustration to graphic design.


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Born in Birmingham, Agent spends a lot of time travelling to London on special missions.  Keeping his family legacy alive, Agent has been drawing for as long as he can remember and first picked up the can when he was 14 years old.   Now 23, the artist finds inspiration in human faces and enjoys drawing characters that explore the limits of facial expression.  This particularly dubious face has been unofficially dubbed ‘Con Man’.  Currently studying illustration, Agent one day hopes to expand his designs from walls to textiles and has some very impressive ideas for a new style of hoodie.


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The ZEK Crew is a Slovenian team of artists, illustrators and graphic designers.  Slovenia has a small number of graffiti artists but those that have picked up the spray can exude pure talent.  Local residents appreciate the high level of skill and often trains will travel the length of the country completely covered in graffiti.  Word spread this crew was good and Graphotism sent them a personal invitation to attend the event.  The Brighton Graf Jam was the first time the team had painted outside of the Balkan states.


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With an upcoming sneaker fetish show in London, Insa admittedly has a high heel obsession.  In fact, his pink and red high heel designs can be found across the globe adorned on walls, rocks and bus stops.  This particular image is a tribute to the artist’s girlfriend, her name can be found as the centrepiece of the design.
Size: Triptych, each panel 18’’ x 30’’


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Local graffiti artist Aroe has been instrumental in promoting the positive use of graffiti in the UK, and particularly in Brighton.  Working in association with Graphotism, Aroe helped organise the huge Sleeping Giants and Graphotism event.  
This Godzilla image is the centre of a one kilometre long mural located along the retaining wall of the New England Quarter, and was featured in The Times.


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The unbelievably talented artist Alex Young came out of the womb drawing and is now one of the UK’s best graffiti artists.   Growing up in London, Alex found the lure of graffiti unavoidable.  His work can be seen adding value to the streets of the North Laines in Brighton.  Incorporated in the RareKind mural, ‘Never mind the Relay Team here comes RareKind’, this graffiti depicts a riotous landscape occupied by crazed characters.


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Fallen was surprised to receive permission to participate in the Graf Jam, as he is quite new to painting with spray cans.  But the artist certainly proved his abilities with this incredible self-portrait.  Fallen is still searching for his personal style but with this piece he wanted to see just how close to reality he could paint, so he painted the face most familiar to him.  With reference to the two women in his painting, Fallen explains them as a symbolic representation of outer beauty tinged with inner ugliness.  Fallen studied art at college and now runs his own company that provides graphics, illustration and aerosol art.


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This miniature caricature by Alex Young is part of the ‘Never mind the Relay Team, here comes RareKind’ mural.  This wall of the Graf Jam has since been stolen, with little trace of its previous existence.  This character is one of the many elaborate features in the contemporary design.


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Part of the Seventh Letter writing crew based in the United States, Sever sprays his art all over the world.  This particular piece represents one of the artist’s tag names MSK.


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An Italian artist, Viper flew over to England just to attend the Sleeping Giants and Graphotism event.  Viper has been taking the Italian graffiti art scene by storm for over a decade.  His career started with painting trains and has evolved to murals and commissioned pieces.


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Alex dabbles in all forms of art; the only constant thread in his designs is to out do the last one.   If Alex could graffiti anywhere in the world, it would be on a whole car in New York City.  This character is part of the large battle mural ‘Never mind the Relay Team, here comes RareKind’.


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Inspired by Japanese pop culture, American comics and old school graffiti, Jimi Tzar is a freelance illustrator who studied graphic design at Brighton University in 2002.  
In association with the RareKind crew, Jimi helped design a limited edition line of hand painted clothes for Debenhams.  Harvey Nichols and Nokia have also commissioned works by the talented artist.


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Asure is famous for 3D designs and Viol8 for his mad organic shapes.  Both are fresh graduates from the University of Sussex and have each been drawing for over seven years.  Growing up in North London, the young artists were influenced by local graffiti and inspired to develop their own distinct technique.


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Chu and SNUG have collaborated as artists since 1999. This particular image is part of an epic drawing of a mythical place called ‘The Hall of Records’ with its receptionist holding the microphone.  Chu’s graffiti is stereoscopic and the winning bidder will receive an exclusive pair of 3D glasses designed by Chu himself.


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This is another Aroe design and is part of a much larger mural of bright purple and red graffiti along the retaining wall of the New England Quarter.  Aroe receives regular accolades for his work and once had the privilege of spray painting an entire Porsche 911.  The official racing car went around the tracks for a dizzying year after receiving the Aroe touch.  The artist has also worked with Nokia and even designed an ad for Nike that was too controversial to air.


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With a degree in illustration and heavily influenced by the hip hop culture, Alex’s graffiti blends traditional style with a new school British twist.  Associated with RareKind, this particular piece is part of a battle wall between RareKind and the Relay crew, painting next to them.  It’s called ‘Never mind the Relay Team, here comes Rarekind’.


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The artist of this image was a German woman who came over and conquered.  She made quite an impression on the organisers but left without a trace.


