Futura

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Futura 2000 is a legendary graffiti artist who started out painting illegally on New York's subway in the early seventies. Since then, he has developed his style in a highly personal way, revolutionizing the familiar loops and scrawls of tagging and turning them into fluid, abstract movements across the canvas. He’s an avid world traveler. These days he is a respected gallery artist. His big break stemming from his involvement with The Clash – producing a sleeve for their Radio Clash 7” single, and handwriting the sleeve notes and lyric sheet for their LP, Combat Rock. Since then he has worked on campaigns for names like Nike and Calvin Klein, while still retaining a deep connection with the music industry, working heavily with Mo’ Wax records. His imagery has also become synonymous with James Lavelle’s UNKLE project. More recently much of Futura's artwork has been channeled towards the production of highly collectible toys, and during the 1990's he was heavily involved with the fashion companies such as Subware, Phillies Blunt, and GFS. Today, he continues to have a vital, relevant voice as a seminal artist in the pantheon of urban art.