Graffiti / Performance / Artist
I started this triptych about two years ago but only finished it last week, two days before winter solstice. The background is done in cyan, magenta and yellow. The black and white stencil layers above consist of the five elements of my name K-E-N-M-O, so it took 20 steps on each of the three parts …
As one can imagine from reading my former posts about my history, these birth- and death-experiences led to a shift in the direction of my life. And as there has been a shift in the direction of my life, there has been a shift in my artistical expression also. My works started to point more …
In 1995 things began to change for me. I was now in my early twenties, moved out of my parents house and finished school finally. Then I had to do a ridiculous job in a temping agency to be able to pay my rent before I started my civilian service instead of army. I had …
In 1994 I continued to paint massive amounts of pieces for that time. There was nothing else I could think of, really. All I had was Hip Hop and Graffiti and I made full use of it, not being very aware yet that doing so often meant avoiding other stuff – the problems in my …
In the summer following the contest I had a good time travelling around a bit and painting a lot. I think I never painted as much as I did in that time. I was still a teenager and it felt just right. Life seemed easy for a while. I went to Munich with a friend …
A designer asked me to do this piece for him. He liked my contest work so much and wanted me to do another one with black and grey. These are 6 pieces of wood which can be hung separately with each one letter on them – K E N M O E. My first kind …
In spring 1993 I took part in a Graffiti contest in Hamburg at the „Kampnagel“-area. You had to apply for it by sending in sketches, from which 25 participants were chosen. I just tried it out and was surprised to receive an invitation. One week off from school and they paid for the journey and …
This is one of my first pieces. I did it together with my best friend at school times. Another friend of us wanted his room painted and he chose the word „Freak“…