Education
He then studied at the School of Visual Arts.
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He was introduced to graffiti art while attending Franklin K. Lane High School and began painting subways at age 13 in the East New York section of Brooklyn. From 1977 to 1984, Crime79 painted numerous notable subway cars. A whole train with a memorable painted poem appears as the opening page to the “Graffiti Bible”, Subway Art by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant.
Crime79’s first show of paintings was at the Rainbow Gallery in New York City’s SoHo District in 1983.
In 2009 two of his paintings were sold at the prestigious Millon & Associés Auction House in Paris, France. In addition to paintings, Crime79 practices his art on intriguing projects in a variety of mediums, including:
Designed the album cover for DJ Tony Touch entitled “Crime79” (2004)
Commissioned by recording artist LL Cool J to create a mural backdrop for the video “Hush” (2004)
In 2006 Crime79 was chosen to design a wrapper for a limited edition of his own chocolate bar, “Caramel Crime” which today is sold in exclusive chocolate stores and art museums including MoMA, Philadelphia Museum of Art and chocolatebarnyc.com.
Recently commissioned to paint a canvas for Rev Run’s (of Run-DMC) son Diggy Simmons for his Music Television reality show, “Run’s House.”
Crime79’s works are documented in documentaries, music videos, video games (“The Warriors”) and international publications worldwide including The Source Magazine, Mugshot Magazine, ARTnews, Elemental Magazine, Print, Warp Magazine, New York Daily News, Stress Magazine, The Village Voice, Black Entertainment Television Television, Alarm Magazine, Piece Book and many others
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Crime79 was a member of a group called “Soul Artists” which were among the first to transition graffiti art from subways to legitimate galleries.
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