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May 16th, 2013
JOKER – Bay Area Update |
| My homey, JOKER of ROF/ICP/CA fame, has been killing it in San Francisco with his latest trucks! Here’s a 2013 update from my past blog post on JOKER. Follow him on Instagram at: @Jokraelove415 Joker has been also busy hitting walls in the local San Francisco / Bay Area... |
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May 3rd, 2013
WaterWrites. Nancy Hdez. |
| This month’s interview is with my co-worker, Nancy “Pili” Hernandez (@nancypili), the Program Manager of the WaterWrites Mural Series at our nonprofit arts organization, The Estria Foundation. Check out the latest WaterWrites South Africa video done by Makhulu Moving Pictures and Please Share it! Mike Bam: What is your... |
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Jan 3rd, 2013
ESTRIA Interview 2013 |
| When introducing my brother, ESTRIA, to people, it can be intimidating because some graffiti writers call him a graffiti living legend. Whatever name you want to label him, I tell everyone that you can’t deny that “he’s got game.” ESTRIA X PRIME – Just for a Day – Honolulu, Hawaii Estria & I became... |
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Dec 31st, 2012
XMAS comes early in MIAMI |
| If you’ve never been to Miami Art Basel, it is the art gathering for all extravagant fine artists, rich art collectors, gallery owners and lastly graffiti writers from all around the world. I describe it as the graffiti scene’s convention, but also the “Wild Wild East” for writers in Miami, where layer over layer of... |
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Nov 29th, 2012
NATE 1 from SAN FRANCISCO |
| I first met Nate1 back in 2008 when I painted at the Meeting of Styles in Oakland. However I knew of him way before that back in 1991. Nate1’s crew, MPC (Master Piece Creators), was doing full blown productions at Psycho City in San Francisco, California. Only my crew, TWS (Together With Style), our rival crew TMF (The Mellow Fellows)... |
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Nov 9th, 2012
ALEMANY JAM in SF – PART I |
| My homey, JOKER/ROF, organized one of the best jams this year in San Francisco which I call the “Alemany Jam.” Approximately a mile long of residential walls and a year in planning, the Alemany wall allowed over 50 writers from the Bay Area to paint over the October 20th weekend. This entry below is just a hint of the 3 parts... |
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Nov 2nd, 2012
DEFER from LOS ANGELES |
| Defer is one of the premier OG West Coast graffiti writers that is pushing unique style in both street and fine art. What I like about Defer, is when I see his art, I immediately think “Los Angeles.” His current work is flipped with a Japanese flavor, to celebrate his heritage, and it speaks to a broader audience. Defer is one... |
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Oct 5th, 2012
Good Times in Barcelona |
| I’ve just returned from Barcelona and finally have time to post the quick flix from my painting session with Cine, Musa and Keip. I let Musa pick the colors since I still had jet lag coming in from the USA. I like when other writers pick my colors also. So why is it so fuckin’ humid in Barcelona in September? Acabo de volver de... |
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Aug 15th, 2012
JAYBO at 1AM SF |
| I was connected to Jaybo Monk last year through Poesia, as Jaybo was a late addition to the Fast Forward Show. This year, I knew I wanted him to headline and be at the forefront of artists I worked with to put in an American gallery. This is my 3rd and last interview for the last week of showing the Composite Knowledge exhibit that I am... |
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Aug 10th, 2012
SLICK x PRIME in HAWAII |
| Here’s a quick post from the work that OG SLICK hit up at the Loft Space Hawaii this past weekend. Loft Space Hawaii was one of the sponsors for this past year’s Pow Wow Hawaii 2012 and Slick rocked this wall with MTN sponsored 123Klan. Unfortunately, SLICK’s characters were buffed due to their offensive message of the Dole... |
OG Mike Bam was one of the founders of the first graffiti union in Hawaii and started writing in 1983. After moving to San Francisco, he joined the Together With Style (TWS) crew. After spending several years in the videogame industry, Bam returned to the graffiti community to show the world his true love for the spray can. He is also one of the advisors for Hawaii’s 808 Urban program.
- OG Mike Bam fue uno de los fundadores del primer grupo de graffiti en Hawaii y empezó a pintar en 1983. Tiempo después se trasladó a San Francisco, lugar en que que se juntó con Together With Style (TWS). Tras pasar varios años como profesional en la industria de los video juegos, Bam ha vuelto a la comunidad de graffiti para mostrar al mundo su verdadero amor por el spray can art. Queda decir además, que es uno de los consejeros del programa Hawaii's 808 Urban. mikebam.com/ |
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