![]() Here, Lady Pink discusses graffiti's early days, and what it has been like to witness the continued acceptance and blossoming of street art. She also shares her decades of experience by teaching young artists through mural workshops and university lectures. One of the only women to run with The Cool Five (TC5) and The Public Animals (TPA) graffiti crews, Lady Pink is today considered to be one of the most accomplished female graffiti artists of all time.Īlthough her days of graffiti are long behind her, she continues to create murals and studio work, and has pieces in the collections of the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands. ![]() ![]() Her work quickly evolved from tags of an old love's name, and at the age of 16, she was included in the landmark 1980 show Graffiti Art Success for America at the gallery Fashion MODA - an exhibit which is now credited with helping graffiti transition into the world of fine art. Although certainly vandalism, some considered it art as well. When Lady Pink discovered graffiti in 1979, her first canvases were New York City subway cars. ![]()
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