Lady Pink

Lady Pink was born in Ecuador and raised in NYC. When she started writing graffiti at the age of 15 she quickly became known as the only female capable of competing with the boys in the graffiti subculture during 1979-1985. She has been considered a cult figure in the hip-hop subculture since the release of the motion picture “Wild Style” in 1982, in which she starred.  She began exhibiting paintings in galleries while still in High School and at the age of 21 had her first solo exhibition. As a leading participant in the rise of graffiti-based art, Lady Pink’s canvases have entered collections such as the Whitney Museum, the MET NYC, the Brooklyn Museum, the Tate Modern London, The MoMA NYC, the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, and many others. Today, she is well documented as a community activist by creating murals throughout the world and mobilizing artists to create in culturally neglected communities. She has brought her artwork full circle from the subways and commuters, to the cultured and elite in galleries, back to working class neighborhoods. Lady Pink and her husband Smith are one of the few professional mural teams to arise from the graffiti subculture. She now shares her many decades of experience by holding mural workshops with students and actively lecturing in universities throughout the US.