Interview with graffiti artist iNo
Hello iNO! Thank you so much for
taking the time to do this interview. Please start by telling us
something about yourself and your background. How long are you into
graffiti? Twelve years ago I made my first piece on a wall. We were high school
students with only one purpose. To have fun. Graffiti was a way to
communicate with a social group we were into.
Q: Why graffiti?
A: Graffiti comes out directly from you mind. It has your style,
represents you and your ideas. It is YOU.
Q: Any favorite artists?
A: The artists I will always admire and I believe that influenced my
works are Mc.Esher, Jenny Saville, Antoni Gaudi.
Q: Did you attend fine
art school?
A: Art school does not give you skills. It helps you cultivate your
perception and some technical issues. I studied fine arts but my
spray can technique was born and raised in the streets.
Q: How your style changed over the years?
A: In the beginning there was a lot of letters and street bombing but
for 3 years I paused everything. Coming back the year 2008 I focused
on the artistic side.
Q: Tell me about the creative process. Do you have a
sketchbook?
A: First I make small sketches to process my ideas.
After that I choose one and I visualize how it could fit in a certain
space. Sometimes I shoot pictures and I edit them but I prefer
using my imagination.
Q: Do you paint for clients sometimes?
A: Yes, people send me emails through my website and ask me to
decorate their walls or order canvases, even abroad.
My best experience was a painting outside a kindergarten, the little
fellows made my day with their funny comments and inquiring minds.
Q: It's probably not possible to choose, but do you have an
ideal experience?
A: It s like asking me to choose the ideal food between ice cream,
spicy, appetizers, sweets etc. Impossible.
Q: Any artists you would like to work with?
A: Roger (DsF), Foe (Pme).
Q: Have you ever thought
to change your style?
A: I only think of how to develop it. Perhaps one day I will change my
mind. Never say never.
Q: How street art can make a social impact?
A: Not many people go to art exhibitions. The power of street art is
that exhibits in peoples' everyday life.
Q: Art could be a great influence on someone's personality.
What is the best lesson that you learned from your journey?
A: I realized the power of the.. "image"
Q: Your plans?
A:
I am constantly working on the evolution of my new mixed media
technique for now on canvases. Simultaneously, I'm in search
of walls and places all over the world to paint. Big
up to Designwars team.
Greetings, iNO! www.ino1.gr