Born in Ecuador, but raised in New York City, Lady Pink started writing graffiti at the age of 15 and soon was well known as the only female who could compete with the boys in the graffiti subculture. She painted subway trains from 1979 to1985. Pink is considered a cult figure in the hip-hop subculture since starring in the motion picture “Wild Style” in 1982.

While still in high school, she exhibited paintings in art galleries, and at the age of 21 had her first solo exhibit at the Moore College of Art. Lady Pink’s work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum, the MET in NYC, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of the City of NY, the Groningen Museum of Holland and many others. Her paintings have also been shown worldwide in The Bronx Museum, The Queens Museum, Le Case D’Arte in Milan, Lisson Gallery in London, Inhound Museum in Geneva, Sidney Janis Gallery in NYC and the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.

Today, she is well documented as a community activist by creating grand scale murals and mobilizing artists to donate public art in culturally neglected communities. She has brought her artwork full circle, from the subways and commuters to the cultured and elite in galleries, and 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 two decades of experience by holding mural workshops with students and actively lecturing in universities throughout the U.S.

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Detail, Fairy Dreaming