Acton One – Graffiti Art & Illustrations

A C T O N

A nightly photo of one gray toned and one red toned graffiti on a pillars of a small bridge. Graffiti are clearly visible because they have lights over them.

ART IN PUBLIC SPACES

Graffiti coloring book with various crayons, marker and a fine brush on top of it.

Graffiti Publications

Long graffiti with two texts and cartoon face on a small concrete wall on top of stone wall by the railroad tracks.

Preservation of History

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About Me

MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN CREATIVE FIELD. MAIN FOCUS ON GRAFFITI LETTERS.

ARTIST

I paint classic graffiti. Which, at least for me, means clear and readable letters following the mid 1980’s NYC style with a strong scandinavian twist. Call it what you will, but letters have been my “thing” for nearly 35 years.

AUTHOR

In addition of being featured in various media, I’ve also published coloring books, co-authored the book of our crew, did various websites (not all graffiti related) and was the editor in chief of an underground graffiti fanzine in 1991-1996.

ME, THE LONG VERSION

More? Yes there’s always more! First, you can check About Me -page. And if that’s not enough, you’re more than welcome to read my work history. While at it, don’t miss out my profiles at Finnish Artist Register or Instagram.

WHO MADE WHO

PUBLICATIONS

SOMEHOW, SATAN GOT BEHIND ME - GRAFFITI COLORIN' BOOK

A smaller 'book' published in early 2024. Theme: various names of the Devil. Self released, very limited print. Size A5 with 28 pages.

WHO MADE WHO - GRAFFITI COLORING BOOK

In 2022 I published a graffiti coloring book which directly relates to a series of paintings I've done between 2020-2022 as well as an exhibition in 2022 with the same title.

HELLRAISERS CREW - GRAFFITI FROM ESPOO, FINLAND EST. 1990

Original book was released in 2016, an updated and translated version in 2021. The 2nd edition has almost twice the pages the first has - meaning it has more photos and more interviews. You can order the book directly from the publisher.

PURCHASE

HOW AND WHERE TO BUY THE BOOKS

10 € – soft cover

Graffiti Colorin' Book

PUBLISHED 2024

28 PAGES

22 SKETCHES

SIZE: A5

IDEAL FOR MARKERS

GRAFFITI COLORING BOOK

PUBLISHED 2022

44 PAGES

19 ARTISTS

SEMI-GLOSSY PAGES

IDEAL FOR MARKERS

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€25 – HARD COVER

HELLRAISERS CREW - the book

PUBLISHED 2020

176 PAGES

2nd EDITION

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

SHIPS ABROAD!

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Portfolio

OVER THE YEARS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY REWARDING PROJECTS. BROWSE MOST RECENT OF THEM BELOW.

PORTFOLIO ARCHIVE

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HS: About a Letter exhibition

During the summer 2023 I was one of the 20 graffiti artists who participated in an exhibition at Pasila Urban Art Center. Helsingin Sanomat, the largest newspaper in Finland, wrote a lengthy article about the exhibition. I had the chance of commenting the current state of finnish graffiti.
MTN World – Fire At Will

MTN is a large paint manufacturer from Spain. I am honoured that they wanted to feature me on their “Fire at Will” section at MTN World blog in 2019. The article has a very short interview-like section with a loads of photos.
Meeting of Styles

I was interviewed twice for Meeting of Styles website. First time took place in 2017 and the 2nd time in 2021. Even though there’s some repetition in the interviews, there’s some differencies as well.
YLE on demolition art

YLE, The Finnish Broadcasting Company, has covered a lot of incidents where graffiti and all sorts of art has been done on buildings or areas that have been set for demolition. I’ve been featured on few of those articles.
FUM: Utopiasta todellisuudeksi

Finnish Urban Media made a lengthy interview about me in the fall of 2017. I think that of all the articles about myself this interview is the one that really stood the test of time. Every single word of it still holds true.
HS: About HRC-book

Helsingin Sanomat newspaper wrote an article about the 1st edition of HRC book, right after it’s release in the fall of 2016. Instead of doing a regular book review, they chose to do a rather silly feature where mr. Move and myself got to answer various stereotypical arguments about graffiti.
Voima: About HRC-books

In 2016 we self-financed a book about our crew and Voima made an review about it. Five years later we released an updated and translated version of the book, this time Voima published it. Check out the articles about both versions of the book and the reasons behind the releases.
Voima, Taiteen Muukalaiset

This is the first article Voima-magazine wrote about me, although the article focuses more in the difficulties of transforming into art scene outside the establisment. When this article was published, I was a fresh member of the artist association MUU.
Art Crimes

Art Crimes is one of the few websites from the beginning of the web that’s still active, and it’s part of the history of the web, as well as being a part of graffiti history. I am honoured to have a small feature on it.