I was born in the late summer of 1975. I got involved with graffiti around 1989-1990, although the love for it was born a bit earlier in the 1980’s. Between 2002 and 2009 I mainly focused on graphic design and illustrating, so during that period I did only a handful of actual graffiti paintings. But finally in 2010 I got back in the game… and now there’s no end in sight.
I more or less paint traditional or classic graffiti. Which, at least for me, means clear and readable letters following the mid 1980’s NYC style with a strong Scandinavian twist. Naturally I’ll paint characters and landscapes too, if and when needed. But letters are my love, have been for over 33 years.
I draw inspiration from heavier music (as in thrash and death metal), have done so every since I started painting graffiti.
In addition to regular spray paint I like to use other tools as well, mainly markers and acrylic paints, especially when painting something in smaller scale.
I’ve been involved in many graffiti events and commercial productions since 1995. I’ve participated the International Meeting of Styles events in Copenhagen, Wiesbaden, Tampere, Budapest and Vaasa as well as the Copenhagen remote edition (2020), physical place being Outokumpu, Finland.
During 2019 – 2020 I was featured in the “Eyes on the Horizon” exhibition held at Espoo City Museum. On the actual exhibition there was only a one photo from me but nearly twenty more on an online gallery as well as two public paintings at Kivenlahti, Espoo.
The largest graffiti related exhibition I have participated was “For the Love of Freedom“. It took place in August – October 2017 at Kerava Art Museum and January – March 2018 at Oulu Museum of Art, Oulu.
I am a member of artist associations MUU and Helsinki Artists’ Association.
I was very, very active in the nineties and painted graffiti all around the capital area of Finland. Sometimes alone, but most of the times with my mates from HRC.
Somewhere around 2013 we started working on a book about our crew and it’s history and how it relates to both the history of our home town Espoo but as well our personal lives. The book was supposed to be ready by 2015, for the 25th anniversary of HRC. But it took a bit more time, because we wanted to give our 110% to it. The book finally hit the shelves in September 2016. It is written in finnish and has 100 pages. In full color, I might add.
In 2020 I started working with the 2nd edition of the book and managed to finish the ground work for it by the autumn of 2020. The 2nd edition was published in May 2021. It has much more pages (in other words interviews, texts and photos) and this time it’s written in english. Instead of making “just” a translated version of the 1st edition I decided to create, well, something more. And naturally aim for the international market. You can order that one from Voima Publishing webstore.
Read here or DOWNLOAD: finnish | english.
Want to purchase art from me? Or maybe you’re looking for a place to send feedback? Do you want to use some of pics on your website or school project? You’re in the right place. Just mail me at acton@hrc.fi and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.