THE FANTASTIC PARTNERS

@SEENThe Godfather of Graffiti • TC5 Crew Admin & 6-Line IRT WholBronx, NY • Active since 1973

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Richard Mirando, known worldwide as SEEN—'The Godfather of Graffiti'—began painting New York City subway trains in 1973. His full-train productions on the 6 line became legendary for their electric comic lettering, immaculate execution, and high visibility. Featured prominently in the landmark 1983 PBS documentary 'Style Wars', Seen remains an untouchable titan of the global movement.

@LADY PINKThe First Lady of Graffiti • Star of Wild Style (1983) & MurQueens, NY • Active since 1979

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Sandra Fabara, famously known as LADY PINK, entered the gritty NYC subway scene in 1979 as a high school student and quickly became the undisputed 'First Lady of Graffiti'. Star of the historic 1983 hip-hop movie 'Wild Style', her work seamlessly fuses surrealist socio-political storytelling with explosive aerosol letterforms, and resides in the permanent collections of MoMA and the Whitney.

@CESFX Crew Co-Founder & Admin • Architect of the Bronx Arrow & Bronx, NY • Active since 1984

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Robbie 'CES' (WISH / CES) is the stylistic spearhead and Crew Admin of the Bronx's legendary FX Crew (and an honored member of MSK). In the 1990s, CES revolutionized modern wildstyle lettering with his interlocking, razor-edged gothic-aerodynamic letterforms and signature whip arrows.

@SENTOPrecision Wildstyle Technician & OTR / TDK California KingLos Angeles / Bay Area, CA • Active since 1988

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Bridging Southern California's On The Run (OTR) and Oakland's TDK crew, SENTO is revered for razor-sharp mechanical wildstyles, vibrant color gradients, and decades of steel and concrete burners across California.

@FUZZ ONEAll-City NYC Transit Bomber & TMT / RIS Bridge PioneerBronx / Queens, NY • Active since 1976

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FUZZ ONE is a storied New York transit king whose career bridged the late-1970s IRT subway era with The Magnificent Team (TMT) and the late-1980s all-city bombing wave with Rocking It Suckers (RIS).

@DAZENYC Subway Pioneer, CIA / TC5 / TATS CRU Veteran & Museum PaBrooklyn / Bronx, NY • Active since 1976

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Born in Brooklyn in 1962, Chris 'DAZE' Ellis began painting New York City subway cars in 1976 while attending the High School of Art and Design. A key member of Crazy Inside Artists (CIA), The Cool 5 (TC5), and TATS CRU collaborator, Daze was one of the first subway writers to transition successfully into international galleries alongside Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

@QUIKRolling Thunder Writers (RTW) Subway King & Satirical Neo-ExQueens / Manhattan, NY • Active since 1974

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Lin Felton (QUIK) began writing on Queens and Manhattan subway lines in the early 1970s and became a core force in Rolling Thunder Writers (RTW) and The Odd Partners (TOP). His incisive character work and whole-car burners bridged the NYC subway yards with permanent museum collections across Europe and the United States.

@PJAY UAProlific Bronx IRT Subway Bomber & United Artists Core PillaBronx, NY • Active since 1977

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PJAY (PJ) is a legendary Bronx subway writer and core member of United Artists (UA) and TFP, famous for painting hundreds of wholecars and insides with Seen and Duster.

@KASE 2The 'King of Style' & Inventor of Computer-Rock Wildstyle (TBronx, NY • Active since 1973

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KASE 2 (Jeff Brown, 1958–2011) was a one-armed Bronx subway genius featured in Style Wars who invented 'Computer Rock' wildstyle and reigned as a supreme architect of The Death Squad (TDS).