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