STASH

April 2004 saw the first UK one-man show of New York based artist STASH at the Elms Lesters Gallery in London.

ICONOGRAPHY OF THE SPRAYCAN MOVEMENT

The exhibition included a series of powerful digital prints on canvas evoking the spirit of the spraycan culture.

These were juxtaposed with silkscreenprints of multiple images of STASH's trademark: the aerosol cap. The choice of medium; metal and enamel paint, directly related to his roots as a graffiti artist, tagging trains in New York. Stash quickly established his own infamy amongst the graffiti elite and built a reputation for blazing trails

He exhibited his first canvases at a group show in 1983 at the Fun Gallery, followed by his first piece 'The Wall' being published in the renowned graffiti book 'Spray Can Art' in 1985. He painted his last active subway with Zephyr in 1987 and has since showcased work alongside some of the best, including Futura and pop graffiti artist Kaws, as well as performed live shows with the likes of James Lavelle / Mo Wax.
Stash has moved beyond the realms of graphic art and has now firmly established himself as an innovator and influencer in the world of clothing design. He is the entrepreneurial force and founder of the legendary clothing design studio Subware, where he was the first to use simple, sharp and bold graphics - elements of graffiti and the street environment that hadn't been used before. He is also a collaborator on the clothing line Project Dragon and owner of Recon stores in both New York and Tokyo.

A limited edition Recon STASH LONDON 2004 T.shirts was produced for the exhibition. A very limited number are still available. Price £25.00 each plus postage. Sizes Medium and Large. Paypal accepted. Please contact gallery@elmslesters.co.uk to check availability.

1967-Born Long Island-New York.
1980-Started Writing Graf in the stairway of my Building.
1982-Chose the name "Stash"and started hitting trains.
1983-First canvas in Fun Gallery group show.
1985-Painted the Wall in-"Spray Can Art".
1986-First trip to Europe.Painted a piece on the Sen in Paris.
1987-Paint last active subway with Zephyr.
1990-Collaborated with Futura on canvas for his one-man show.
"FUTURA"Anges B GALLERY DU JOUR Paris
1991-Road managed "Downtown Science"US Tour.
"HIP HOP "group show Conneticut
1992-Started-"Not from Concentrate",did "Phillies Blunt","Krylon"&"Rusto"t-shirts..
"RUE CHAPON"group show Paris
1993-Work as graphic designer for 555soul
"EDUCATION"benifit group auction Detroit
"REMPIRE"gallery NYC group show
1994 -Started-"Subware Visual Maintenance"
Toured with James LaVelle /Mowax
1995-Toured with BLACKALICIOUS /Mowax
Painted live while they performed.
1996-First trip to Tokyo.Worked as a graphic designer for Bathing Ape
1997-Started-"Project Dragon".
1998-Opened-"Recon"(NYC)
1999-Birth of daughter-Ariel.
Director of SUBWARE RECON PROJECT DRAGON.
2000-Command Z,Futura &Stash two man show,Tokyo.
Opened-"Recon"(SF)&Opened "Recon Shop"-Tokyo.
"TERMINAL VELOCITY"Shepard Fairy vs.Stash Hong Kong
2001-Artist Foot-bed Release with "Gravis".
"Super heros "Recon gallery San Francisco group show
2002-four one man show "Tools of the trade"
"Tools of the trade"NYC
"Tools of the trade"San Francisco
"Tools of the trade"Vancouver
"Tools of the trade"Tokyo.
"Alife at Deitch"group show NYC
2003-"Tools of the trade"products division Colette Paris
"Sk8 on the wall"group show Rocket gallery Tokyo
"Clash of the Titans "group show Brooklyn
"Heros and Villians"group show NYCbnxc,vmnbnbv,mnbx,bn,xmbn,mbnv,mnbv,mvnb,mnb,mnvb,mnbv,n 2004-"ICONOGRAPHY OF THE SPRAYCAN MOVEMENT"one man show. Elms Lesters Gallery . London . 2004- ICYGRAPE No.1924 mixed exhibition with FUTURA, SNUG, DELTA, STET and SALTER at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms . London 2004
2005- LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN . mixed exhibition with PHIL FROST, MARK DENA VECA, RON ENGLISH WK INTERACT . Elms Lesters Painting Rooms . London