If I'm going through something, I paint through it. It's very physical. I'm writing, I'm thinking, I'm meditating, I'm moving, I'm jumping off ladder….

When I was young I was constantly reading walls; I took in everything written on walls, from love messages to political messages. It was my hobby and….

For me, the canvas is an abstract interpretation of a wall. It's a piece of art with its own history, one that alludes to the passage of time and to ….

I think artists should define themselves. They should speak about their work and how it relates to society and what's going on in the world..

My work is an exploration of the self. I've always been concerned with how I'm living and how that reflects in the painting..

One teacher told me that my work belonged in the trash. That day I ran out of the classroom and ended up in the library, where there happened to be a….

I never want to abandon my roots. I want to give my past and the history of painting the importance it deserves, including the masters like Rembrandt….

Sometimes I think I shouldn't explain much about my work because people will just feel what they feel when they see it. They'll love it or hate it or….

The walls around us bear witness to lives past and present..

As a young kid I was in love with breakdancing. I practiced the uprock style, which is a battle style of dance that looks like fighting. It comes fro….

People have thought that some of my writing and lines are done by a machine. I'm able to move in a way that's part gestural dance performance, and it….

Sometimes I'm inspired by a certain part of my life - I'm thinking about a place and I'll mix the colors from memory..

I have too much energy, even for myself. I'm lucky to have something that focuses me..

My style also has a lot to do with theater because often I'm imagining I'm a character who is wandering by a wall and leaves a mark. Then I'm someone….

You try to tap into a memory and you close your eyes and it comes back. So I was doing this in the painting and then that became a practice of mine. ….

Sometimes I'm not so sure how healthy it is because it's exhausting to put all your emotion into your work, but I guess I should be thankful for that….