RICHARD MIRANDO AKA SEEN

My hero is one of the most famous American graffiti artist, often referred as the godfather of graffiti Richard Mirando aka Seen. He was born in 1961 in the Bronx New York. Seen started in the life of graffiti at age 11. Seen first started painting on NY’s subway in 1973. He rolled with his crew-united artist or UA producing top to bottoms with members such as PJAY, DUSTER, SIN and his brother MAD. SEEN and his brother made whole subway cars in one night. For the next sixteen years his pieces were running all around New York. There was a time where there were more throw ups from Seen than billboards in NYC.

He also did graffiti in California, Europe and Tokyo. He even tagged the Hollywood sign, now that’s a legend. I think that he has done a lot of heroic things. For example, he took graffiti to the next level becoming a notorious legend. He also took graffiti to a whole different world, canvas, where he changed the perspective that some people had in graffiti. He sold his art to private collections around the globe. That goes to show you that even something illegal can be a beautiful work of art.

The characteristic traits he has is that he is an artist in a lot of different ways. He is a tattoo artist, graffiti artist. Also, he did not give up on his art even if he knew he was wanted and what he was doing was illegal.

Seen has made me a better person because he is like a father. He is the father I never had, and the one I would of like to have. I grew up looking at his art. I did not know how he did all those spots without getting caught. It inspired me to do graffiti, to be better, to be courageous, and to try harder. As you can see Richard Mirando aka Seen is my hero.