In my youth, I was obsessed with graffiti, everything I did revolved around painting. Previous to that, my obsessions ran a much darker course, and writing graffiti kept
my demons at bay, so I threw myself into it entirely.

I thought I would do graffiti always and forever, until I started tattooing.
Tattooing has taken me across the country and around the world and turned into something I hadn’t come close to imagining.

I’m really grateful for Known Gallery and TITS for putting this show together. For my show I’ve focused all my attention on the space in between the two things I love, graffiti and making tattoos. Beyond that, there is no more thought or context in my work but making the kind of art I want to make and that I want to see by any means available to me. The stuff I make is for me and whoever else likes it.

Also showing with me are Steel, Trevelen and Lani Lee and I couldn’t
be in better company.

-NORM AWR