Stash (graffiti artist) explained

Stash
Birth Name:Josh Franklin
Birth Place:Long Island, New York
Nationality:American
Field:Graffiti, Spray paint art
Movement:Street art,

Josh Franklin (born 1967), known as Stash, is an American graffiti artist and graphic designer based in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Biography

Franklin was born in Long Island, New York in 1967.[2] He grew up in New York City, finding inspiration from a young age looking at illegal Graffiti art on the sides of the city's subway trains while on his way to school.[3] Later in the early 1980s, Stash started painting trains alongside other artists such as Futura and ZEPHYR. He exhibited at age 17 with pop artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and later continued on as a successful gallery artist. He got the name Stash from the colloquial term "stashing", which equates to hiding things. Growing up in a very small home, Franklin felt the need to hide, or "stash" his most valued belongings from his brother.[4] [5]

In 1989, he appeared as a graffiti artist in the feature film Slaves of New York.

By the 1990s, Franklin began collaborating on product designs with high-profile brands such as Nike,[6] [7] Reebok,[8] Casio,[9] and more recently A Bathing Ape, Leica and Uniqlo.[10] [11] He still remains an active graphic designer to this day.[12] Franklin also created two clothing brands and opened a sneaker shop: Subware, Recon, and Nort/Recon Sneaker shop.

Exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Out of a can and into the world's art galleries. . 12 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Stash Biography. 19 May 2021. Artnet.
  3. Web site: Caraan. Sophie. 12 December 2019. Why Stash Is Hopeful About Graffiti's Future. 19 May 2021. Hypebeast.
  4. Web site: Biography of Stash. 12 December 2018.
  5. News: Cheong. Wayne. 26 November 2020. Right Here, Right Now: how graffiti artist, Stash, came to be. Esquire. 19 May 2021.
  6. Web site: AIR ZOOM SPIRIDON STASH. Nike.com. 13 December 2018.
  7. Web site: Watch STASH Discuss His Favorite Nike Collaborations. Hypebeast. 13 December 2018.
  8. Web site: Everything You Need to Know About Stash's Reebok Question Collab. 27 June 2014. Complex. 13 December 2018.
  9. Web site: Casio G-SHOCK Partners with Legendary Graffiti Artist STASH on Limited Edition Collaboration Watch. Casio.com. 13 December 2018.
  10. Web site: BAPE® x STASH. BAPE.com. 13 December 2018.
  11. Web site: Caraan. Sophie. 12 December 2019. Why Stash Is Hopeful About Graffiti's Future. 19 May 2021. Hypebeast.
  12. Web site: Local Graffiti Legend STASH Began His Work on the Subway System. Hudson. Alexandra. 24 July 2015. 12 December 2018.
  13. Web site: Exhibition Combines Street and Fine Art and Motorcycle Culture. Business Wire. 13 December 2018.
  14. Web site: Stash "Blue Brooklyn" @ Galerie Issue Recap. 22 May 2011. Hypebeast. 13 December 2018.
  15. Web site: Mode 2 & Stash "Brooklyn - Berlin" Exhibition Recap. Fox. T.S.. 31 January 2012. Hypebeast. 13 December 2018.
  16. Web site: NW20 Exhibition @ BAPE GALLERY KYOTO. 28 May 2013. Hypebeast. 13 December 2018.
  17. Web site: Stash "SPRAYED IN FULL" Exhibition @ The Seventh Letter. Bray. Arthur. 31 March 2014. Hypebeast. 13 December 2018.

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