After spending countless hours in front of trains transforming them into canvases for his works, Blade stopped painting them in 1984 because he felt he had nothing left to prove. Furthermore, he began working in other media, producing works suitable for contemporary art exhibitions which brought him worldwide recognition.
Since 1981, when he held his first solo exhibition in Europe, Blade has participated in many individual and group exhibitions in the most prestigious venues such as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, the Musée national des Monuments Français in Paris, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, the Groninger Museum in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands and many others. His talent is based on the originality of his writings and his incredibly imaginative shapes.
Playing with perspective and abstract geometric shapes, Blade did not hesitate to move away from the pure and original form of graffiti. His best street art pieces are documented in the most famous books dedicated to the movement, such as Subway Art and Spray Nation.