From the beginning of her career, around 1979, everyone in the graffiti world was skeptical about her ability to stand out because she was just a girl, but this way of looking at things made her more determined to continue painting and do it to the best. She had to compete with the “crews” from all over New York and prove that she could assert herself, carry the bag with the paint inside alone, climb walls and fences and know how to keep the kids at bay: she had to assert herself more than anyone else in a way to gain due respect in the graffiti world.
Her being the only girl in this scene made Lady Pink very famous in the early 80s and soon every crew wanted her to show her “tag” around.
The artist says: << all the female people I knew at the High School of Art and Design were just cute girls who tried to learn style from books. In the 70’s and 80’s this school was well known for hosting famous writers, so many girls with a bit of artistic talent might even hang out with some of the bravest and boldest young men, but none of them would have had the “ balls” to paint a train while getting dirty and sweating, maybe even getting arrested>>.
In 1980, while she was still attending school, she was asked to participate at the Fashion Moda gallery in what would later be her first exhibition together with masters such as Crash, Futura 2000, Dondi and Zephyr. From that moment she continued to exhibit her works all over the world: her canvases have in fact entered important art collections such as those of the Whitney Museum, the MET in New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the MoMa in New York, of the Groningen Museum in Holland and her paintings are highly prized by collectors.
In 1982 she had a leading role in the film “Wild Style”. This role and her other significant contributions have made her a cult figure in hip-hop culture.
Today, Lady Pink continues to create new canvas paintings and murals that express her unique and personal vision of her.
Her iconic nature and global fame have also made her highly appreciated in the fashion universe, where recent collaborations with companies of the caliber of Louis Vuitton and Supreme stand out.
She also shares her 45 years of experience with adolescent boys by holding workshops and conferences around the world. She has taken her work far and wide, from the city subways to the world of museums and galleries, and back to the communities to which she now travels, to work alongside students and people who reside there.
