Quik

Lin Felton was born in 1958 in Queens; he lives and works in New York.

He started tagging the walls of Queens at the age of 10 (taking the name Star10). His fascination for this world started when he saw the metro trains in movement covered in tags. He then changed his name to ? Quik? and signs wherever he can. He is a solitary artist and is not part of any crew.

Close to the theories of Hugo Martinez (UGA) who has pushed graffiti artists to turn to canvas, to expose their works, to consider themselves artists, he started to produce paintings very early in his career. He is socially engaged and his works denounce racial discrimination through his character, Quik. His works refer to his private life and to the art and business world, in a fun and quirky style.