I am Misael Ivan Lopez, born in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico October 6, 1987 and raised in the Twin Cities since 1990. I have much love and respect for my native country of Mexico and my adoptive home St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN. Both places and their cultures have had an equal influence on my art.

Graffiti Art first pulled my eyes at the age of 15 and have had both positive and negative experiences on my creative journey. My positive experiences have included the ability to express myself artistically and mentor other emerging artist. I have been blessed with the rare opportunity of moving up in this culture to turn graffiti from an act of “vandalism” into a mainstream respected art form. The negative experiences of paying high fines and others, and all the stress that comes with them have led me to pursue alternative methods.

One of my artistic focuses is to incorporate and interpret in my own urban style the traditional indigenous Mayan and Aztec art in a fresh new form that has not been seen or done before. Graffiti is quickly becoming a big part of popular culture, and I want to help secure and pave new roads for representing this rich urban underground art form in hopes of pioneering my genre for future generations.