Zori 4 is an internationally acclaimed graffiti writer, she belongs to crews KD (Kings Destroy), OBW (Only Best Writers) and Y&I (You and I). Zori has taught graffiti art to youth in the Manuela Perez Center with Puerto Rico's Freestyle Association and in La Central, at the "Taller the Arte y Baile de la Cultural Afro-Antillana Moderna" of Canovanas. Zori, in collaboration with DEC ONE, received first prize for their aerosol art production at the Time Machine Squad's 2002 Express Your Skills, and later that year became black book champion at the Miami "Pro Am Competition for World Supremacy." In the summer of 2003, Zori organized the graffiti component for a Family Department of Puerto Rico event to bring attention to issues of child abuse. She orchestrated the simultaneous painting of eleven murals in the different districts of Puerto Rico, all with a child abuse awareness theme. Last summer she was an invited guest of the International Graffiti Festival at the Kosmopolite in Paris. Zori currently paints everything from large-scale production aerosol art murals to small-scale pieces on trucker hats and fliers. You'll find Zori 4 is up from San Juan to New York and back as she completes a Graphic Arts and Design degree at the University of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
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