KIDLEW is an NYC-based color-blind Chorean (half-Chinese/half-Korean) artist. Born in Queens, NY, and raised on Strong Island, he started doodling the cartoon characters he saw daily on TV as a kid and soon discovered graffiti art on 1970s NYC subway trips with his grandmother. Big into skateboarding and metal music as teen, he segued into the music scene in the 90s and then studied toy design before returning to graffiti art as a part of the EX VANDALS crew. Now he may be best known for his character Lumpy Bumpkin, who has made appearances all around NYC and the world.
In this wide-ranging interview, KIDLEW gets into his roots skating and tagging as a suburban teen, his ups and downs as a musician in the 90s, his return to graffiti art in the 2000s, his involvement with the legendary Queens mural space 5Pointz, how Lumpy Bumpkin originated, and much more.
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