Steve Powers (aka ESPO) was born and raised and Philadelphia, then moved to New York City in 1994. After stints as publisher of On the Go Magazine, author of the book The Art Of Getting Over, and full-time graffiti writer, Powers opened his studio in 1998. Since then he has shown at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, The 49th Venice Biennale, The Luggage Store in San Francisco, and had his first museum solo show at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in 2007. In 2003, he founded the Dreamland Artist Club and partnered with Creative Time to commission over 45 artists to paint signs and rides in Coney Island. Last summer he returned to Coney Island with Creative Time and opened The Waterboard Thrill Ride. As a 2008 Fulbright Scholar, Powers painted a love story in the streets of Dublin and Belfast.
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Hehehe. Where is it available?
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I want this shirt! The rainbow design is classic.
Steve comes through, as usual.
Black Rainbow has a nice two-parter video interview of Espo.
Check-check-check-check it ou:
http://www.bkrw.com/interview/interview-steve-powers-videos.html
[...] Printed and produced by my home boy Serges. Get it here! [...]
I love Graffiti posted a nice video of Espo’s exhibition in Alice Gallery in Brussels…
Steve Powersby alice_gallery
Steve Powers has a new show in St. Louis