Montana LOOKBOOK #08 / 2023

If you are into graffiti, urban art, street art,
or graffiti fine art, it is unlikely that you
haven't heard of the London-born graffiti
artist ROIDS. Although active long before,
it was around 2008 - 2012 that the graffiti
world was taken aback by the supreme
precision and innovation of this groundbreaking
artist.
His artwork became a driving force on a
global stage.
Starting in his hometown of London and rapidly
spilling over the borders to Europe and the
world beyond, via the internet, graffiti print
press, and soon after via the praise of the fine
art and design worlds, the name ROIDS found itself not
only speaking to a larger audience, his artwork also
became a driving force on a global stage.
A point that was reiterated by a successful
entry in the exhibiting of illustration
work in 2011 at the Known Gallery and
followed by a sellout debut solo gallery
show in 2012 at Topsafe gallery.
His 2008 alliance with the U.S-based crew
MSK only ramped things up further as his well-earned
street cred now steamrolled forwards catching the eye
of not only the graffiti international graffiti community
but also the international fine artists, curators, designers,
and collectors nationally and abroad. A point that
was reiterated by a successful entry in the exhibiting of
illustration work in 2011 at the Known Gallery and
followed by a sellout debut solo gallery show in 2012 at
Topsafe gallery.
↖ With only black,
white and gray, ROIDS
explores his unique
merge of graffiti and
typography.
↑ Installed and in-
↑ thralled. Viewers
are drawn to ROIDS’s
work on levels above
and beyond graffiti.
↑ A brave move, removing
most, if not
all, elements of the
background only
makes the eye trawl
deeper into his impressive
letters.
Artist in focus Roids
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