“I’m not famous, the only thing I got is relentless determination, and if a nobody like me could do it, I’m unfocused at times, I’m undisciplined at times but, if a NOBODY like me could accomplish the things that I’ve accomplished then imagine what a somebody like you could do.”
The quote above is from our interview back in February with TMNK aka NOBODY. The NYC based street artist’s career in art began with chance. Off for the day from his job as a graphics manager, the artist headed to the SOHO shopping district in New York with the noble intent to sell his paintings on the street. This was street art, literally. After selling his first painting for $29, he could easily get $1000 now for the same work, he decided to make art his career and continued to sell art on the street by day and on Ebay at night. The voice for the disenfranchized, Somebody loves you and his name is NOBODY.
In 2011, TMNK saw his stock rise higher. Starting with his “Modern Urbanism” exhibition opening in February, 2011 saw the artist jet-setting and painting cities around the world with a bit of NOBODY love. From pulling a Banksy at this year’s Art Basel in Switzerland to collaborations with artists like Leghead and Bad Panda to being the breakout star at this years Art Basel in Miami, NOBODY has the streets and the collectors on lock.
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GREATeclectic aka Kendrick Daye is a DJ, artist and the Editor of Art Nouveau Magazine. As a freelance journalist and photographer his work has been featured in the NY Times Magazine, Ebony Magazine, Upscale Magazine, Creative Loafing, Honeymag.com & Yo-Raps.com.
