Won ABC is one of the pioneer writers in German graffiti. Specifically, he is engaged in writing street-art graphics and painting on canvas, which one might agree is kind of odd combination for a graffiti writer. He started graffiti career in as back as 1984, when scathes by Won ABC started to appear in subway and on the walls of city buildings. Five years later his canvases, in contrast, became a part of significant exhibitions of modern art both in Germany and overseas.
This writer is also a graduated artist; as a matter of fact he graduated Munich Academy of Arts in 1995, Faculty of Fine Arts and Graphic Design. In addition, Won ABC has much of experience and inspiration from his trips abroad; he travelled a lot since 1989, in particular to such exotic destinations as Belize, Guatemala, India, Cambodia, Cuba, Morocco, Mexico, USA, Thailand, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Jamaica and across Europe. In his paintings one can observe an abundance of dragon images, which are likely to be the result of artist's impressions from exploring Eastern cultures; he travelled there in early 2000s.
If to speak about his works, Won ABC happened to express emotions and reflections of the most inspiring things that include classic graffiti and tattoos, comic books, hip hop, horror and zombie movies, which add some mystery in writer's sketches.
Canvases are the other major part of Won's art. Specifically, they have been exhibited for many years in galleries, some other works were made as movie decorations and illustrations for magazines and books. More precisely, a peak of Won's popularity came in the early and mid-2000s, when his personal and commercial works appeared in various journals and books. For example, in 2007, the German created the illustrations for the advertising campaign of Carhartt clothing, which stayed in memories of numerous graffiti writers.
Back in 1999, the artist published a book "Colour Kamikaze", in which he collected his psychedelic comics, sketches, drawings and photographs of graffiti fonts on the walls and in trains. Despite the fact that it was reprinted in 2002, it is unfortunate to buy a new copy anymore. Many writer's illustrations can be seen in the free magazine "Rugged", which closed a few years ago. In 2006, the artist took part in the shooting of German feature film about graffiti called Wholetrain, for which he painted several train carriages. In 2011, Won ABC took part in a group exhibition Urban Art Grafitti 21 that took place at the steel plant in Völklinger Hütte - this is one of the oldest and the largest steel plants in Europe and the first industrial monument UNESCO has included in the World Heritage List.
