Saturday, January 3, 2009

SYM Artist Profile #7 *** GRIFFIN *** live art


GRIFFIN




• Without compromising his ethics or integrity,Sean Griffin (Aka Griffin) has built a career for himself as a muralist, illustrator and graphic logo designer. He works to balance his focus between his personal work and the needs of his clients. Griffin's urban influenced style falls somewhere between aggressive and inviting. Sharp and edgy composition combines with natural and fluid movement to create powerful and substantial images that both exemplify and defy both classifications. This inability to settle on one style is reflective of his approach to life in general. He is always looking for new and innovative ways to assert his individuality and fine-tune his skills. Never short on inspiration, Griffin is a passionate traveler and collaborator with other artists locally as world wide.

His graffiti-influenced style can be found on everything from skateboard decks, sand rails, life-size fiberglass cows, board games, and night-club interior murals, to free-styling live art on-stage. Griffin is now a resident artist at the world famous Blunt Club weekly event - the premier Live Hip-Hop weekly event in the southwest US. Staying true to his travel bug, he embarked on a 3 week long European Hip-Hop music Tour with Awol-One and The Insects this past February, breaking the ice in overseas live artistry in 2008.

• Artist in Residence - At the World Famous Blunt Club in Tempe, AZ. He has had the pleasure to paint live alongside such musical acts as Aceyalone, Dj Q-Bert, Abstract Rude, Dj Vadim,Yarah Bravo, Mr. Liff, Afrika Bambaataa, Bassnector, Drunk'in Immortals, the Insects, Awol One, Pep love, & Z-trip as well as many other well known touring performers.