AZOTE



Born in 1986 in St Etienne (France), this self-taught graffiti writer started sketching in his schoolbooks during the long hours of lessons. He began to take an interest in graffiti when the first specialist magazines on the subject were being published and with the advent of the internet. In 2003, he picked up a spray can for the first time at an introductory class in a leisure centre and hasn’t looked back since. Subsequent encounters with his peers in the various brownfield sites in and around St Etienne allowed him to hone his technique and he very quickly developed a preference for characters and backgrounds over lettering.