Rene Gagnon
Born in 1971 and raised in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, a dusty mill town rich in culture located about 45 minutes south of Boston. Rene started drawing graffiti on school book covers and piecing in railway tunnels in the early 80’s after seeing the movies, ”Wild Style” and “Beat Street”. His thirst for creation truly exploded after seeing the graffiti art from the streets of New York City in those movies. This rebellious idea of searching for your identity through the use of markers and spray paint fueled his desire to follow in the footsteps of a graffiti artist.
Gagnon has a vision to recreate a battle between graffiti and street artists’ with his studio work. By mixing past graffiti experience with the street art pieces he is able to fuel an attack on the image.
