surface area zine #1

Matthew HoffmanPeat Wollaeger

Amara Por Dios

Michael Banks

Evoker

Michael Banks . . . . . . . . . 4

Evoker . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Amara Por Dios . . . . . . 18

Peat Wollaeger . . . . . . .24

Matthew Hoffman . . . .32

Graffiti & Street Art . . .40

CONTENTS

Michael Bankslife is but a dream...

watching all the disney classics and being a dreamer wishing on stars, i started using the star as a symbol in many pieces of art since i was very young.

life is not about money or fame,

it is about being happy and doing what you love.

even in the toughest times imagination can take you anywhere.

Evoker

I used to dabble in lettering more in the past, but I have always been more interested in characters .

Amara Por Dios

My cousins are graffiti writers . I looked up to them and wanted to be like them . That’s how it all started .

My mom often calls me Amara Por Dios!!! if I have done anything bad or good . So it’s both negative and positive .

I’ve heard a lot of time I blend into my art, that I sometimes become a part of it .

I’m a huge sneaker freak . I love sneakers . It was recently I started to use sneakers in my art .

All Eyez on Peat W llaeger

Eye have been a fulltime artist for over a year now, and I love it!

Keith Haring was the first Guy I saw doing what we now call Street Art, and he truly inspired me to become an Artist .

Artist Billi kid curated a show/fundraiser where he gave artists (like COPE2, Joe Iurato, Chris Stain, URNewYork) an official NBA Backboard from the actual NBA courts . Mine was from the Phoenix Suns, so I did a Steve Nash .

I am known for my Signature EYEZ . . . it’s kind of like my Soup Can, Andre the Giant or Rat!

photo by David Kilper

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...it’s Matthew(Hoffman)

For me, 2012 is a lot of things - The biggest is transparency, and living life honestly and openly . This is me, and this is what I’m doing .

Positive growth for me is taking the best and most successful ideas of the past, and letting go of the rest .

The (You Are Beautiful) project has been going strong for 10 years, with many amazing people working on the project .

Dark Clouds photo by Wires in the WallsSimple

SEVER, WANE, RISKY photo by Becki Fuller

stickers by Jared Konopitski

COPS by Zipgun Magazine

Jurne (Oakland) by Zipgun Magazine

Borat by Zipgun Magazine

POET and SLONE (5 Pointz, LIC, NYC) photo by Rhiannon Platt

Swoon photo by Luna Park

Jesus Saves

Under Water Pirates

Mad One

Veng