Stash (graffiti artist)
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1967 (age 58–59)
Stash | |
|---|---|
| Born | Josh Franklin 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Known for | Graffiti, Spray paint art |
| Movement | Street art |
| Website | mrstash |
Josh Franklin (born 1967), known as Stash, is an American graffiti artist and graphic designer based in Brooklyn, New York.[1]
Franklin was born in Long Island, New York in 1967.[2] He grew up in New York City, finding inspiration from a young age looking at illegal Graffiti art on the sides of the city's subway trains while on his way to school.[3] Later in the early 1980s, Stash started painting trains alongside other artists such as Futura and ZEPHYR. He exhibited at age 17 with pop artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and later continued on as a successful gallery artist. He got the name Stash from the colloquial term "stashing", which equates to hiding things. Growing up in a very small home, Franklin felt the need to hide, or "stash" his most valued belongings from his brother.[4][5]
In 1989, he appeared as a graffiti artist in the feature film Slaves of New York.
By the 1990s, Franklin began collaborating on product designs with high-profile brands such as Nike,[6][7] Reebok,[8] Casio,[9] and more recently A Bathing Ape, Leica and Uniqlo.[10][11] He still remains an active graphic designer to this day.[12] Franklin also created two clothing brands and opened a sneaker shop: Subware, Recon, and Nort/Recon Sneaker shop.
