Stash (graffiti artist)

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.

• 2009: Celeritas, SURU Gallery, Hollywood, group[13]
• 2011: Blue Brooklyn, Galerie Issue, Paris, solo[14]
• 2012: Brooklyn – Berlin, Galleri Jonas Kleerup, Stockholm, group[15]
• 2013: NW20 Exhibition, Bape Gallery, Kyoto, group[16]
• 2014: SPRAYED IN FULL, The Seventh Letter Flagship and Gallery, Los Angeles, solo[17]

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