Eko

BIOGRAPHY

Mat, Eko was born 1974 in Wandsworth, London. Raised in Hull, he spent his formative years learning and honing his craft within the graffiti scene of the late Eighties; a spell now infamously known as the Hull warehouses era. Eko’s vision and style blossomed amidst the graffiti-covered surfaces of Bristol, where he relocated in 1998.

As a prolific and respected collaborator, Eko has worked alongside an array of artists, crews and design groups. Perhaps the most noteworthy of these is the work produced with ehquestionmark (EH?), the design team behind the beautifully crafted sleeve artwork for Lex Records’ artists such as Gemini, Dangermouse and MF Doom.

The streets and walls are not forgotten and Eko believes that painting and freestyling continue to inspire his fresh and lively approach. This, in its freest manifestation, is Wet Sshame Kingdom (WSSK) crew, a loose tongue-in-cheek group of artists who collectively breach graffiti’s tired constraints.  Their output has been published in several volumes for Thames & Hudson and Die Gestalten Verlag and has earned them a place in Tristan Manco’s ‘Street Logos’ and ‘Street Sketchbook’ while being firmly placed forever within Bristol’s scene through Flx Braun’s book, ‘The Children of the Can’.

The diversity of Eko’s collaborative work is integral to the way he views his art and design process. Works include installations with Kuildoosh/Wet Sshame in Bristol, Guernsey and New York, a recent two man show with Paris based artist Ermsy at Recoat Glasgow and ongoing projects, within both the fashion and music industries respectively, also contribute to the success and far-reaching seduction of this international showcase event.

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