Tyke Witnes
Tyke Witnes was born in Saigon and raised in Toronto, Canada. Spending his youth in Southern California, USA where he became familiar with subcultures such as skateboarding, graffiti and cryptozoology, Tyke’s work since the mid 1980s has continued to explore the meaning and use of public space through these media. Taking notes on the art of graffiti written on the streets, freeways and various walls of San Fernando Valley and LA; gathering local writers to publish books on the genre and creating graffiti yards for active ‘taggers’, Tyke is a...