Ceno2
Ceno2 (born in 1986 as Mohammad Azlan Ramlan) is a Singaporean graffiti fine artist. He is one of few household names in the Singaporean street-art scene. While not a familiar face in Singapore, he is well known internationally for his artworks in cities such as Chicago, New York and London.[1][2][3][4]
Career
Ceno2 started drawing at a young age before moving on to oil painting. His interest in graffiti started about 11 years old when his father painted a Mickey Mouse mural in his room. After his GCE O level, he studied Western painting at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). His first break came at 18, when he was invited by Popular Bookstore to paint at its Bras Basah Complex branch. He pursued graffiti full time after completing his national service.[5][2][6]
In 2009, he set up a creative arts company Artkhalytis as a platform to promote and use graffiti for commercial and private projects. Through such projects, he developed his own brand of graffiti, which he called 'Graffiti Fine Art' that fuses the graffiti dynamic of spray paint based character work and the technical styling and subjects of western fine art traditions.
He was first invited to paint for an international graffiti event in Chicago in 2012. Since then, he has been a regular on the international graffiti scene.
In the media
In 2017, Ceno2 was featured in the Channel NewsAsia series, Unusual Suspects: The Outsiders, about Singaporeans who are not household names but are known in other countries.[7]
References
- ^ Thommeret, Mathilde (24 July 2015). "Singapore Street Art: Meet Ceno2". fivestarsandamoon.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ a b Teo, Dominic (14 March 2016). "Ceno2 wants Singapore to see graffiti as fine art". The Straits Times. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Lim, Karen (25 February 2016). "Singaporean Graffiti Artist does London!". fivestarsandamoon.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Yeoh, Jo-ann (24 July 2015). "Catch Graffiti Artist Ceno2 in Action at Keepers". Female Magazine. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ londoncallin2015 (1 November 2015). "Singaporean Graffiti Fine Artist Ceno2 Hits London". London Calling Blog. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Lim, Karen (7 June 2013). "Q&A with street artist Ceno2". Asiaone. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Unusual Suspects: The Outsiders". Channel NewsAsia. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.