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Seen

United States • 1961  1193 followers

The older I get, the more I go back in time

Biography

Seen, (whose real name is Richard Mirando), was born in 1961 in the Bronx where he grew up and still lives today. He was a precocious artist. He gets his first spray paint can at the age of 11. Two years later, he was making decorative painting for his uncle, the owner of a car garage. This is when he customises his first cars.

The graffiti movement was at the time in full force. Richard was fascinated by the painted metro trains in the Lexington Avenue depot and on line 6, just behind his uncle's garage. He goes to the depot on a Saturday afternoon in 1973 and makes his first "piece". He chooses the nickname "Seen". He likes the 2 "Es" and the meaning fits his art. Making graffiti becomes for him the means to realise his desire to be seen by the most people possible.

His first painting is a revelation. From a mere spectator, he became a player in the movement. The metro becomes his support. He works a lot and starts painting Whole cars which will mark the spirit of New York forever. His name and his art are carried throughout the city by the trains taken each day by hundreds of thousands of people. His unique style, his creativity and his tenacity make him a leader of the underground graffiti movement in New York during the 1980s.

In 1982, the Style Wars documentary by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant transforms him into an icon of the movement for the rest of the world. Recognised by his peers as the "Godfather of Graffiti", Seen is today's most famous graffiti artist and his influence is unprecedented.

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Painting, POST NO BILLS, Seen

Seen

Painting - 101.5 x 70 cm Painting - 40 x 27.6 inch

$1,576

Painting, New York City 1980, Seen

Seen

Painting - 75.5 x 69.5 cm Painting - 29.7 x 27.4 inch

$1,454

Painting, Blue, Seen

Seen

Painting - 86 x 70 cm Painting - 33.9 x 27.6 inch

$1,697

Painting, Multitag, Seen

Seen

Painting - 86.5 x 70 cm Painting - 34.1 x 27.6 inch

$1,697

Painting, Raw bubble Blue, Seen

Seen

Painting - 75.5 x 71 cm Painting - 29.7 x 28 inch

$1,697

Painting, Multi Seen, Seen

Seen

Painting - 70 x 180 cm Painting - 27.6 x 70.9 inch

$4,848

Painting, Bubble Pink, Seen

Seen

Painting - 71 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 28 x 21.9 x 0 inch

$848

Painting, Untitled 9670, Seen

Seen

Painting - 56.5 x 168.5 cm Painting - 22.2 x 66.3 inch

$3,030

Painting, Multi Seen, Seen

Seen

Painting - 142.2 x 40.6 x 0.1 cm Painting - 56 x 16 x 0 inch

$2,424

Painting, Bubble Yellow, Seen

Seen

Painting - 71 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 28 x 21.9 x 0 inch

$848

Painting, Inconnu (Multi Tags), Seen

Seen

Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,818 $1,545

Painting, Untitled 10511, Seen

Seen

Painting - 76.5 x 229 cm Painting - 30.1 x 90.2 inch

$3,636

Painting, Batman, Seen

Seen

Painting - 104 x 103 x 0.2 cm Painting - 40.9 x 40.6 x 0.1 inch

$14,544

Painting, Untitled 9671, Seen

Seen

Painting - 56.5 x 168.5 cm Painting - 22.2 x 66.3 inch

$2,424

Painting, Colorz, Seen

Seen

Painting - 172 x 81 x 0.1 cm Painting - 67.7 x 31.9 x 0 inch

$3,030

Painting, Multi Seen, Seen

Seen

Painting - 76.2 x 71 cm Painting - 30 x 28 inch

$1,818

Painting, NYC 1980 (Grey), Seen

Seen

Painting - 61 x 46.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.25 x 1 inch

$938

Painting, Multiblaze, Seen

Seen

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$3,030

Painting, Untitled 8551, Seen

Seen

Painting - 76 x 66.5 cm Painting - 29.9 x 26.2 inch

$1,212

Painting, Untitled, Seen

Seen

Painting - 71 x 199 cm Painting - 28 x 78.3 inch

$2,424

Painting, Multi tags orange red, Seen

Seen

Painting - 86 x 177 cm Painting - 33.9 x 69.7 inch

$2,545

Painting, Multi Tags Multicolor, Seen

Seen

Painting - 86 x 177 cm Painting - 33.9 x 69.7 inch

$2,545

Painting, Multi Tags Blue, Seen

Seen

Painting - 70 x 148 cm Painting - 27.6 x 58.3 inch

$1,818

Painting, NYC 1980 (Pink), Seen

Seen

Painting - 61 x 46.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.25 x 1 inch

$938

Painting, Untituled 1, Seen

Seen

Painting - 62 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,333

Painting, Untituled 2, Seen

Seen

Painting - 62 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,333

Painting, Untituled 3, Seen

Seen

Painting - 62 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,333

Painting, Untituled 5, Seen

Seen

Painting - 62 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,333

Painting, Untituled 6, Seen

Seen

Painting - 62 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,333

Painting, Multi Tags, Seen

Seen

Painting - 36 x 170 cm Painting - 14.2 x 66.9 inch

$1,939

Painting, Untitled, Seen

Seen

Painting - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

$1,333

Painting, Street Splash NYC, Seen

Seen

Painting - 71 x 60 x 0.05 cm Painting - 28 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,454

Painting, Street Splash NYC, Seen

Seen

Painting - 71 x 60 x 0.05 cm Painting - 28 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,454

Painting, Multi-Tags, Seen

Seen

Painting - 61 x 173 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 68.1 x 1.2 inch

$4,242

Painting, Scribble SE, Seen

Seen

Painting - 127 x 87 x 0.2 cm Painting - 50 x 34.3 x 0.1 inch

$14,544

Painting, Bubble Violet, Seen

Seen

Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$2,666

Painting, Bubble Rose, Seen

Seen

Painting - 77 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 30.3 x 24 x 0.8 inch

$1,939

Painting, Wild style bleu red, Seen

Seen

Painting - 71 x 152 cm Painting - 28 x 59.8 inch

$3,636

Painting, Bubble Jaune, Seen

Seen

Painting - 77 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 30.3 x 24 x 1.2 inch

$3,151

Painting, Big Wild style, Seen

Seen

Painting - 60 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

$5,454

Painting, Untitled 7902, Seen

Seen

Painting - 86 x 56 cm Painting - 33.9 x 22 inch

$1,212

Painting, Untitled, Seen

Seen

Painting - 76 x 172 cm Painting - 29.9 x 67.7 inch

$2,424

Painting, Bubble bleu, Seen

Seen

Painting - 76 x 66 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 26 x 1.2 inch

$1,697

Painting, Mad Transit, Seen

Seen

Painting - 120 x 80 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 inch

$1,757

Painting, Untitled 8725 Large, Seen

Seen

Painting - 71 x 203 cm Painting - 28 x 79.9 inch

$2,666

Painting, Untitled, Seen

Seen

Painting - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

$1,333

Painting, Untitled, Seen

Seen

Painting - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

$1,333

Painting, Untitled, Seen

Seen

Painting - 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

$1,333

Painting, MultiTags, Seen

Seen

Painting - 61 x 56 cm Painting - 24 x 22 inch

$3,636

Painting, Ultraviolet, Seen

Seen

Painting - 81 x 152 cm Painting - 31.9 x 59.8 inch

$4,363

Painting, Bubble Rose, Seen

Seen

Painting - 77 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 30.3 x 24 x 1.2 inch

$3,151

Painting, Spray Can Signature Series, Seen

Seen

Painting - 71 x 55.8 x 0.2 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$1,151

Painting, Untitled 8731 Large, Seen

Seen

Painting - 76 x 168 cm Painting - 29.9 x 66.1 inch

$2,666

Painting, Spray Can Signature Series, Seen

Seen

Painting - 71 x 55.8 x 2 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.8 inch

$1,151

Painting, Spray Can Signature Series, Seen

Seen

Painting - 71 x 55.8 x 2 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.8 inch

$1,151

Painting, Bubble Bleu & Rose, Seen

Seen

Painting - 62 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,939

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What is Seen’s artistic movement?
The artistic movements of the artists are: Graffiti Artists, Playful Street Art
When was Seen born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1961