Seek One: The Pseudonymous Artist Who Went From Graffiti to Galleries

One of the first things we do when introducing ourselves is share our names. It is a way of identifying ourselves with the world and claiming a spot in it. Artists want to make their marks on the world, earn a spot alongside the greats. At the age of fifteen, Seek One claimed his tag name by graffitiing buildings in Philadelphia, and so he began to claim his spot in the world. He chose Seek One because he enjoys the aesthetic of it. There was something about the arrangement of the letters that appealed to him intuitively. Just like he felt a pull to his tag, he felt a pull towards street art, which now informs his current art practice in mixed media work that leaves an energetic mark.