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ZORO took graffiti off the street and brought it to his studio, where it ended up on canvas, skateboards, Arne Jacobsen Series 7 chairs and street signs. Its graphics feature famous cartoon characters and colorful and imaginative letter combinations.

When the documentary Stylewars, which deals with the New York graffiti scene, came to Denmark in the early 80's, ZORO was sitting on the sofa as a teenager and his father was watching the show on TV. Both were fascinated by this new approach to drawing and painting and spent the rest of the evening creating their own graffiti sketches.

ZORO, who loved to draw and paint in his childhood, knew immediately that this was something for him and soon spent almost all his time drawing and painting sketches in his room. When all the walls of his room were almost completely covered with his work, he shifted his creativity to his school's restrooms, where he painted almost all the walls with cartoon characters and letters. Before long he had painted his first legitimate piece in his old nursery, while the home of his first illegitimate work was a disused railway in Kastrup on the island of Amager.

The pace soon picked up and ZORO became increasingly fascinated by this subterranean world, where the walls and facades of the city were painted in the dark of night. Much of his time was spent doing just that.

ZORO was also interested in electro-boogie and breakdance, which were part of the Danish hip-hop scene in the early 80's. He often attended the Thomas P. Hejle youth club at Nørreport in Copenhagen, where every Friday dancers met and competed against each other. All graffiti artists also came to Thoms P. Hejle. Here they exchanged stories about their graffiti missions and showed each other sketches and photos of their work, and soon ZORO had hung up his dancing shoes and started to devote himself to graffiti.

In high school, ZORO spent much of his time painting the facades of Copenhagen and the city's train tracks with his good friend CAR.

When ZORO joined the military and later the sergeant school in Sønderborg, he found that he had less time for graffiti. Then, when he became a father in 1991, the graffiti had to be completely neglected.

In 2013 ZORO resumed his graffiti career and met one of his old friends from the scene, BATES, who was still active. BATES convinced him to go out and paint again - although legally this time - and ZORO was drawn back into the world of graffiti and has been painting almost every day since...

Now also with us in the NL gallery  

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English:

ZORO took graffiti off the street and brought it to his studio, where it landed on canvas, skateboards, Arne Jacobsen Series 7 chairs, and street signs. His graphic features famous cartoon characters and colorful and imaginative combinations of letters. When the documentary Stylewars, which deals with the New York graffiti scene, came to Denmark in the early 80s, ZORO was sitting on the sofa as a teenager and his father watched the program on TV. Both were fascinated by this new approach to drawing and painting and spent the rest of the evening creating their own graffiti sketches. ZORO, who loved painting and painting as a child, knew immediately that this was something for him and soon spent almost all of his time drawing and painting sketches in his room. When all the walls of his room were almost completely covered with his work, he shifted his creativity to the toilets of his school, where he painted almost all the walls with cartoon characters and letters. He had shortly painted his first legitimate piece in his old kindergarten, while the home of his first illegitimate work was a disused railway in Kastrup on the island of Amager. The pace soon increased and ZORO became increasingly fascinated by this underground world, in which the walls and facades of the city were painted in the dark of the night. Much of his time has been spent doing just that. ZORO was also interested in electro boogie and break dancing, which were part of the Danish hip-hop scene in the early 1980s. He often visited the Thomas P. Hejle youth club at Nørreport in Copenhagen, where dancers met and competed against each other every Friday. All graffiti artists also came to Thomas P. Hejle. Here they exchanged stories about their graffiti missions and showed each other sketches and photos of their work, and soon ZORO had hung up his dance shoes and started to devote himself to graffiti. In upper secondary school, ZORO spent a large part of his time painting the facades of Copenhagen and the rails of the city with his good friend CAR. When ZORO joined the military and later the Sergeant School in Sønderborg, he found that he had less time for graffiti. Then, when he became a father in 1991, the graffiti had to fall by the wayside. In 2013, ZORO resumed his graffiti career and met one of his old friends from the scene, BATES, who was still active. BATES convinced him to go out and paint again - although this time legally - and ZORO was drawn back into the world of graffiti and has been painting almost every day since then ... Now also in our NL gallery