1. Lady Pink grew up wanting to be an architect like her father.
13 Facts About Lady Pink
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Lady Pink started her graffiti writing career in 1979 following the loss of a boyfriend.
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Lady Pink exercised her grief by tagging her boyfriend's name across New York City.
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Lady Pink studied at the Manhattan High School of Art and Design, where she was introduced to graffiti.
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The name was chosen for aesthetics because the name Pink is feminine and because she wanted other writers to know that she was a girl.
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Lady Pink said that the letters appealed to her; the way the "L" kicked out and how the "I" was cute and could be dotted with a heart.
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Lady Pink started calling herself Lady Pink because of her love of historical romances, England, the Victorian period, and the aristocracy.
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Lady Pink never wanted to tag her full name because she did not want to be associated with the Pink Lady, a woman in the club scene who sold pink cocaine.
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Lady Pink has focused her career on using graffiti and murals as acts of rebellion and self-expression, and empowering women.
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From 1979 to 1985, Lady Pink painted New York City Subway trains.
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Lady Pink took a short hiatus in 1987 from painting outdoors.
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Lady Pink was connected to her art and although the former owner of the building painted over the walls, she said she could still see the ghost of her mural.
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Lady Pink is married to another graffiti artist, SMITH, with whom she often collaborates on murals and commercial work.