DEAN ONER

I have lived and worked in the Dunkerque conurbation since 1990. This is how I have developed a pronounced taste in drawing, especially for pop culture. It’s this passion which, progressively let me in the urban art world. I discovered graffiti at the end of the year 1992 when I was out in Jeu de Mail district (in an abandoned warehouse), so, I have started to have a passion for this newly-come culture from America. First of all, the meeting of my friend “SPER” and my older friend “Scien” has been more than determining. We shared a lot of experience and progress under a common name which will become our trademark : the very famous 123Klan. This footprint allowed us to progress as much in graphic design as in graffiti writing, to display and to paint in the biggest cities of the world. I earn money from graphic design and communication. My network has grown over the years and the travels have increased too. From festivals to festivals, I’ve written my name next to the biggest names in graffiti and have never diverted my look from America, my greatest source of inspiration. At the beginning of 2000, I first traveled to New York, and then, I went back to New York about fifteen times. Paint in the legendary 5POINTZ made me dream about it !! I’ve even made it become a custom.

Today, I develop a workshop task that mixes on the canvas my expertise of a graffiti artist with a colorful universe which was inspired from Peru, my native place and from a graphic design work, that recentres the graffiti in my heart.