Naylik

I started writing graffiti about 6–7 years ago.

My style developed as a reflection of my surroundings, strongly influenced by the major style schools and shaped by my own reflections and personal understanding of styling. My work is primarily focused on lettering, where styling, flow and line work form the core of my practice.

I am particularly interested in stretching letter structures and pushing their movement and balance as far as possible.

Alongside lettering, I have always been drawn to abstract fundamentals such as dynamic compositions, strong color contrasts and direct painting gestures. These elements now mainly take form through my background work, creating a dialogue between structure and spontaneity.

Beyond the visual aspect of my work, graffiti represents a personal path. Developing my own direction through graffiti has become essential to me. For a long time, my motivation was driven by competition — wanting to be better than my friends, better than others, better than everyone. As I grew closer to my own style and remained committed to my own process, my perspective changed.

What I value most today is graffiti’s ability to connect people and create real encounters. I believe graffiti must remain human. In a time where many relationships are mediated through phones and shaped by ego, status or visibility, graffiti represents, to me, the opposite: a direct and honest way of sharing experiences.

This is the way I choose to live graffiti.