I hope you’ll take the time to visit http://www.abbygraff.com and then buy a canvas or print for your collection, or for your favorite hip hop fanatic. Truly is money well spent.

HOMEGIRLS

artwork by Abby

A Queens, New York native, Abby is a visual artist with roots in the early ‘80s graffiti art scene at the geneses of New York’s Hip Hop movement. She attended the seminal High School of Art and Design in Manhattan from 1981 to 1984, where she was mentored by some of the most prolific and celebrated visual artists in urban and fine art such as Web One, Doze Green and Mare 139.

QUEENS $275.00 Giclee Print of original art. Spray paint, acrylic and 24 carat gold leaf, on canvas. Limited Edition of 20. Image Area: 22in x 33in. Finished Paper size: 24in x 36in. Printed on Acid Free, 310lb Bright Texture Watercolor paper using archival inks. Signed, numbered and dated. Mailed in non-archival tube.

PATERSON $275.00 Giclee Print of original art. Spray paint, acrylic, on canvas. Limited Edition of 20. Image Area: 22in x 33in. Finished Paper size: 24in x 36in. Printed on Acid Free, 260lb Lustre paper using archival inks. Signed, numbered and dated.

PHILLY $200.00 Giclee Print of original art. Spray paint, acrylic, on canvas. Limited Edition of 20. Image Area: 22in x 33in. Finished Paper size: 24in x 36in. Printed on Acid Free, 260lb Lustre Paper using archival inks. Signed, numbered and dated. Mailed in non-archival tube.

NEW YORK $275.00 Giclee Print of original art. Spray paint, acrylic, on canvas. Limited Edition of 20. Image Area: 22in x 33in. Finished Paper size: 24in x 36in. Printed on Acid Free, 260lb Lustre Paper using archival inks. Signed, numbered and dated. Mailed in non-archival tube.

OAKLAND $200.00 Giclee Print of original art. Spray paint, acrylic, on canvas. Limited Edition of 20. Image Area: 22in x 33in. Finished Paper size: 24in x 36in. Printed on Acid Free, 260lb Lustre Paper using archival inks. Signed in image area. Signed, numbered and dated. Mailed in non-archival tube.

CHARLOTTE (CANVAS SOLD-PRINTS AVAILABLE) $275.00 Giclee Print of original art. Aerosol, acrylic, on canvas. Limited Edition of 20. Image Area: 22in x 33in. Finished Paper size: 24in x 36in. Printed on Acid Free, 260lb Lustre Paper using archival inks. Signed, numbered and dated. Mailed in non-archival tube.

JAMAICA $200.00 Giclee Print of original art. Spray paint, metallic oil paint and acrylic, on canvas. Limited Edition of 20. Image Area: 22in x 33in. Finished Paper size: 24in x 36in. Printed on Acid Free, 260lb Lustre Paper using archival inks. Signed, numbered and dated. Mailed in non-archival tube.

BERKELEY (CANVAS SOLD-PRINTS AVAILABLE) $275.00 Giclee Print of original art. Spray paint, acrylic, on canvas. Limited Edition of 20. Image Area: 22in x 33in. Finished Paper size: 24in x 36in. Printed on Acid Free, 310lb Bright Texture Watercolor paper using archival inks. Signed, numbered and dated. Mailed in non-archival tube.

BITCH 106 $275.00 Giclee Print of original art. Spray paint, acrylic, on canvas. Limited Edition of 20. Image Area: 22in x 33in. Finished Paper size: 24in x 36in. Printed on Acid Free, 310lb Bright Texture Watercolor paper using archival inks. Signed, numbered and dated. Mailed in non-archival tube.

Abby was accepted to Parsons School of Design (New York)and attended from 1985-1987. Although she thrived academically, the financial strain was simply too much for her and her family, so she silently applied to Temple University’s Tyler School of Art (Elkins Park, PA and Philadelphia respectively). She graduated in 1991 with a BFA in graphic design with an emphasis on packaging.

In 1991, Abby returned to New York, started working for Arista Records and happily returned to painting legal walls with her crew. In 1992, as the design industry was quickly transitioning to computer-based design, she relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area where opportunities in Silicon Valley were abundant. There, she quickly became submerged in digital art, working for start-up ad agencies. Eventually, Abby earned coveted positions designing packaging and promotional work, most notably for Sega, Safeway Corporate Advertising, Concord Records and World Market.

Marriage and motherhood fostered a shift in Abby to work exclusively freelance, allowing her to remain present for her family and support her fine art. After 16 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, Abby relocated back to the East Coast where she could be closer to her roots.

Since 2008, Abby has been exhibited in ‘Heiroglyphics 3’ at the San Francisco African American Art and Culture Complex, ‘Queenz Arrive’ at McCaig-Welles NYC, and ‘TC5 Revolutions’ at Crewest LA.

In 2012, Abby lectured at Davidson College in North Carolina, on the topic of Stylemasters of Graffiti and her experiences as a female graffiti artist in her native culture and as a design professional.

April 2013 marks Abby’s solo exhibit ‘HomeGirls’ currently on display at bOb Bar NYC until May 19th, which depicts the places and mind-spaces the artist has called home. HomeGirls makes visual her journey as an African American woman, an original participant in a vibrant transnational arts movement, as she transitions from place to place (physically and emotionally) trying to find a balance between motherhood and career that won’t demand she sacrifice one for the other.

To Purchase Works from the show, please visit http://www.abbygraff.com !!