Tha-B - Pioneer of The Super Sunday in Malaysia (since 2007, markets SUPER SUNDAY CONCEPT-GEAR, which carries T-SHIRT, POSTER, CANVAS, WATCH, JACKET, JEANS etc.), is also one of the pioneers in the graffiti art scene in Malaysia, specializing mainly in typography. Tha-B currently manages a luxury watch brand's boutique in KL and is very selective on the type of jobs he takes on.
Kenji - A prolific artist who specializes in cute cartoonish character designs and fuses it with graffiti skills, Kenji is also a graphic designer, toy designer, illustrator and street artists. Kenji has a day job as a graphic designer and also founded his concept store Black Fryday.
Katun - Winner to many graffiti competition, this young artist who specializes in fantasy & cartoon characters hails from the Phobia Klik crew. He also has a day job as a graphic designer with an advertising agency, but his deep passion is to leave his mark around the world in the form of art.
Waser - an aspiring young artists whose goal is to perfect his graffiti typography skills. He is currently part of the Phiberwryte crew, whose graffiti style almost exclusively focuses on typography/ letterings.
They - from The Telanjang Family has a long list of achievements which includes painting on the roof for the Malaysia Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. They is also a strong advocate for the indie art movement in South East Asia. They is one of the few full time graffiti artist in Malaysia.
Newba from Phyberwryte was chosen to paint the backdrop of the Dell-Microsoft- hails from famous writers crew Phiberwryte, Newba have over the past decade acquired sound skills in lettering, influenced heavily by New York style-writing, the bedrock for graffiti art. His piece of the 'boy and his Dell' was a magnet for photographing during the event.
All the participating artists received the Dell + Microsoft Youth Express initiatives gratefully and were encouraged to see corporations genuinely promoting art and positive values. This also helps correct the general society view of graffiti artists being a form of vandalism. The 5 participating artists received a token of appreciation from Dell for their inspiration to the others in upholding a high standard for artistic expression - a Dell Inspiron 14R. The artists hope Dell's initiative will provide an example for other corporation to promote the art scene in Malaysia.
The public also has a chance to participate in expressing themselves with art. Dell Malaysia invited everyone who has an interest in art to express themselves during the event.
The Dell are of the YOUnity festival was packed with fun, with activities like Dell product demo, DJ house music and entertainment and special prizes to lucky winners of the Dell + Microsoft Youth Express challenges - meet and greet passes with local pop rock band Pesawat who was performing at the event.
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