Love Letters - L

The graffiti art of Dean Zeus Colman has developed over the last thirty years, with the urban artist drawing inspiration from his urban culture in London. Zeus started out tagging his middle name on the streets of London back in the 1980’s, his prolific graffiti writing eventually gaining the attention of well-known people in the hip-hop scene, such as Tim Westwood, for whom he created designs for a hip-hop club. Zeus went on to work for Paul Oakenfold and the infamous Def Jam record label, producing graffiti inspired posters for the likes of Dougie Fresh and Whizz Kid. Zeus also returned to education, studying for his degree in fine art sculpture at Chelsea College of Arts, which resulted in his graffiti writing inspired works moving into a sculptural form. The innovative Zeus has gone onto to develop his own unique style of combining graffiti writing, typography and sculpture while also working in community centres around London, teaching young offenders graffiti techniques, enabling the street art form to be a positive creative outlet