Lady Pink: Queen of the Graffiti Art Scene

 Lady Pink: Queen of the Graffiti Art Scene

            Born in Equador. Raised in Queens. Painted on the streets. Sandra Fabara's life mirrors a Shakespearean tragedy. She was maniacally in love with her boyfriend at the tender age of fifteen. Her romance was cut short due to him being sent back to Puerto Rico after an encounter with the law.

        Devastated with the loss, Sandra began tagging her boyfriend's name throughout the city. She took on the name Lady Pink as an homage to her love of Victorian romances.

  

            She studied graffiti art at the Manhattan School of Art and Design, which became her new found love.  She began painting subway trains in New York City in 1979. Her style was a bold feminine design which made her one of the most photographed and interviewed graffiti artists of her time.

          Her first solo event was at Philadelphia's Moore College of Art and Design titled "Femme-Fatales." In 1983 her career began to take off  in several directions. She worked on a collaboration with fellow artist Jenny Holzer and had a role in the movie "Wild Style".  

        She had acquired the status of a fine artist when her collections were entered into several national and international museums ( the Met, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Groningen Museum of Holland to name a few).

       Today she is still going stronger than ever by working with teens by holding mural workshops, speaking at various college, and doing what she does best,
 PAINTING!