Bob Peck » Ohio Artist Registry

Bob Peck began his art career at an early age admiring the graffiti art that he saw scattered around the city. Years of being a bystander in the subculture went by and he continued to draw what he saw in his environment and followed the graffiti “trails” to places with densely marred walls full of this urban art. After repeatedly visiting these places, he met some of the local graffiti writers of his area. These so-called vandals took Bob under their wing and taught him the history and techniques of the art. 

Soon after, he started to paint on his own. First, in his neighborhood, then around Cleveland. Years went by, and he had his pseudonym tagged all over town. As he reached his late teens, graffiti had taught him more than just an art form. It taught him the spirit of competition and how to network. It was time to take the acquired skills and transcend. He worked the club circuit, offering his talents out to local dj’s and bands. This gained him notoriety and connections to continue progressing and evolving. 

Bob considered himself to be more than just a graffiti writer. He was an artist with a mission. In the Fall of 2000, he started working with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, doing graffiti presentations as part of hiphop culture seminars. From there, he went on to work for Progressive Arts Alliance, holding residencies at inner-city schools, teaching students how to create art with a graffiti flair. In recent years, he works alongside Graffiti Heart, an organization dedicated to granting art scholarships to under-served youth. Bob’s work ranges from public art murals to abstract pieces that have been shown in galleries across the Cleveland area and sold around the world. These pieces still hold the essence of graffiti art and culture inside each one. They are done with the familiar tools of his youth: spray paint, markers, and acrylics.