Scape Martinez

Edward, "Scape" Martinez was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Puerto Rican immigrant parents. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and has been creating art since childhood, while falling in love with Graffiti Art in his early teens.

His first book, "GRAFF: the Art and Technique of Graffiti," is an international bestseller and has reached #1 on the Amazon Charts for it's genre.

Scape has a remarkable gift for illustrating and articulating abstract thoughts and issues, and he frequently gives educational lectures on creativity and graffiti art's place in society.

He has done Public Art projects for various cities and municipalities, created murals for various schools and universities, and frequently shows his artwork in many galleries and settings. Scape continues to push the boundaries of graffiti art as well as his own unique form of artistic expression.