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Pokras Lampas (birth name Arseny Sergeyevich Pyzhenkov; September 19, 1991, Kaliningrad, Moscow Oblast, USSR) is a Russian calligrapher working in the style of calligraffiuturism, calligraffiti.
Born September 19, 1991 in Kaliningrad, (until June 1996, now Korolev), Moscow Region. He lives and works in St. Petersburg. Got interested in graffiti and street art while travelling by train from Korolev to Moscow, looking at the drawings on the fences along the railroad tracks. He started drawing at the age of 15-16. He studied advertising at the institute, but dropped out in his fifth year. According to Pokras himself he is self taught in calligraphy.
His pseudonym is made up from the common expression in the street art environment "kras", which means "to go and paint" and "lampas" is a rhyme that the artist likes[2]. The artist officially changed the name in his passport to his pseudonym. According to the artist himself, he also refused to put his middle name on all official documents, from his birth certificate to his passport.
In January 2018, Pokras Lampas became a guest on the Internet program "vDud" by journalist Yuri Dudian.
Pokras Lampas is an ideologist of the new trend in art - "calligraphicuturism". He experiments with calligraphy and imagines how it will look like in tens or hundreds of years. Using symbols of different alphabets Pokras paints his canvas with words in a particular style, looking for ways to create unusual compositions from words, inventing new forms of letters and signs. The artist notes that it's important for him to choose the right words when he writes his works, because to create a certain composition, some words may not fit the number of characters, the letters in them may not have certain arcs.
The artist started with a passion for graffiti, experimenting with calligraphy and different fonts. Now he works in the style of "calligrafiti" (combination of the words "calligraphy" and "graffiti"). The artist combined elements of street art, typography and calligraphy from different cultures. Ryter collaborates with many Russian and international brands. Pokras Lampas works with art projects all over the world, organizes performances, workshops and participates in different street art festivals. The graffiti artist creates compositions in urban environment and for interiors.
Pokras Lampas cooperates with Nike, YSL, Mercedes-Benz, Pirelli, Dries Van Noten, Lamborghini, IKEA, Adidas, MAC.
