I’m an artist-I do graffiti, I do tattoos, and I have so much fun in the streets. I just did it because it was cool to write my name on the walls and shit.

LAMBO: I don’t know if I fell in love with graffiti.

INTERVIEW: Can you tell me why you fell in love with graffiti and tattoos? Then it became popular to work on canvasses, then collaborations-everything came so organically. By the time turned 20, I started tattooing. When I was a kid I was so inspired by the underground scene, so started painting graffiti when I was 14. INTERVIEW: Did you always know you were going to be an artist? The sunshine, especially, is very intense here in New York and in the States. I really like the vibe of the people here. INTERVIEW: So what do you like about New York so far? INTERVIEW: When was the last time you were in New York? Also for holiday and Fashion Week, a lot of things coming up.

I came here when Interview contacted me for the event, to paint Vans for the dinner at Raoul’s. INTERVIEW: Where are you calling from today?ĪLEHSY LAMBO: I’m in New York. This being only his second trip to New York City, we called him up for a chat about finding inspiration in the Fast and Furious movies, the right time to hit the streets, and his rules for Instagram. The mysterious artist-he rarely shows his face to the public or creates commercial work-traded his holiday in Malaga for some time out in the gritty streets of Manhattan. For our NYFW-kickoff dinner hosted by Paloma Elsesser to celebrate her new Vans “ Classic Since Forever” campaign, we decided to bring Spanish artist Alehsy to customize a variety of Vans core classic sneakers for our party guests.

Fashion art on canvas