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By the very nature of things, Typoe is an outlaw. He, and in turn we, cannot really divulge information about who he is, where he is, how he is, and so on, because it could literally throw his ass in jail or worse. Notorious graffiti artist, co-founder of visionary art house Primary Flight, respected and gallery-exhibited visual artist - Typoe is all these things. Yet, you will never find him exposing himself either literally or figuratively - his face hides behind a bandito-style bandana and his soul hides behind his work. Typoe reveals himself only through his art. And that is enough.
"What I can tell you is that I've gone through a lot of struggles and have pushed life to the maximum limits in every way possible. I do as much as I can in terms of reaching goals I set for myself, and value the people I have around me. I love art and in looking toward the future, it is the driving force in my life."
1. List five things that inspire you.
In order of importance:
-Shiny things
-Southern gangster rap
-Miami
-Unicorns
-Girls
4. Why do you do what you do?
I feel Iike I was born to do this stuff. I'm alive to build, create and write on things that don't belong to me. Working and collaborating with other Iike-minded people is what makes me happy so I just keep on doing it.
5. What's something you want Miami to know about you?
I hope when people see my name in the street that it leaves them with a happy thought.
What's something you don't want Miami to know about you?
I plead the fifth on this one.
The Creatives so far:
6. Wendy Wischer
7. Lucas Leyva
8. Jen Stark
9. Adler Guerrier
10. Susan Lee-Chun
11. Andres and Diego Meza-Valdes
12. Beatriz Monteavaro
13. Timothy Buwalda
14. Edwidge Danticat
15. Juraj Kojs
16. Cat Dove
17. Campbell McGrath
18. Frances Trombly
19. Jose Mertz
20. Emma Trelles
21. Pablo Cano
22. Natasha Tsakos
23. Freegums
24. Aurora Natrix
25. Gean Moreno
26. Yaddyra Peralta
27. Barron Sherer
28. Brigid Baker
29. Daniel Fila
30. McLaine Oberhellmann
31. Fro Rojas
32. Annie Hollingsworth
33. Preston Allen
34. Cristina Molina
35. David Josef Tamargo
36. Jillian Mayer
37. Alfonso Vega
38. Natasha Lopez de Victoria
39. Aholsniffsglue
40. Heather Maloney
41. Jorge Rubiera
42. Elaine Lancaster
43. Nick Duckart
44. Danielle Estefan
45. John Dufresne
46. Monica Lopez de Victoria
47. Bill Bilowit
48. Alette Simmons-Jimenez
49. Tawnie Silva
50. Ginger Bardot
51. Jonathan David Kane
52. Naomi Fisher
53. Rocky Grimes
54. Teresa Barcelo
55. Paul Tei
56. Lee Materazzi
58. Anna Mixon
59. Octavio Campos
60. P. Scott Cunningham
61. Elena Garcia
62. Summer Hill
63. Autumn Casey
64. Juan Navarro
65. Serge Toussaint
66. David Rohn
67. Diane Brache
68. Spencer Morin
69. James Anthony
70. Jim Drain
71. Claudia Calle
72. Kevin Arrow
73. Andrew Hevia
74. Ana Mendez
75. Michael McKeever
76. Diana Lozano
77. Ricardo Pau-Llosa
78. Agustina Woodgate
79. Tarell Alvin McCraney
80. Jennifer Kronenberg
81. Farley Aguilar
82. Colin Foord
83. Karelle Levy
84. Matt Gajewski
85. Antonia Wright
86. Allen Charles Klein
87. Christy Gast
88. Gustavo Matamoros
89. Shareen Rubiera-Sarwar
90. Kyle Trowbridge
91. Clifton Childree
92. Jessica Gross
93. Danny Brito
94. Nektar de Stagni
95. Anthony Spinello
96. Vanessa Garcia
97. Justin Long
98. Rosie Herrera
99. Rick Falcon
100. Ingrid B
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