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Joey Merz

@j_merz

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When I was 14 in ‘95, I was hanging out at my friend Wes’ house, and he had a briefcase of spray paint in his closet. We were bored so we decided to take a walk through the woods behind his house, and I tried my hand at using some paint under his influence. I hadn’t really thought about it at all before… so not having a name, I randomly thought to paint the word SNAP… and couldn’t think of a P to end on, so I just left it with the first three letters. Not a great story, and not a good word! Here’s me revisiting it in my late teens. #merz #firstpiecefriday taken in Cincinnati, OH by @j_merz

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Stoked to get out to Pennsylvania recently and hang with my family there. Finally got to see my Uncle Joe do his annual hill climb at Weatherly, driving his Sprite… then got to take his Moke out to the local Steam-O-Rama. Even got some exercise in on my bike, with my Aunt Rebecca on a cool rail trail 🔥🔥🔥 by @j_merz

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The things you get excited about when you’re a house painting graffiti writer! I knew when I walked by the McCarren pool one day and saw them buffing it, that it meant the end of probably a few eras of people painting it… But I was also genuinely curious how they were approaching such a enormous task. The act of painting a 50 foot (?) arch alone seemed pretty wild to me at the time (still sorta does). I painted here a few times before they wrapped it up and started doing shows there, and got to see some killer groups like M.I.A., and Les Savvy Fav perform. Now I just need to get my pool membership so I can start swimming 🏊‍♂️

*2nd pic is a balcony piece I painted with Slie (R.I.P.) and Mack in 2000, when they were in town visiting from California. taken in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC by @j_merz

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Equal parts graffiti and nature ☮️ by @j_merz

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Sign museum with my dad.
📸- @cartergilliss taken in Cincinnati, OH by @j_merz

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Carpe diem—with knee pads. 🛹 💥Custom Daphne helmet design by @j_merz ❤️‍🔥 taken in Homage Skateboards by @j_merz

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McCarren pool, 2000. Crazy rollcall: Kern, Rime, myself, Kemos, Met, Toper, and Joey Semz (R.I.P.). I probably never even noticed the Trade Centers were in this picture until way after the fact.

#neverforget911

Had the most random gig… painting a floor of the newly built 7 World Trade Center, in 2006. It was for a girls hip-hop themed bat mitzvah! Shout out to my friend Sam on the assist.

I hope Abigail is chilling and doing well, and hope that you are too!

Taking after my grandma when I save anything and everything. by @j_merz

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Summer went by quick, which is good… because I’m not the biggest fan. Spent all of August locked out of this account because I couldn’t remember any passwords. Feels like it’s been a minute since I posted… So here’s some photos from this past month, and a couple others (some people say that carousels are desperate, but I don’t think that’s true).

Finally made it the World Trade Center… come for the view, stay for the cheeseburgers! Thanks to my brother @djdannywhite for the viewing pass 👍

Shout out to John A. Roebling (but really Emily Roebling)💥💥💥

First punk show I ever did see.

Hyped to be included in this years @signlanguage.gallery show in Louisville!

46 in the mix! Also, happy birthday to Mike Giant and R.Crumb. Had a late afternoon low key lunch with my brother this year.

Everything restorative all the time 💤

Shout to my mom for saving all my childhood ephemera. Here’s my one time going to the lovely Schwab summer school in Cincinnati.

I like hot pink as spray paint, but still don’t know if it’s my vibe 😂

Never been a metal head really, but my zodiac is a metal monkey…

Shout out to my sister @martywhite11 for braving the boat life with me. Sorrento, ME, late 80’s by @j_merz

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Ridgewood is one of those neighborhoods in New York that always feels really old timey to me. One time when I was going around with an address looking to see if I could find my grandpa‘s house, people were looking at me funny like I was up to no good. Coincidentally, 10 minutes later I got pulled over on my bike for running a red light and not having a bell! A few years later, I ended up finding his house which wasn’t where I was looking. Anytime I’m in that area, I like to go past his house on Forest Ave, and imagine what it would’ve been like in the time that he was there. by @j_merz

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Recent sprays with @gorey by @j_merz

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Aimlessly walking around Manhattan in the mid 90s, being wowed by everything. Mural by @relm_ksn on Mercer St. by @j_merz

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Working at Sbarro didn’t prepare me for moving to Brooklyn, but my friends and family did! Don’t know where I’d be without each and every one of them. Found this recently from my first month living in New York, at the F/G station in Carroll Gardens, August of ‘99.

📸- @theandrehyland by @j_merz

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