GATS

Biography
Installation view of GATS exhibition.

California-based artist GATS (an acronym for “Graffiti Against The System”) is an international graffiti legend, whose public art can be found across the United States, the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Central America. Known for the iconic mask seen predominately throughout the artist’s work, the face of GATS can often be spotted peering out from an alley way or stretched across a rooftop, greeting passerby’s with it’s all-seeing gaze. Representing a sense of duality, GATS’s iconic totem has been filled with intricate insignia over the years, speaking to the artist’s autobiographical experiences.

GATS has exhibited solo presentations at Kaikai Kiki Hidari Zingaro (Tokyo), Hashimoto Contemporary (San Francisco), ComplexCon (Long Beach), Context Art Fair (Miami) and the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA).

 

They are represented by Harman Projects, New York City.

Works
  • Red vintage wooden skateboard with GATS character with red hearts for eyes painted on the bottom of it
    GATS
    Infatuation, 2024
    acrylic on early 1960s metal wheel skateboard
    22 x 5 1/2 in
    55.9 x 14 cm
  • Brown wooden vintage skateboard with GATS character in a glass jar painted on the bottom of it
    GATS
    Bottle Kneck, 2024
    acrylic on early 1960s metal wheel skateboard
    18 x 5 in
    45.7 x 12.7 cm
  • Drawing on paper of a GATS character with S's for teeth
    GATS
    Universal S, 2024
    Blackwing 602 on Stonehenge, solid reclaimed walnut floating frame with non reflective museum glass
    6 x 4 in
    15.2 x 10.2 cm
    10.75 x 8.75 in frame
  • Circular metal tin with GATS character in black and white drawn on the top
    GATS
    Polish Mops, 2024
    enamel on antique polish mop tin
    4 x 7 in
    10.2 x 17.8 cm
  • Drawing on paper of a GATS character with stars along his nose
    GATS
    Impressionable, 2024
    Blackwing 602 on Stonehenge, solid reclaimed walnut floating frame with non reflective museum glass
    6 x 4 in
    15.2 x 10.2 cm
    10.75 x 8.75 in frame
  • Rusted can with GATS character painted in black and white
    GATS
    The Old Mill, 2024
    enamel on antique metal tin (found at an abandoned waterfall mill in Oregon.)
    4 x 3 in
    10.2 x 7.6 cm
  • Piece of drift wood with black painted letters and symbols by GATS
    GATS
    PDX Rune, 2020
    enamel on drift wood
    17 x 3 1/2 in
    43.2 x 8.9 cm
  • Drawing in paper of GATS character in black ink
    GATS
    No Outlet, 2024
    handmade ink pen made from found objects on Arches paper
    12 x 9 in
    30.5 x 22.9 cm
  • GATS character painted with coffee and ink on paper
    GATS
    Paint a Lady, 2024
    handmade ink pen made from found objects and coffee on Arches paper
    24 x 18 in
    61 x 45.7 cm
  • Painting of GATS character on wood
    GATS
    Individual Reality, 2024
    acrylic on found wood panel
    19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in
    49.5 x 49.5 cm
  • Wooden coffin with two ghost painted on the front doors and GATS written on the side
    GATS
    Coffin, 2024
    acrylic on found wooden coffin
    43 x 18 x 6 1/2 in
    109.2 x 45.7 x 16.5 cm
  • Drawing on paper of GATS character in black ink with giant S for a nose
    GATS
    Universal S, 2024
    handmade ink pen made from found objects on Arches paper
    12 x 9 in
    30.5 x 22.9 cm
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