Falko One

Falko One is notably one of South Africa’s most well known and respected graffiti artists, with a career spanning almost 3 decades he has been highly influential in the growth of the African graffiti culture and inspired multiple generations of artists.

His inspiration lies as much in the life that surrounds the wall as the wall itself. “The canvass itself is very contained. It’s very hard to make sense of the image without a natural background” he says.

Over the past few years he has become widely recognised for his iconic elephant paintings that pop up in streets, townships and other random locations across the country. Rendered in his unique characteristic style and often situational to their surroundings these elephants have captured the imagination of all that see them. In recent years, he has acclimatized his iconic elephant onto watercolour paper. 

He is now an inductee into the South African Hip Hop Museum and member of the Hall of Fame for the museum and received an Honorary award at the South African Hip Hop Awards 2019.

As his Matchbox-Edition Falko One has created an edition of elephants, sprayed with stencils on paper on A3 format.