Icons: Lady Pink

Born Sandra Fabara in Ambato Ecuador, Lady Pink is a respected graffiti artist, and one of the few women well-known in the male-dominated genre. She started writing graffiti in her hometown of Queens as a student at High School of Art and Design, and won the respect of art world luminaries such as Keith Harring and Jenny Holzer, with whom she later worked. (site)

Being a women in graffiti world is no easy gig. According to Tricia Rose in her book Black Noise: "in some cases, male graffiti writers spread rumors about female writers' sexual promiscuity to discourage female participation and discredit female writers' executions."

From Lorraine Dowler's Gender and Landscape, on her style and choice of colors compared to her male contemporaries, Lady Pink is quoted as saying, "Men have a passion for black! I sometimes exclude black altogether. I work more with light colors. Things that are a little softer, more tender, sensitive."