ABOVE (born circa 1981) has been creating public art since 1995. Above is an international contemporary street artist who keeps his identity concealed and is widely known for his social and political stencils, wooden "arrow mobile" installations, and witty word play paintings. Above started traditional graffiti of tagging freight trains in California in 1995. ABOVE moved to Paris at the age of 19 where he started painting his trademark arrow (pointing above) all around the city. Since then Above has been consistently traveling around the world doing many large self-financed "tours" with each tour exploring a new medium or style of artworks. Above's tenacity to travel the world and push his artistic limits is what makes many people admire and respect this young artist. Above has been successful in putting his street artworks in over 70+ cities in 50+ different countries around the globe making Above one of the major players in the "street art" realm.