Cartrain

CARTЯAIN
Born	Unknown 1991 London, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Known for	Post-Street, Various Artworks
Website	http://www.cartrain.co.uk

Cartrain (born 1991), often stylised cartяain, is a British artist associated with the graffiti urban art movement. YBA artist Damien Hirst has threatened to take legal steps against Cartrain over his art and activities. Cartrain's art has also been appropriated by well-known artists such as Gilbert and George,

Although little is known of his personal life, Caltrain's career supposedly began at the age of 12, beginning with a few small pen tags. In a later interview with a local journalist at the age of 15, Cartrain stated that the choice of his pseudonym was chosen at random, early on as he developed his style, and that despite early difficulties, he quickly began taking his work more seriously.

The interview continues, quoting Caltrain:

"I only did small pen tags. I started off doing small stencils of text, but I got hold of a copy of [some] computer graphics software, Photoshop, and my stencils have improved. It's very hard cutting out large stencils, as it takes a lot of time, and hurts your wrist."

From Leytonstone, East London, he began doing graffiti art at the age of 12, and initially worked only in his local area, but "because no one pays any attention", had decided to move on by the age of 15, to the back streets near Old Street and Brick Lane in Hackney, in addition to central London, even spraying on walls opposite the Houses of Parliament.

His work often features notable mainstream figures such as George Bush and the Queen.

In April 2008 Boris Johnson invited him to display his work at City Hall.

In 2012 Cartrain created a series of collage artworks featuring images of Gilbert & George. These images were later reproduced by Gilbert & George and displayed at their 2014 exhibition "Scapegoating" at the White Cube gallery in London. In a 2012 interview George said to The Guardian "We are very proud of that,"

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