TOOFLY - Alexandra Henry

TOOFLY// NYC // ECUADOR

Wynwood, Miami, 2013- Born in Ecuador and raised in New York City, TooFly started her artistic endeavors at 15 yrs old. Influenced by friends from the neighborhood, she began to carry around a marker and found herself writing on desks in high school, tagging mailboxes on her way home and eventually staying out late at night doing graffiti.

In 1992 TooFly started hanging out at 5Pointz in Long Island City where she had more time and space to focus on bigger characters leading to the creation of her iconic ‘hip-hop girl’ pieces. Recently having traded the chaotic streets of New York City for the quiet mountains of Ecuador, TooFly’s style has evolved. The hard graphic edges have given way to tribal markings and softer details now found in her ‘warrior women’ murals, reflecting a slower pace of life surrounded by nature.

At Art Basel Miami in December of 2013, I caught up with TooFly where she was painting a mural with the Few N Far Women’s collective as well as participating in the ‘Women on the Walls’ gallery exhibit curated by Jeffery Deitch.

This is the fourth vignette in a documentary series dedicated to women street artists creating in North and South America.

Directed, shot and edited by Alexandra Henry.

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