Biography
Born Maëva Martinez in 1981 in Alès, southern France, Kashink is a self-taught artist who began claiming Parisian walls in 2006, graduating from stickers to spray cans. Her trademark bold, four-eyed faces - drawn from global mask traditions, Mexican alebrijes and Pop Art - quickly set her apart, along with the thin pencil moustache she has worn daily since 2013 as a challenge to gender norms.
The early 2010s brought rapid recognition: a spot on Le MUR Oberkampf in 2012, the "50 cakes of gay" project celebrating LGBTQ+ rights through over 300 painted cakes worldwide, and a 2014 HuffPost feature naming her first among "10 Women Street Artists Better Than Banksy." A year later she co-produced a nearly 500-metre collaborative mural on rue d'Aubervilliers in Paris.
From Miami and Bogotá to Berlin and Chandigarh, the artist treats every wall as a platform for diversity and equality. A TEDx speaker and guest lecturer at Sciences Po and the Sorbonne, she extends her practice into filmmaking, writing and performance - always guided by a mission to celebrate the breadth of human identity.
The early 2010s brought rapid recognition: a spot on Le MUR Oberkampf in 2012, the "50 cakes of gay" project celebrating LGBTQ+ rights through over 300 painted cakes worldwide, and a 2014 HuffPost feature naming her first among "10 Women Street Artists Better Than Banksy." A year later she co-produced a nearly 500-metre collaborative mural on rue d'Aubervilliers in Paris.
From Miami and Bogotá to Berlin and Chandigarh, the artist treats every wall as a platform for diversity and equality. A TEDx speaker and guest lecturer at Sciences Po and the Sorbonne, she extends her practice into filmmaking, writing and performance - always guided by a mission to celebrate the breadth of human identity.
The site contains a total of 6 artworks by Kashink in 1 countries.
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