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April 29, 2004
Profile: The Killer Gerbil
Age: 24.
Hometown: Singapore
Where do you now live?: Singapore.
Where would you most like to live?: Anyplace where the air is fresher and the life pace is much much slower.
Who was your first "hero" in life?: Lat, a renowned cartoonist from Malaysia.
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: To wake up late, get on the internet, draw and spend time with my girlfriend or tagging with my people from ARTVSTS.
What is your favorite color?: Flat black.
Who (or what) do you love?: My girlfriend, my pet gerbils, my shoes and japanese food.
Who and/or what are some of your influences?
Minor details of everyday environment and surrounding attracts me; the things that people overlooked or couldn't care less or things that are not supposed to be where they are. Funny and candid moments also helps build the chemistry in my works. Honorable mention goes to dad and friends from ARTVSTS whom influenced and help push me to where I am now.
What other artists do you most admire?
Artists featured in Wooster but especially Shepard Fairey, DAVe, Jon Burgerman, MDRL, Space Invader, The London Police, Mudwhistle and ARTVSTS to name a few. I love works with thick outlines.
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
My art (The Killer Gerbil) is something that coincides with the environment everwhere, something candid and at the same time muse the mind to those who actually sees them. If you are the less- vigilant, then you are missing stuffs so through my art, I hope people then will be more attentive towards life slowly but surely. Also as a gerbil lover, it acts as a medium to create an awareness on gerbils (especially where I came from, gerbils are not widely recognize/appreciated) through street art. *The Killer Gerbil represents the misinterpreted and stereotype-thinking ignorants with thoughts that gerbils are bad and fierce nippers thus the character*
What other talent would most like to have?
To speak more languages and to breakdance.
What do you fear the most?
Balloons, eye drops and going to the dentist.
What is your greatest ambition?
To create art on a larger scale, travel the world and make new friends.
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