Carmelo "Snow" Sigona (born January 29, 1968) is a

graffiti artist Graffiti (singular ''graffiti'', or ''graffito'' only in Graffito (archaeology), graffiti archeology) is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from simple writte ...

who has made many contributions to the

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- Painted by "Snow" himself He has been featured in hundreds of magazines and several published books, such as ''The Exchange''
/ref> and ''The History of American Graffiti''.

Early life

Carmelo Sigona was born and raised in

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, American artists

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and Rick Griffin,

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, and

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References

External links

- Vicious Styles Crew
Snow's section

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