About Lons
Biography
Born in 1986, Marco Tomassini aka Lons is an Italian graffiti artist and multidisciplinary illustrator who grew up in Vicenza, northern Italy.
His passion for graffiti started after observing a multitude of drawings done by local graffiti artists on walls, wagons and train stations and after some encounters with the local scene, he took his first steps in the world of graffiti around '2000.
In 2013, while living in London, influenced by the local graffiti and street art movement he chooses to explore new medias and techniques mixing his graffiti background with is 9 t0 5 job as graphic designer and art director.
Heavily influenced by advertising, pop art, street art, and hip hop culture, Lons’s work embrace fine details of hand-cut stencils, rawness of spray paints, bold typography and addictive colour scheme.
