Tag Archives: Mike "Bam" Tyau

1AM Staff Picks: Fast Forward – Dan

Dan, the man with the master plan, picked curator and artist, Mike Bam Tyau’s work titled “Exodus” as his favorite from the Fast Forward series.   “”Exodus” reminds me of the curvature of a futuristic, bionic world.  The sense of depth Mike painted into his work gives me a perspective of flight.” – Dan   [...]

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1AM Staff Picks: Fast Forward – Eddie

Here at 1AM, we have a great team that come from different walks of life.  We got graffiti artists, tattoo artists, graphic designers, marketing geniuses, college students, business masterminds… we listen to music that ranges from rap, techno, rock, soft rock… different ages, different backgrounds, different beliefs… you get the point.  WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT. [...]

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Poesia Pushing Graffiti to the Next Level

Curator of Fast Forward, Mike Bam Tyau, sat down with Poesia to see where his head is at.  Poesia is ambitious, dedicated and a visionary.  He lives graffiti and believes in it. Mike Bam: How did you come about your name Poesia? Does it mean anything? Poesia: It was way back when I was more of a tagger [...]

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Domo Arigato, Mr. Suiko!

Mike Bam‘s show “Fast Forward” has pulled great artists from across the globe.  One of the show stoppers is Suiko1, heralding from Hiroshima, Japan.  He graced us with his presence at the opening and since it was his first time in San Francisco, Bam showed him how the Bay Area rolls.  In the middle of [...]

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Bam Makin’ Some Noise

As the opening of our newest graffiti exhibition, “Fast Forward“, draws near, we wanted to touch base with curator and artist, Mike Bam Tyau to see how this idea came to fruition.  We did a 1am pow wow with him and asked him some questions about the show, his art and inspirations…

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THE CLASSICS ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: MIKE “BAM” TYAU

Only a couple days left for The Classics!  If you haven’t checked out the exhibition, here is an art  teaser of aerosol paintings at its finest by Mike “Bam” Tyau.  Awesome right?  Now, get your butt down here and view it in person. Mike “Bam” Tyau’s Bio: Mike “Bam” Tyau is a graphic designer and [...]

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SFBG GIVING THE CLASSICS LOVE!

We had the pleasure of meeting Caitlin Donohue, a culture writer for SFBG, last week.  She and her friends were able to attend a sneak peek of The Classics with a private walking tour / commentary by Nate1, our curator and teacher extraordinaire .  Check out what she thought of the show and Nate1: Golden [...]

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GRAFFITI LETTER STYLES, 1:AM STYLE

Back in December, we did a holiday party for a hi-tech marketing consulting firm called Stage Two Consulting.  Since they were really into graffiti letter styles, team 1:AM, consisting of Roman and Robert, responded by whipping up (rather, laboring over… but they had fun doing it and that’s what matters right?) a couple of wooden [...]

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EBAY COMING OUT TO PLAY

So, how cool is this?  Your boss wants to throw the most memorable and freshest holiday party.  He/she wants to step away from those “The Office” inspired get togethers.  What do they do?  They come to 1:AM gallery. We got an email from a gentleman named Shailesh from eBay’s User Experience design team.  He wanted [...]

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“ETERNAL SLEEP” – 1:AM’s NEW WALL

As many anticipate each month, for every new show, we have the exhibiting artists do up our wall on 6th Street.  This time we went all out.  In honor of the anniversary show we have put together, we have  created a collaboration between the different artists that are participating in the show.  Street, urban, fine, [...]

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