Keith Haring

Keith Haring was an American pop/graffiti artist who was born on the 4th of May, 1958, Reading, Pennsylvania and died on the 16th of February, 1990 (Aged 31) in New York City. He was the oldest of 4 children, and was interested in art at an early age. At age 19, in 1978, he moved to New York City, where he studied at the School of Arts and was inspired by graffiti.

After Haring was diagnosed of HIV 1980’s, Haring did as much as he could to promote safe sex within the community.He was successful in bringing a safe sex message to a wider audience and garnered public attention of a disease that was up until then, considered a gay man’s illness. Haring’s passion for social and political change was the catalyst behind many of his public works.