RISK / Kelly Graval, also known as RISKY, is a Los Angeles–based graffiti writer and contemporary artist often credited as a founder of the West Coast graffiti scene, In the 1980s, he was one of the first graffiti writers in Southern California to paint freight trains, and he pioneered writing on “heavens”, or freeway overpasses. He showcased his graffiti in selective art galleries and it quickly fused into modern street art translating to millions of dollars worth of sales!
