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Rick Ordonez, also known as Atlas and known colloquially as the "kitty cat tagger," is an American
"ATLAS" INTERVIEW
(2018)
Atlas: Los Angeles Graffiti Documentary (2005)
Cat Tagger - Kitty Litter - Los Angeles Graffiti
American graffiti artists Artists from Los Angeles People from Alhambra, California Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-artist-stub Hispanic and Latino American artists
Rick Ordonez, also known as Atlas and known colloquially as the "kitty cat tagger," is an American graphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, ...
and graffiti artist
Graffiti (plural; singular ''graffiti'' or ''graffito'', the latter rarely used except in archeology) is art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from s ...
from Alhambra, California
Alhambra (, , ; from " Alhambra") is a city located in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, approximately eight miles from the Downtown Los Angeles
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.
In early 2010, Atlas transitioned from creating large ornate graphics to drawing stylized cats, particularly on or near Pasadena Freeway
Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.
I ...
. In April, Andy "Midzt" Rios was wrongly arrested for tagging the cats. On June 30, Atlas was arrest
An arrest is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody (legal protection or control), usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime. After being taken into custody, the person can be questi ...
ed without incident at his home. He was charged with allegedly causing $15,000 in damages and faced up to 90 days in jail and 300 hours of community service
Community service is unpaid work performed by a person or group of people for the benefit and betterment of their community without any form of compensation. Community service can be distinct from volunteering, since it is not always performed ...
. Ordonez was described as a “ cat-lover" who kept cats as pets. In an article for ''LA Weekly
''LA Weekly'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Jay Levin, who served as president and editor until 1991. Voice Media Group sold the paper in late 2017 to Semanal Media LLC, whose paren ...
'', he was described as "a nerdy guy who draws cats." When asked why he drew cats, he simply replied "I love cats."
Later that year, Atlas got his own show entitled "Rick Ordonez: Kitty Litter" at Mid-City Arts in November 2010. Gallery manager Medvin “Med” Sobio stated "I saw them and thought it was something completely different. Everybody’s out there doing big, bad graffiti things o show that'I’m a big, bad guy,’ and here he is, doing cats." Ordonez remained anonymous for the show.
Atlas was part of the ESMoA art laboratory SCRATCH show in 2014.
See also
*Man One
Man One (b. Alejandro Poli Jr., 1971, in East Los Angeles) is a Los Angeles-based Mexican-American mural and graffiti artist best known for popularizing West Coast graffiti to an international audience and defining graffiti as a serious contemporar ...
* Chaz Bojórquez
References
External links
"ATLAS" INTERVIEW
(2018)
Atlas: Los Angeles Graffiti Documentary (2005)
Cat Tagger - Kitty Litter - Los Angeles Graffiti
American graffiti artists Artists from Los Angeles People from Alhambra, California Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-artist-stub Hispanic and Latino American artists