John Fekner

John Fekner (born 1950) is an American artist known for his spray painted environmental and conceptual outdoor works.

Fekner's has created paintings, cast paper reliefs, video, music recordings and performance works, sculpture, photography and computer-generated work. Fekner has addressed issues involving concepts of perception and transformation, as well as specific environmental and sociological concerns such as urban decay, greed, chemicalpollutants, mass media and Native American Indians. The street art and stencil graffiti pionier Fekner is one of the first artists who painted uncommissioned works in public space that were of huge size. Before people talked about street art Fekner labeled himself "environmental conceptual artist".