Lin Felton, alias Quik, is a legend of New York graffiti. Born in 1958, he made his name on the trains of New York and its suburbs. Forty years of working for street art have led him to exhibit all over Europe. He began tagging on the walls of Queens at the age of 10 under the name Star10. His fascination with this world began when he saw the subway trains covered with moving tags. He took the name Quik and put it everywhere. He works solo, in no way a part of any crew. Close to the theories of Hugo Martinez (UGA) who pushed the graffiti artists to go on canvas, to expose, to consider themselves as artists, he realizes very early canvases. Very socially engaged, his works denounce racial discriminations through the character of Quik. They refer to his private life, the art world and business in a humorous and offbeat way. His works have become a must on the international scene and have been included in prestigious collections. His works are represented in the collections of: Museum of the City of New York Studio Museum of Harlem in New York City Becht Collection in Amsterdam Martin Visser Collection in the Netherlands Herning Kunstmuseum in Denmark Groninger Museum Helmond Museum in the Netherlands the Henk Pijnenburg Collection the Rudolph Scharpf Collection the Martin Wong Collection the Yaki Korenblit Collection the Martin Sanders Collection the Wildenberg Collection the Dieter Weber Collection

Lin Felton aka "Quik" started tagging in 1970 in Hollis (Queens, NY), where he grew up. At that time he was part of the collective RTW - Rolling Thunder Write with another between Min and Sach. It is one of the few New York graffiti artists of the 80s that between gallery, his work being developed beyond the tag. Although he managed to preserve the spirit of graffiti, he pushed the conceptual limits by introducing into his paintings of social and personal themes.