Pokras was born on September 19, 1991, Korolyov (RU). Currently resides in St. Petersburg (RU). He started creating graffiti in 2008 and soon after he was inspired by Niels "Shoe" Meulman's movement "Calligraffiti" he turned his focus on street calligraphy. Later Pokras was invited by Niels to become an official Calligraffiti Ambassador. At this moment Pokras also working on the self-developed style âCalligrafuturismâ.
He is actively involved in street art projects, private and public exhibitions and other related projects since 2013. He regularly works with the majority of greatest Russian and international brands, such as Nike, Ford, Panasonic, Pirelli, Absolut, Skoda, Mercedes-Benz, Nestle etc., he is also an Official Nike International Creative Vendor since 2015. Since this year Pokras started working with the high fashion brands, but at this moment all details in secret.
Over the past three years Pokras Lampas was a member of group exhibitions held in Russia, France, Germany, Italy and UAE. In November 2015 he held his solo exhibition in the city of Seoul, South Korea. The originals of his works are located in private collections all over the World.
He created the World's largest calligraphy (1625 square meters) in September 2015 (now it`s the second World`s size). This artwork also can be seen from a satellite. Project quickly became known all around the world, the short movie about creation of this artwork was viewed more than 1 000 000 times and was noted by many television channels, print and online publishers such as New York Times Video (USA), Spiegel Online (Germany), Channel + (France) etc..
Pokras is actively experimenting with different directions of modern calligraphy by applying and combining his knowledge of street culture, design and typography of different nations and ages. Also Pokras taking participation in a fashion weeks with art-performances, working with the new technoligies like a digital projections, Virtual Reality, Glithch.
