As many other graffiti artists, Christoph Hässler aka. STOHEAD started to find pleasure in this art form in his teens. Being a graffiti artist is not much different from being a cook.

A graffiti artist’s pan is a black book and his dipper is a pencil. Born in 1973, he spent his teens «when shoelaces had neon colours, jeans were tight and teens went to school on a plastic skateboard – carrying a clear suitcase or wearing an Iron Maiden patch on their jackets». He wasn’t too impressed by common trends back in days and kept on following his passion: «sketching». Fascinated and captured by this form of expression – full of style, funk and energy – he became eager to shape his neighbourhood. That was the point when he started «tagging» in 1988.

Cans and caps became his instruments – the monotone concrete walls of Schwäbisch Hall his stage. Piece after piece was composed. His skills progressed and his techniques changed over the years. 3D letters emerged from simple typography and complex characters from draft sketches. In spite of his progress he didn’t forget his roots and kept on working on his own hand styles. Years had passed and more experience had been gained when he moved to Hamburg in 1998. He decided to become independent and work as a freelance artist, which made him join the getting-up artist community. Stohead and his crew realized numerous graffiti projects such as the urban discipline exhibitions or the dock-art piece in Hamburg’s harbour. Apart from writing on walls he also started experimenting with comic characters.

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