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Will Kay ™/ Text / Ronnie Grebenyuk / Photography / Will Kay 3rd March 2008 'This is just the beginning Of My Odd kingdom’ Will Kay is a 22 year old artist from east London and the person behind the bestseller of the hand drawn Grime Scene Poster. With his unique and unpredictable style of art, he is a person to definitely keep an eye out for this year. The key to the energy of his creative work is without doubt the influence of the rhyme and flow of different genres of music art. From the age of 15, Will recognized his inspiration and love of art when he entered a piece in an art competition showing how the London borough of Newham could look in the future. As time went on Will took his art ever more seriously and went on to study Art and Design in the sixth form at Caterham High School. Despite experiencing a lot of negativity along the way and criticism that his style did not suit him, ‘people said I should do what normal black boys do’, he refused to be put off. Showing determination and individuality he chose to ignore the negativity and develop his style even further, resulting in the unique compositions that he now creates. ‘Art is freedom of creativity, allowing us to express our thoughts on paper.’ Will Kay’s art has the energy and individuality to invite the viewer into to another world, it’s unpredicable with a twist of abstract appearance to it. Will Kay’s technique is self taught and developed during the years of experimenting through many different art materials and with artists like Frank Miller and HR Giger as an inspiration to his work we know the quality of detail applied, adding his own technique. ‘I believe the whole of the United Kingdom is full of talented artists but none of them have the same passion as me’ The Grime Poster featuring all the major grime artists is the top selling poster at ukrecordshop.com, which is the first major solo project by Will Kay set up by him self and no help from others in which he says makes him feel ‘Powerful!’ He adds ‘most grime artists have energy in their music, which appeals to me, the grime is a unique style of music, just like my art with the style’. At the moment Will Kay is studying graphic communications at the London University of Arts and also working on a digital art project called CHAOS Season which showcases a lot of his own photography, music artists and london culture. The future is bright for Will and he hopes to inspire the younger generation to carry on with art and be creative as well as to be recognised and respected as a mainstream artist. To view Will Kay’s work go to: www.myspace.com/willkay		Bashy Interview The Cool Kids Lady Lykes Grimes New School Rowdy Superstar Interview The Sound Of Reason Slash Interview Hoxton Vs Hampstead Fashion Young Designers Lucinda Chua Interview Will Kay Interview The Brothers Size Chris Lambert Duane Henry Drug Trafficking Feature Does My Bum Look Big in This Life After Prison Whats Upsetting Our Children MP Julia Goldsworthy Autechre Live In London Hardcore Is More Than Music Media Box Paddington Development Trust The Cut On Myspace