Adrian Nabi

Short Biography

Mr. Avantgarde Adrian NabiAdrian Nabi has been involved with hip-hop culture for about 20 years. On a walk through the Berlin district of Kreuzberg, Nabi presents the work of several street artists such as Influenza, Brad Downey and Darius Jones. He also introduces us to his magazine ‘Backjumps’ as well as the project ‘Backjumps: The Live Issue’. A report on an urban art movement that turns the walls into canvass and the city into a gallery. Adrian Nabi left home at 16 and took refuge with various chums from the hip-hop movement. Not himself blessed with spraying talent, he established himself as a behind-the-scenes ‘enabler’. He made contact with young, hip-hop inspired Afro-Americans stationed in Berlin, as well as with French artists, and soon began to manage rappers and graffiti ‘writers’ from home and abroad. Adrian Nabi is one of the most important experts in the field of street art. With "Backjump The Live Issue" he has opened up a new facet of street art. His exhibition on the movement, its idols and its more than thirty year history has displayed the enormous artistic potential to be found there. [Source: