The artist standing in his Dubai studio, masked, holding two spray cans releasing coloured mist

BERLIN · DUBAI · 25 YEARS ON THE WALL

H.T.O.

25 years of spraying things that were never meant to last.

A graffiti artist from Germany whose work spans nearly every continent. Now based in Dubai, building a bridge between Central European street heritage and the contemporary gallery scene of the Emirates.

No face. The name does the talking.

THE WALL IS THE MEDIUM · 

ORIGIN · BERLIN

Every wall he sprayed is already gone.

The practice grew out of Berlin's graffiti scene in the late nineties — trainlines, shutters, station platforms. Almost none of it still exists. Buffed, sprayed over, demolished.

What remains is the hand.

A large graffiti piece on the tiled platform wall of Moritzplatz station, Berlin
MORITZPLATZ · 2014
Sprayed shop shutters in Berlin with lettering and a cartoon character
NEUKÖLLN · 2014
A sprayed yellow underground carriage in a Berlin station
U-BAHN · 2019
Two graffiti pieces on a concrete wall above a field of debris
ABANDONED · 2020
BERLIN1998
HAMBURG2003
ISTANBUL2008
SÃO PAULO2010
NEW YORK2012
BANGKOK2015
CAPE TOWN2018
DUBAI2020

GEOGRAPHY

Five continents. One hand.

A painted yellow underground carriage in a Berlin station

THE DISCIPLINE

Decisions made in minutes. Refined over decades.

Spraying in the street is its own discipline. Within a strict time limit, an artist learns to make instinctive decisions about composition, colour and form — while building a hand that stands out among thousands of others.

Over a lifetime that produces thousands of works. Each one spontaneous, individual, impossible to repeat.

AVERAGE TIME PER PIECE — 00:07:00
FROM THE STREET TO THE CANVAS · 
Painted shop shutters in Berlin with lettering and a cartoon character
Paint on a wall belongs to the street.

THE SAME HAND. A DIFFERENT CHAPTER.

Thousands of walls. A handful of canvases.

25+YEARS SPRAYING
5CONTINENTS
1PRIMARY MEDIUM — THE WALL
<40CANVASES IN EXISTENCE

His primary medium is the wall — a space where art becomes a direct dialogue with society and with other artists. Works on canvas belong to a separate chapter of the practice, which is why each one is exceptionally rare.

SELECTED WORKS

A large abstract canvas lit on a concrete wall in a dark interior

Nachtschicht

Acrylic and spray paint on canvas

300 × 160 CM · 2024

AVAILABLE


A large canvas covered in dense black tags over a warm orange and pink background

All City

Spray paint and ink on canvas

320 × 175 CM · 2023

AVAILABLE


Two large red wildstyle canvases installed side by side in a white gallery

Hard 84

Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, diptych

150 × 120 CM EACH · 2023

PRIVATE COLLECTION


A panoramic wildstyle canvas in blue outlines with orange dots, installed in a gallery

Wildstyle Panorama

Acrylic and spray paint on canvas

400 × 130 CM · 2022

SOLD

The artist seen from behind, spraying a large abstract canvas with pink, orange and black geometric forms in his studio

THE STUDIO · DUBAI

No face. The name does the talking.

The work is signed with a name, not a person. What the studio shows is the only thing that matters: a hand that has repeated the same movement for twenty-five years.

Every canvas keeps what the street taught — confidence, speed, and the discipline of not correcting.

FOR COLLECTORS

What you receive.

SIGNED AND CERTIFICATED

Every canvas ships with a signed certificate of authenticity.

STRETCHED AND READY TO HANG

Gallery-standard stretcher. Framing on request.

SHIPPED FROM DUBAI

Crated and insured worldwide. Customs handled.

VIEW BEFORE YOU BUY

Studio visits by appointment, in person or on video.

COMMISSIONS

Walls, on request.

MURAL

Hotels, retail, public space. Berlin, Dubai, worldwide.

INTERIOR

Large-format canvas built for a specific room.

BRAND

Live spraying, events, collaborations.

Press Kit stencil

PDF · 4.4 MB · EN · IMAGES, BIO, SELECTED WORKS

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