Miki-Mike 665
Miki-Mike 665 (b. 1986) was born in Norilsk, Russia, and grew up in Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine, where he co-founded the informal artistic group 665 (sixsixfive), which is still active today. Miki-Mike 665 graduated in history and worked as a school teacher for several years. He started his artistic career with video art and short films; later he began to do illustrations and to create comics, art books and zines. Since the age of 25, Miki-Mike 665 has also been doing street art with a focus on the “visual anthropology of street folklore”. He created graffiti in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Greece, Italy, Austria, Serbia, and Montenegro. He is the author of the comics and zines Industrial Children 1-2, Monologue with the State, Paper Tinder, Surzhik Alphabet, Antistress Coloring Book. Ukrainian, and If You Feel Ashamed You Are a Good Person.
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