A new wall in San Francisco by the graffiti artists Apex and Atoms.

For this week’s Painting of the Week here’s a wall in San Francisco by the graffiti artist Apex.

The graffiti artist Apex has put together an animated gif of him painting his hand style.

5th Annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle in Oakland and San Francisco, CA 2012. The USA’s only national Writing competition! The four-day long festival is comprised of The Can Film Fest, Pecha Kucha slideshow featuring all women in Art in Public, gallery opening at SMSHBX Gallery, and culminating in the National Finals in de Fremery Park (Little Bobby Hutton Park), Oakland, CA.

Judges: Vogue TDK, Rime MSK, Apex BA
Artists in battle: Vyal One, 2011 defending champ, Katch, Ckaweeks, Woier, Camer, Bieste, Bounce, Satyr, Pride, Level, Meres, Doves, Cyfi, Hops, Swype, Amend, Romali, Crete85, Kyros, Wesk

For more info or to see how you can support, go to estria.org or estriabattle.com.

Watch as the San Francisco graffiti artist Apex demonstrates his hand style using MTN94 Fluorescence colors under black light.

Here’s a video interview with the San Francisco graffiti artist Apex from the past Art Basel event in Miami.

Apex has also launched his new website. Check it out here.

The graffiti artists Mike Giant and Apex teamed up to paint a large wall in San Francisco.

The San Francisco-based graffiti artist Apex puts the MTN94 fluorescent colors to the test. Watch as Apex paints a new wall using six of the MTN94 fluorescent colored cans.

The Infamous magazine caught up with the San Francisco graffiti artist, Apex to do an interview. In the video interview Apex talks about various crews he’s been in and talks about the graffiti culture in San Francisco when he first started.

The San Francisco graffiti artist Apex has started up a new blog. Check it out here.