ORIGINALLY FROM SANDAKAN, SABAH, STREET ARTIST KENJI CHAI IS NOW. BASED IN KUALA LUMPUR WHERE HE’S HEADHUNTED BY THE BIGGEST NAMES TO DO WHAT HE DOES BEST. BRED ON MARVEL COMICS, GAMES AND CARTOONS LIKE STREET FIGHTER AND TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, THE EARLY DAYS SPENT RUMMAGING THROUGH THESE WORLDS OF IMAGINATION IS EVIDENT IN HIS ART. FAMED FOR HIS GRAFFITI AND MURALS BLASTED WITH EXPLOSIVE COLOURS AND POSITIVE VIBES, MIXED WITH HUMOUR AND MISCHIEF. HE TAGS MOST OF HIS WORK WITH CHAIGO, THE TURQUOISE DOG INSPIRED BY STRAYS WHO LIVE ON THE STREETS, AND TAPS INTO THE ANIMAL INSTINCT TO HUSTLE AND SURVIVE THE DAILY GRIND OF LIFE. HIS LATEST MISSION IS BRINGING NATURE TO THE CONCRETE JUNGLE, INFUSING LEAFS INTO MURALS TO CREATE AWARENESS ON ANIMAL EXTINCTION. BESIDES THAT, HE ADVOCATES A POSITIVE MINDSET, A NEVER GIVE UP ATTITUDE, BELIEVES IN TAKING ACTION AND STAYING FOCUSED. ART IS HIS FORM OF MEDITATION. “I LIVE TO PAINT, NOT PAINT TO LIVE.” THE CLIENTS HE’S BEEN COMMISSIONED TO WORK WITH LOCALLY INCLUDES TIGER, G-SHOCK, PUMA, GOLDEN SCREEN CINEMAS, NANDOS, JOHNNY WALKER, BMW, VANS, URBANSCAPES, REDBULL, CIMB, PETRONAS, WISMA GENTING, GEORGETOWN FESTIVAL, URBAN EXCHANGE AND PESTLE & MORTAR CLOTHING. WHEN IT’S NOT ABOUT WORK, KENJI’S STREET ART CAN BE SEEN HERE AND THERE, WHENEVER AND WHEREVER HE’S TRAVELLING SINGAPORE, THAILAND, VIETNAM, HONG KONG, MACAU, INDONESIA, KAZAKSTHAN, MADRID, PHILIPPINES, BRISBANE, CHINA AND MONGOLIA, JUST TO NAME A FEW.