Phat1 is Bud Charles, a founding member & president of world championship-winning crew TMD (The Most Dedicated). TMD is a collective of creative individuals who push artistic boundaries and have been global leaders in the urban contemporary art field over the past 20 years. Charles’ personal accolades include winning the 2015 World Ono'u Graffiti Festival in Tahiti. He is one of only three New Zealand artists to be fully sponsored by Ironlak Spray Paint, traveling the world painting as team member and even securing a Guinness World Record for longest graffiti scroll achievement in Dubai, 2014. Much of the art Charles creates is intended to be a visual story connecting the people with the land and its stories. With a passion for Māori heritage, Charles presents modern interpretations of cultural design and native birdlife in an urban context. In his downtown mural, Phat1 pays. Homage to all of the American graffiti artists who inspired a world-wide street art movement. Do you recognize the tags of any of these world-renowned artists?