Maser interview: exploring the influences behind Ireland’s leading urban artist

Street Art exists in a tenuous paradigm of legality. Much like skateboarding, graffiti expression can be seen both as a crime and as an art subculture. Masers work creates a definitive transition from traditional street painting, beyond typography, into 3 dimensional geometric patterned environments. His work is inspired by Bridget Riley and Kevin Feeney but unique in its own right. This interview is intended to give an insight to his thought process, the points of transition, the limitations of commercial practice and the relative freedom of creative commissions. Maser studied Art and then Graphic Design in Dublin; he has collaborated with musicians, worked for social enterprises, and created a seminal installation at Limerick’s City of Culture in 2014, which became a watershed moment in his work. Since then, his geometric work has gone international and is now influencing designers in all mediums..