Futura 2000

American graffiti artist/painter, illustrator and graphic designer of record sleeves, born 17 November 1955 in New York City, NY, USA. He started to paint illegally on New York's subway in the early 1970s. Then he began painting "legally" as the live on-stage backdrop painter for The Clash's 1981 European tour. More recently, he is a gallery artist and graphic designer for his own clothing label, Futura Laboratories, with a store located in Fukuoka, Japan. A Futura 2000 artwork can be assembled from the back of five record sleeves.