A Bad Day for Utah

Apparently, UTAH, one of New York City’s prominent graffiti writers, and arguably the most prominent female graffiti writer in the United States was arrested Tuesday night in Chicago at the airport upon returning from a 3 month long graffiti tour of 10 European Countries.

This is bad news for Utah, She and her boyfriend who tags “Ether,” are facing criminal prosecution in New York City for an estimated $100,000 in damages to city transit stations. The Country of France, and possibly many cities, both American and international are likely to seek prosecution for graffiti vandalism as well.

Being from Utah, I noticed her tag almost immediately in New York City because it seemed to be on nearly every block, tagged doorway, bathroom stall, phone booth and moving trucks, basically anywhere that there was graffiti there was a Utah tag.

There is an article about her arrest from Newsday.com and Gothamist. Also check out My “Graffiti By Utah.” and a previous post I did a few months ago about her work. I wish her the best of luck in the defense of her prosecution, and am personally saddened to see her streak come to an end, all I can say is STAY UP UTAH!

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