About Me

Born in Los Angeles and raised by a single mom. Alex Maldonado changed schools like people in LA change cars: three different elementary schools, four junior highs and two high schools. To help cope with this nomadic lifestyle he escaped into his art, freeing his imagination and killing time until mom got home. Graffiti art was a big influence and spent years practicing the complex technique of urban hieroglyphics. As his art developed, the world of traditional tattooing and kustom kulture gave him a new impetus and encouragement to design tattoos for guys in the auto shop class. Today Alex finds himself creating more than just a few tattoo designs for the guys in the shop, now he finds himself designing the shirts on their backs as the chief designer for the famous SO-CAL Speed Shop. Alex is responsible for some of SO-CAL Speed shops coolest logos worn by young and old hot rodders around the world. Naming Basquiat, Goya and Seen as influences, Alex has developed his urban art to create worlds as diverse as the cities he grew in.