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9 key works, 54 websites, 5 books, 8 auction houses, 18 video searches, 12 social links about Lady Pink · updated 16 October 2026

Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara, born 1964 in Ambato, Ecuador) grew up in Queens and started writing graffiti in 1979. From 1979 to 1985 she painted New York subway trains, one of very few women in the scene, and played Rose in the 1982 hip-hop film Wild Style. She is often called the first lady of graffiti and later built a career as a painter and muralist.

This page collects her official website, walls you can still see from Queens to Berlin, Kyiv and Cuenca, recent shows such as Miss Subway NYC in London, museum pages from the Whitney to the Brooklyn Museum, galleries selling her paintings and prints, auction searches, videos, books and the artists she painted with.

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Lady Pink at a glance

Born
1964, Ambato, Ecuador
Real name
Sandra Fabara
Based
Astoria, Queens from age seven; today the countryside north of New York City
Active
Since 1979; subway trains 1979–1985
Crews
Ladies of the Arts (founded 1980), TC5 (The Cool 5), TPA (The Public Animals)
Known for
Subway trains, the role of Rose in Wild Style (1982), feminist murals and paintings
Signature motifs
Women and female figures, brick figures, New York trains and skylines, her PINK lettering
Collections
Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of the City of New York; she also names the Met, MoMA and the MFA Boston
Collaborations
Jenny Holzer (from about 1982), Louis Vuitton, Supreme, Lancôme
Partner
Graffiti artist SMITH (Roger Smith)

Life of Lady Pink

  1. 1964Born Sandra Fabara in Ambato, Ecuador. Her father is an architect, and she first wants to follow him.
  2. 1971Moves with her family to Astoria, Queens, at the age of seven.
  3. 1979Starts writing graffiti after losing a boyfriend and attends the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan. SEEN) gives her the name Pink; she later adds Lady.
  4. 1980Founds the all-female crew Ladies of the Arts and shows in GAS: Graffiti Art Success at Fashion Moda in the Bronx.
  5. 1981–82Paints the John Lennon and Beatles train with Iz the Wiz, plays Rose in Wild Style and paints The Death of Graffiti (#works).
  6. 1982–84Meets Jenny Holzer and paints a series of canvases with her texts; appears in the book Subway Art (1984) (#books).
  7. 1985Stops painting subway trains and, at 21, has her first solo show, Femmes Fatales, at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia.
  8. 1993–97Paints freight trains with her husband SMITH.
  9. 2014Her 5Pointz mural Pink (2007) is destroyed with the building; in 2018 a court awards damages to 45 artists under the Visual Artists Rights Act.
  10. 2023–26Murals for Jenny Holzer's K21 show in Düsseldorf, the Urban Nation facade in Berlin and Foundations at MoMA PS1; solo show Miss Subway NYC in London (2025) (#exhibitions).

Key works by Lady Pink

From a 1981 Beatles tribute train to the 2025 Foundations mural at MoMA PS1: these works trace her path from the subway yards to museum walls.

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Lady Pink websites

Start with her own website, which shows her canvases, murals and train pieces and lists her press and events. Wikipedia in English and Spanish gives the short version.

Lady Pink in public space – murals & sculptures

Her early subway pieces are gone and 5Pointz was demolished, but newer walls survive in Queens, upstate New York, Berlin, Kyiv and Cuenca. Many of her murals are made with teens or local artists, so look for the co-painters in each entry.

Lady Pink exhibitions

Her most recent solo show was Miss Subway NYC in London (2025), with a full-size subway station rebuilt inside the gallery. Earlier highlights include Graffiti HerStory at the Museum of Graffiti in Miami (2021) and Evolution at Woodward Gallery (2011).

Lady Pink in museums

The Whitney and the Brooklyn Museum have online pages for her; the Museum of the City of New York holds The Death of Graffiti. MoMA PS1, Urban Nation in Berlin and MASS MoCA have commissioned large murals from her.

Where to buy Lady Pink – galleries

Woodward Gallery in New York and D'Stassi Art in London show her work, and prints turn up at Gallery 98, RoGallery and on Artsy. Ask for the edition, signature and a certificate when buying.

Lady Pink blogs & articles

Interviews and features explain her start on the trains, what it meant to be a woman in the scene and her later work, from NPR in 2006 to Hyperallergic and Huck in 2025.

Lady Pink auction results

Her canvases appear at auction less often than those of male peers from the same era; Sotheby's offered a 1985 train painting in 2021. Compare works from the same decade and check whether a price includes the buyer's premium.

Lady Pink on YouTube: documentaries, interviews & tutorials

Wild Style and Style Wars show the scene she came from; newer clips show her painting murals and talking about women in graffiti. Some YouTube results for her name are about the singer Pink, so add the word graffiti.

Lady Pink on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest & Flickr

Her Instagram, YouTube and TikTok accounts, plus the hashtag and search pages on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Flickr with photos of her walls and shows.

Lady Pink originals, prints & collectibles on eBay

On eBay look for her prints, signed items, the Louis Vuitton pieces and books and films she appears in. Many listings named Lady Pink are unrelated products, so filter by art.

Books about Lady Pink

Subway Art put her trains in front of a worldwide audience in 1984; Graffiti Women and City as Canvas place her in the wider history.

Lady Pink came up with the first generation of New York subway writers and has kept working with them and with artists outside graffiti, above all Jenny Holzer.

Questions about Lady Pink

Who is Lady Pink?

Lady Pink is Sandra Fabara, a graffiti artist and muralist born in Ambato, Ecuador, in 1964 and raised in Queens. She painted New York subway trains from 1979 to 1985 as one of very few women in the scene, starred in Wild Style and later became a painter and muralist.

Why is she called the first lady of graffiti?

She was one of the earliest and most visible women painting New York subway trains in the early 1980s, competing in a scene that was almost all male. She has used her work to speak for women ever since.

How did Lady Pink get her name?

The writer SEEN gave her the name Pink. She later added Lady, out of a love of historical romance, Victorian England and aristocratic titles.

Which museums have works by Lady Pink?

Her work is in the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum (The Black Dude, 1983) and the Museum of the City of New York (The Death of Graffiti, 1982). She and her galleries also name the Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, the MFA Boston and the Groninger Museum.

Where can I see Lady Pink murals?

Murals are recorded in Astoria, Queens, at MoMA PS1, in Kingston and Rosendale, New York, in Braddock near Pittsburgh, on the Urban Nation museum in Berlin, in Kyiv and in Cuenca, Ecuador. Check the map links before you go, as walls change.

Are there Lady Pink exhibitions in 2026?

In June 2026 she painted a mural with Graffiti Camp for Girls on Clarion Alley in San Francisco, and her Foundations mural was on view at MoMA PS1 until spring 2026. Her last solo show was Miss Subway NYC in London in 2025; check her events page for new dates.

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