page_title: Sanki King
section_title: Graffiti
hierarchical_section_title: Sanki King / Career / Graffiti
caption_attribution_description: English: "Remember me" banner.
context_page_description: Abdullah Ahmed Khan professionally known as Sanki or Sanki King is a Pakistani graffiti, calligraffiti and street artist, occasionally painting live as part of his exhibits, and collaborating with fashion designers featuring his artwork. He has also works in sneaker art, sticker art, b-boying and parkour in Pakistan.
context_section_description: Sanki did "live graffiti art" for the first time in Pakistan in July 2012 and in the same month launched his Sticker Art Movement through designs which feature Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. In December 2012, he was chosen as the judge for a nationwide graffiti competition spread across seven cities. Some of his well-known works include Love Karachi on a bus and another, titled Flying Kiss which he painted outside the Arts Council of Pakistan in 2013. He painted the tallest graffiti in Pakistan in 2014 at the Valika Cricket Ground, University of Karachi. His creations can be seen in the areas Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Zamzama and Clifton outside the Sanat Gallery, painted at the opening of his very first solo exhibition, "You should know him by now", on the 4th of June 2016.
  King is the only Pakistani artist to have been invited to graffiti crews Beyond Mankind Krew (BMK, founded 1991, Queens, New York City) and Experienced Vandals (Ex-Vandals, founded 1979, Brooklyn). Ex-Vandals is one of the first graffiti crews in the world. Sanki's work is featured in Nicholas Ganz’s book, Street Messages, published in April 2015. In 2017, he collaborated with Mumbai-based artist Zeenat Kulavoor for Urdu calligraphic conversation project Pehle Aap. He also participated in Karachi Biennale 2017 with his work Mind Palace.
caption: First art sticker created by Sanki King which features the founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah
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