Michel Steers

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Michel Steers, born in 1989 in Amsterdam and raised in Amsterdam Zuidoost Holendrecht, came into contact with the flourishing Amsterdam graffiti scene in the 1990’s, especially in the Bijlmer and the city itself. Michel Steers is founder and CEO of Graffitifun Europe BV, the biggest graffiti company in Europe and specialized in exclusive graffiti workshops!

## History of Graffitifun

The Graffitifun company was founded in the rough and infamous streets of Amsterdam South East, run by Michel Steers and is a real game changer in the graffiti world with commercial assignments
In this scene. The company has been around since 2000 and, together with the countless artists in the team, it is committed to youth, art formation and improving the image of graffiti. The company was founded out of passion and love for graffiti art.

## Biggest graffiti company in Europe

Graffitifun has been known in the graffiti and street art scene for over 20 years and has now developed into the largest graffiti provider in Europe. By Graffitifun works more than 40 artists throughout the Netherlands and internationally. They are also successful in giving graffiti workshops and creating graffiti murals, portraits and 3D street paintings on behalf of their customers. What they want to convey is that graffiti is an art form and that the artists are therefore real artists. There are also legal graffiti locations in Amsterdam and Utrecht, known as the Graffitifun Hall of Fame.
Various news sites have previously written an article about the team, which can be read on Duic Utrecht, news, Autorai and VKMAG, among others. And an interview as a guest at Amsterdam XXXLTV in Amsterdam. Also broadcast several times on Dutch television RTL4, SBS6 and Videoland.

Graffitifun has capacity for approximately 2.000 participants per day, spread across various locations and teams and works throughout Europe in cities such as Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Antwerp and Milan.

## Aerosol graffiti spraycan private label

Graffitifun now also has its own merchandise. In addition to hoodies, sweatpants, bags, beanies and woodwork, they also have their own aerosol label from Milan. For this label, spray cans were specially produced in Italy in collaboration with Dominopaint with color codes with (well-known) graffiti artists in the scene, such as Mickey (Mick La Rock), Donovan Spaanstra, CBS, Sket, Zender, OMB, OBG, IMP, Rasa , Beaps and more.

## Media and the government

You also see graffiti more and more often in television programs and at well-known large companies. Companies and big names such as ABN AMRO, ING, Funda, Joop vd Ende, van der Valk, Lego, Heineken and Unicef are increasingly recognizing the value of graffiti and are following workshops at companies such as Graffitifun, among other things to promote the creativity of their own employees. and create unique and creative team building.

In 2022, the Dutch government also embraces graffiti. An example of this is the Blankenburg tunnel, which is given a temporary (feminine) name by two schools from Spijkenisse and Schiedam on behalf of Rijkswaterstaat (RWS). Graffiti is the preferred art form in and on the tunnel. Graffitifun was allowed to carry out this. These works of art were unveiled by the minister in the Algemeen Dagblad (AD).

## Owner Tech Engineers

Michel Steers graduated cum laude from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences in construction engineering in 2011 and is also the owner of engineering firm Tech-Engineers. Tech-engineers is the engineering firm that provides smart and sustainable solutions in the field of construction and facade construction and works on various construction projects throughout the country.

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