JK5, aka Joseph Ari Aloi, is an artist, designer, writer, and tattoo artist. Aloi opened a tattoo studio, expanding his signature styles and approaches to lettering and graphics into work in many mediums. He has collaborated with such companies as Nike, Kidrobot, and Wieden + Kennedy, and his work has been exhibited through Deitch Projects, Alife NYC, and other galleries worldwide.
-Melt into a radical sea of calligraphy and geometry with Joseph Ari Aloi AKA JK5. In this book, there are some sketches no larger than an index card, that feature everything from a micro-world of psychedelic patterns to an abyss of wordplay hidden behind vulvas in all the colors of the rainbow.- -Inked Life -Joseph Ari Aloi Aka Jk5: Sketches Tattoos Drawings Paintings & Objects collects pages from the notebooks along with finished fine art pieces, fashion objects, plastic vinyl toys, scratch cards and everything in between.- -Coolhunting.com -Dipping into this first monography by Joseph Ari Aloi is like finding a glyphed-up notebook by the best artist in your high school. Your eyes devour it before you give it back and say -Hey man, could you draw one of those for me?- This book captures Mr. Aloi's fire, sure line and his love of, well, everything.- -New York Times Melt into a radical sea of calligraphy and geometry with Joseph Ari Aloi AKA JK5. In this book, there are some sketches no larger than an index card, that feature everything from a micro-world of psychedelic patterns to an abyss of wordplay hidden behind vulvas in all the colors of the rainbow. - Inked Life Joseph Ari Aloi Aka Jk5: Sketches Tattoos Drawings Paintings & Objects collects pages from the notebooks along with finished fine art pieces, fashion objects, plastic vinyl toys, scratch cards and everything in between. -Coolhunting.com Dipping into this first monography by Joseph Ari Aloi is like finding a glyphed-up notebook by the best artist in your high school. Your eyes devour it before you give it back and say Hey man, could you draw one of those for me? This book captures Mr. Aloi's fire, sure line and his love of, well, everything. -New York Times