Mick La Rock

Mick La Rock (Aileen Esther Middel, Groningen, the Netherlands, 1970) started writing her name on walls at the age of 13.
She wrote her nickname “Mickey”, that was given to her by neighbors for always wearing a Mickey Mouse print on her shirts.

In 1985 she painted her first piece. These were the years that Hip Hop culture reached The Netherlands and the rest of West Europe. With passion Mick La Rock pioneered the culture in most of its elements, of which graffiti writing soon became her number one activity.
She became a legendary graffiti writer.

Mick La Rock lives and works in Amsterdam. Since 2001 her style developed beyond the style rules of graffiti. In 2005 she was admitted to the Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Fine Arts.

Today Mick la Rock works as a fine artist and muralist.