Peter Paid MSD

Peter "Paid" Levine is a Brooklyn, New York born and raised artist, with deep roots in hand-lettering, sign painting, 1980’s subway graffiti and DJing. While attending New York City’s prestigious schools at the height of the subway graffiti era, Paid was immersed in 80’s underground culture, and the early stages of cultivating his craft began. From writing graffiti, album cover design, logo creation, owning and operating a commercial sign shop in Brooklyn, New York, to working as a letterer for the NYC Department of Transportation. While at DOT, Paid designed and fabricated highway signs and street signs, for the five boroughs, and for a decade, hand-painted world renowned iconic murals. In 2020, Peter Paid was a selected artist commissioned as a contributing artist for New York Magazine's "I Am A Voter" campaign. With his "I Voted" artwork featured on the magazine's cover for the October, 26th 2020 issue, and stickers distributed throughout New York.