Niels Shoe Meulman is an internationally known graphic artist. He is born, raised and based in Amsterdam and began tagging "Shoe" in 1979. In the eighties he met New York artists like Dondi, Rammellzee, Haze, Quik and Keith Haring. He then formed the Crime Time Kings with Bando from Paris and Mode2 from London. Together they gave graffiti in Europe its own distinctive style. Shoe revolutionized the art of writing with Calligraffiti, an art form that fuses calligraphy and graffiti.