David Villorente, better known as Chino BYI, is an American old-school graffiti artist and historian of classic graffiti who is based in Brooklyn, New York.
He is well-known for his letter designs and is referred to as a legend in the Brooklyn graffiti scene.
[1][2] He was part of the Brooklyn based graffiti crew Beyond Your Imagination (BYI), which was active from the mid-1980s to the late 1980s and included membership by TRIM, ATCO, TRECH, CHINO, TRACK aka TE KAY, SCOTCH 79 aka KEO, SAST and others.
[4] He participated in painting murals for the Nike NYC Garage in 2018[5][6] among other events.
[7][8][9][10] For over a decade Chino was the editor of The Source magazine's graffiti section.