[3] In 1974, he started showing his art publicly, later exhibiting paintings and drawings alongside friends Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat in the 1980s.
As part of the seminal New York City collective “The Soul Artists”, Haze was one of the original pioneers to bring graffiti above ground into the mainstream and the first graffiti artist to brand his tag as a logo, creating one of the first street wear clothing companies to rise out of the hip hop era.
[5] In 1985, Haze graduated with honors from School of Visual Arts in NYC with a degree in graphic design.
In 1986, he set up a design studio and due to his unique positioning of coming out of the hip-hop era, began establishing clientele and relationships within that market and community.
Haze has since presented solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Paris and Tokyo.