Pat Ngoho

Pat Ngoho (pronounced [noh-hoh] ) is a living California artist who came of age in an area of West Los Angeles known as Dogtown.As a youth, Ngoho rode his skateboard and associated with the notorious Z-Boy gang. He is a life-long skateboarder and surfer and expressesthis California cult and culture based aesthetic through his art works.

His work, stye and genre cover a wide range; from expressionistic skate / surf evidence that harken domestic and international, surfing andskate haunts to strong robust non-objective abstract pieces that blend a multitude of influences from historic to cyber funk. Ngoho studied art at Loyola Marymount University (LMU).

References

* [http://www.411vm.com/skaters/Pat_Ngoho/1230/ 411VM profile]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYxsTmCX388 Video / Wellington NZ]
* [http://www.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=3&Itemid=40&clipid=267&category=P-Stone&frontpage=1 Thrasher Magazine feature]
* [http://www.photographie.com/?evtid=115437&secid=2&lang1=en L.A. Fire]
* [http://www.bourgoin.name/actualites.html L.A. Fire]