UV: Are you an East Bay native? If not, where did you come from and what drew you here?
SK: I was born on the island of Maui in 1979A.D. I lived there 'til I was six and moved to Indiana (Chicagoland area) with my mom. I lived there until I was 18 and decided to move to California in order to escape the harsh weather and to skateboard as frequently as possible.

UV: What were you thinking when you made this cover piece?
SK: I guess I was mostly concentrating on perspective. Since I usually don't have access to color facilities I usually do most of my editing within the camera. I happened to be working at a photolab at the time and had the ability to tweak this one out.

UV: What are your top five favorite publications (Urbanview excluded, of course, because we konw you love Urbanview)?
SK: Vice Magazine, Slap (skateboarding), Aperture, The Wire, Concussion (skateboarding).

UV: Who are three Bay Area artists that inspire you?
SK: I am inspired by my friends. A lot of the people that I work with at Amoeba are artists and I'm inspired by them. Margaret Kilgallen (R.I.P) and Andy Shoultz (graffiti artist,ill-astrator), both of which have stuff up at the Clarion Alley in the Mission. My friend Kindle has been really influential for me. I'm not going to even try to spell his last name.

UV: What is your definition of bad art?
SK: Billboards. I think a lot of advertisements are bad art. In fact most of them make me sick! I'm so tired of car commercials trying to be hip. I'm tired of artists capitalizing off of companies that are destroying the earth.