Kevin “AGRO” Pollack
- Anna Lilli Garai
- Sep 26
- 2 min read
Kevin “AGRO” Pollack is a Berlin-based artist working with spray paint, layered textures, and a visual language shaped by graffiti and hip hop. His paintings are fast-paced and dense, built from repetition, sharp edges, and compressed rhythms. He often works in a state of high intensity, drawing from personal experiences like living with ADHD or raising a young child, where focus and noise constantly overlap. Works such as "PUSH" and "I Couldn’t Explain" reflect this pressure, balancing movement and constraint without losing clarity. Structure is always present, but never still.
Q: You started in graffiti and hip hop culture. How do those roots still drive the way you paint today?
A: Graffiti taught me scale and respect for the surface, while black books gave me structure and planning. Hip hop and breakdancing gave me rhythm, discipline, and a battle ready mentality. That energy still drives my process, keeping the work sharp, structured, and alive. Spray paint remains the tool I feel most natural with, in both application and outcome.
Q: Parenthood is central in your story. How has being a father influenced the energy in your paintings?
A: Traveling weekly to stay present in my son’s life has tightened everything about my process. Less time means more focus and no wasted moves. The work carries that urgency, reflecting both the struggles and the commitment behind each decision. At the core it is about love and responsibility, the fuel for every piece I make.
Q: In "I Couldn’t Explain" you show layers colliding. How does ADHD feed that sense of movement in your work?
A: My ADHD is hyperactive type. Ideas spark fast, jumping toward the end point with multiple paths firing at once.
The spiral in "I Couldn’t Explain" pushes forward and collides with layered planes, capturing that rush of movement. The painting holds the energy of impulses connecting under pressure.
Q: "PUSH" deals with struggle and progress. When you look at it now, what challenge does it remind you of most?
A: "PUSH" came from a time of overlapping challenges: travel, legal strain, financial pressure, and the shift from corporate work to building a new path as an artist. The forms breaking out of the box capture that act of explosion, the push forward against resistance. It reminds me that progress is momentum, built step by step, even when outcomes are not yet clear.
Q: "Worlds Collide" reflects the friction of city life. What do you find most inspiring about that clash of realities?
A: I’m inspired by how different cultures find ways to thrive in city environments, each adding to the larger flow. Even within the same subculture, styles shift from city to city, once tied to neighborhood and crew before the internet blurred those lines. That difference is energy, and discovery is the reward. "Worlds Collide" is about that friction, connection, and surprise.
