# Jason Wulf

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{{short description|American graffiti artist}}
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| honorific_suffix = MSD NWC
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| birth_name       = Jason Wulf
| birth_date       = {{Birth based on age at death|42|2014|07|02}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harshbarger |first1=Rebecca |title=Graffiti legend dies in subway third-rail electrocution |url=https://nypost.com/2014/07/05/graffiti-legend-dies-in-subway-third-rail-electrocution/ |work=New York Post |date=5 July 2014}}</ref>
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| death_place      = [25th Street station](/source/25th_Street_station_(BMT_Fourth_Avenue_Line)), [Sunset Park](/source/Sunset_Park%2C_Brooklyn)
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'''Jason Wulf''' (known by the tag '''DG''' or '''DGOne'''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yakas |first1=Ben |title=Graffiti Artist Electrocuted By Third Rail In Brooklyn |url=https://gothamist.com/news/graffiti-artist-electrocuted-by-third-rail-in-brooklyn |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Gothamist |date=5 July 2014 |language=en}}</ref>) was a [Queens](/source/Queens%2C_NYC) based [graffiti](/source/graffiti) artist. He worked as a carpenter and sign painter.{{r|Mueller}}

==Life==
Wulf started doing graffiti in 1985, making images of cartoons as well as tagging.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turco |first1=Bucky |title=Epic Graffiti Production Will Inspire Vandals, Cartoon Fans |url=http://animalnewyork.com/2012/epic-graffiti-production-will-inspire-vandals-cartoon-fans/ |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=ANIMAL |date=16 October 2012}}</ref> Later in his career, he began selling [commercial graffiti](/source/commercial_graffiti) through art galleries. He was the founder of a graffiti [crew](/source/Glossary_of_graffiti) known as "New Wave Crew"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harshbarger |first1=Rebecca |title=Graffiti legend dies in subway third-rail electrocution |url=https://nypost.com/2014/07/05/graffiti-legend-dies-in-subway-third-rail-electrocution/ |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=New York Post |date=5 July 2014}}</ref> and a member of "Mad Subway Demons".<ref>{{cite web |title=CBK, TF, MSD Crews @ 149st |url=https://at149st.com/cbk.html |website=at149st.com |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref> Wulf continued to graffiti during the MTA's [Clean Train Movement era](/source/Graffiti_in_New_York_City), when tagged cars were constantly being removed from service, and he was arrested 13 times.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Eli |title=Friends, family hold fundraiser for graffiti artist Jason Wulf's headstone |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/friends-raise-money-graffiti-legend-headstone-article-1.2014111 |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=nydailynews.com}}</ref> 

==Death==
Wulf died in 2014, while crossing the tracks at the 25th subway station in [Sunset Park](/source/Sunset_Park%2C_Brooklyn).<ref name=Mueller>It's unknown why he was crossing the tracks at the time of his death. {{cite news |last1=Mueller |first1=Benjamin |title=A Graffiti Titan With New York City Cred Is Remembered (Published 2014) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/nyregion/a-graffiti-titan-with-new-york-city-cred-is-remembered.html |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=8 July 2014}}</ref> To commemorate him, graffiti artists tagged walls and made murals across New York.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turco |first1=Bucky |title=Tributes to Graffiti Great DG Spring Up All Over the World |url=http://animalnewyork.com/2014/tributes-graffiti-great-dg-spring-world/ |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=ANIMAL |date=8 July 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of graffiti and street-art injuries and deaths](/source/List_of_graffiti_and_street-art_injuries_and_deaths)
* [Graffiti in New York City](/source/Graffiti_in_New_York_City)

==External links==
* [https://vimeo.com/179516530 ''Pro Bono: Protecting Art, Sealing Legacies – The Story of Jason Wulf'']
* [https://vimeo.com/30391187 Wulf painting a canvas]
* [https://dgone.wordpress.com/ Wulf's blog with his work]

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