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Asad "ULTRA" Walker is a well-known street artist who has been actively painting since 1982 and in 2011 is still considered by DC Metropolitan Police to be "a major player in DC's tagging/graffiti subculture". Walker has shown his studio work in solo and group shows in the Smithsonian and private galleries. He is featured in the books "Free Agents, A History of Washington, DC Graffiti" and "The History of American Graffiti" and has appeared in the documentary films "Chocolate City Burning" and the upcoming "The Legend of Cool 'Disco' Dan".

First tagging in go-go style, Washington DC's native form of graffiti, under the alias of "HOBO", Walker became DC's first NYC-style graffiti writer with the moniker "RAGE". In 1983, he founded Krazy Graf Brothers (KGB), Washington DC's first graffiti crew. Walker eventually relocated to New York City in 1985.

Returning to DC in the early 90's, Asad Walker began writing graffiti as "ULTRA" and took back over the leadership of KGB. He added to the crew's roster many heavyweights of DC's graffiti scene, including CAST, CRAM, HALO, DJ OSO FRESH and COOL "DISCO" DAN. At this time, KGB crew became notorious for aggressively "bombing" DC streets and for a campaign of painting police vehicles. In 1998, Asad Walker was sentenced to 5 years in Lorton for crimes unrelated to graffiti.

He is a member of the public art collective Albus Cavus.

He was lead artist on the "seasons in the city" mural in 2009 and "changing gears" mural in 2010 for MuralsDC.

He was arrested in July 2011 and charged with allegedly painting the moniker "MAR5".

He has done many gallery shows in Washington, DC and elsewhere across the U.S.

In one review by The Washington Post, Walker was called "a graffiti painter whose work demonstrates the versatility and sophistication of the aerosol medium..." by Michael O'Sullivan of The washington Post.