Futura 2000 is an American graffiti artist. He started to paint illegally on New York's subway in the early seventies, working with other artists such as ALI. In the early eighties he showed with Patti Astor at the Fun Gallery, along with Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Hambleton and Kenny Scharf. Futura began painting "legally" as the live on-stage backdrop painter for British punk rock band The Clash's 1981 European tour. More recently, he is a successful graphic designer and gallery artist. One of the most distinctive features of Futura's work is his abstract approach to graffiti art. While the primary focus, during the 1980s, of the majority of graffiti artists was lettering, Futura pioneered abstract street art, which has since become more popular. Conversely, his aerosol strokes are regarded as different from those of his peers, as they are as thin as the fine lines achieved only through the use of an airbrush.

Futura 2000, né Lenny McGurr, (1955 à Brooklyn, New York) est un « graffiti-artist » américain.

"Futura 2000" Es un diseñador y artista de Nueva York, que en sus comienzos fue uno de los artistas de graffiti más conocidos. Su estilo se caracteriza por ser uno de los primeros en realizar Graffiti bajo una estetica de Pintura Abstracta más allá de la realización de letras, creando diseños futuristas y de inspitación espacial combinado pintura difuminada de diferentes colores con trazos finos y rápidos.