Meet Lady Pink: "The first lady of graffiti" Lady Pink, "the first lady of graffiti," began painting on New York's subway cars in 1979, when she was 15 years old. She was one of the few women in an almost entirely male underworld. Now at the age of 50, she's been making a living with her art legally for several decades, declaring herself first and foremost "a businesswoman". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES