Pez (artist)

El Pez (Spanish for "fish") (born 1976) is a Spanish graffiti artist.[1][2][3]

El Pez
El Pez art in Barcelona
Born1976 (age 43–44)
Spain
Known forPainter, muralist, graffiti
Websiteel-pez.com

Background

Pez started painting in 1999 in his hometown Barcelona. Specifically, he got into street art writing his signature, which soon took the shape of a fish.[4] "Little by little his tags turned into the shape of a smiling blue fish, and he became a celebrity throughout Barcelona".[5]

In the early 2000s, Pez began to travel around Spain invited by graffiti contests and urban art exhibitions: Madrid, Pamplona, Las Palmas, Valencia, Bilbao, Sevilla. He was invited to show his work in art galleries: Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and Milan.

In 2006, he travelled to South America to paint in Caracas, Bogota and Lima. Some months after, Pez took part in the K-Swiss Tour, a brand that leads the Asian painting market. The K-Swiss Tour brought him to Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei.

His works appear in the best-known street art books: Street Logos, Art of Rebellion, Street Art, Bcn New York, and in specialized magazines and internet websites. His work also appears in documentaries such as: "Bomb It-The Movie", Muros Libres", Free Walls" and "A Primer on Urban Painting".

References
  1. Eyesonwalls.com
  2. Lowrider.com
  3. The Culture Trip
  4. Schacter, Rafael,. The world atlas of street art and graffiti. Fekner, John,. New Haven. ISBN 0-300-19942-2. OCLC 855740908.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Bou, Louis (2005-11-22). Street Art: The Spray Files. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-083338-1.

Further reading

Filmography


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