First mural in the Syrian border done!

“Mi Casa es tu Casa” (My house is your house) is a mural in collaboration with the kids from Za'Atari Village about respect, hospitality and sharing. Inside the circles of colour, children from Syria and Jordan drew pictures of what their house meant to them. The handshake represent generosity and gratitude between two different nations during this difficult time when sharing is crucial.

We are still waiting for the spraypaint so we have to work only with brushes, which takes a little bit longer. Funny and messy though, kids love it.

I’m just starting a second mural in Irbid, second largest city in Jordan. More photos soon.

Thanks to all the kids and people involved, AptArt, Unicef and Acted.

Just arrived to Jordan, brought by an initiative of AptArt through Acted and Unicef.
I will be one month here painting murals with guetto and refugee kids that just escaped from the Syrian hell. Keep you posted!

I should update this.

I recently got a commission for painting a mural in a brand new Spanish restaurant in Dubai, Salero.

Spanish food is great, I feel far from home, the restaurant looks great and they pay good, so why not.
I been locked for some days sketching and listening to my favorite flamenco songs while working in a proposal based in Flamenco music and Spanish lifestyle, since I feel very related with both. This main mural is a scene of a Soleá por Bulerías, one of the multiple kinds of flamenco music, where Soleares (Soleá, a sad type of song) and Bulerías (a happy, speedy and party type of song) are mixed. 
They say they loved my proposal, so we instantly set everything up to start as soon as possible. Since I was looking for a clean result I decided working with brush and acrylic paint instead of spray paint or marker. I hope you like it, Olé.

A good day at the park.
Collaboration with El Seed and 400 more other people who joined our workshop at The Archive Dubai.
One more public art piece in Dubai, oh yeah.
Photos by Elmer Magallanes

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A good thing about the workshops is that kids can become your assistants at the same time that they learn, so at the end of the day you don’t need to have a chaotic scenario made by hyperactive creatures.

My friend Edu just made this video of the opening day of The B Side artshow in Tashkeel. Check it out!

First look at my show The B Side in Tashkeel, Dubai.

We are ready for the party!

Opening of The B Side, my first international solo-show in Tashkeel, Dubai.

Thank you all for stopping by, that was just sick!!

The day has come! 
Can’t wait to show you all my work during this past year in Dubai.
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November 14th 7-10pm in Tashkeel. Hope to see you all!

Backside flip in Barcelona, a couple years back.
Photo by Roberto Alegría aka Ruper aka Rob Happiness

Progress of a 50 mini-screenprints edition.
100% handmade, different backgrounds, not two alike.
Available for my solo show, Nov 13th in Tashkeel, Dubai.

Just came across this review on the internet, great to see my graphic poppin out from the computer to the slopes…

CNN just posted an article about the scene in Dubai, of course we are talking about street art, so we need a non-sense reference to Banksy.
Read it here

Someone in somewhere

Getting ready for Nov 13th.

Urban Bistro is one of those places hard to find in Dubai where you can have an amazing breakfast, read a book, meet you friends or send some emails feeling like you’re at home. They are good people.

They invited me to paint their ceiling, I’ve never did that before so I say “Sure, no problem” right before start thinking how the hell I was going to do it.

I’ve used a scaffolding, 8 or 9 big white markers, good music and the occasional support of Ahmed, the security guy and his crazy pakistani distort songs from his guetto phone, thanks homie.

Freehand, no sketches.

Those good things at Middle East #7