Stinkfish

Biography

Born in Mexico, but raised in Colombia, Stinkfish has been honing his skills on the streets of his hometown of Bogota since an early age. He first experimented with stencils in 2003 and has since perfected his own, unique style. His works, bursting with color, always have a stenciled portrait at their center. These portraits are taken from photos that the artist shoots during his travels around the world. They are faces that catch his eye, but not people he approaches or talks to. Found photographs - either discovered lying on the streets or bought at flea markets - are another source Stinkfish taps into. He fashions large-scale stencils based on these photographs, which are then amended by impromptu, colorful halos.

Defining his practice as graffiti, he expresses his ideas through murals, studio works, paste-ups, fanzines, and publications. When it comes to choosing the perfect wall and context for his work, Stinkfish prefers to seek locations that hold high traffic and have a strong visibility. The types of walls also have to be of specific form, texture, and condition. Stinkfish prefers to paint older walls, usually those that contain accidents, cracks, and moisture. These walls normally hold an interesting historical sight. Another very important factor involved is the integration of his work into a common neighborhood- the neighborhood where people live, not the city full of businesses and advertisements. The artist has painted murals in numerous countries like England, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Austria, Russia, USA, Mexico, Argentina and Columbia.