I’m working my ass off to have 3 new pieces ready for Art Dubai, so please come along to Tashkeel booth at Art Dubai from 19-22 March, stand A6.

See you there my friends!

Paco de Lucía era único. Aunque sólo le ví una vez en vivo y nunca le conociese en persona puedo decir que le sentía como a alguien cercano. Quizá sea porque su música me ha acompañado en momentos muy personales, ha sido la banda sonora de mi trabajo en muchas ocasiones, y creo que sabía entender en momentos lo que él quería transmitir con su guitarra. Quizá por eso siento que tenía cierta comunicación con él.

Paco nadó contracorriente, al igual que lo hizo Camarón o Sabicas, peleando con los flamencos más conservadores (aunque ya dominase a la perfección todos los palos flamencos) con el objetivo de abrir el flamenco hacia nuevos horizontes creativos, incluyendo nuevos instrumentos y técnicas que en su día fueron tomadas casi como blasfemias. Hoy, gracias a su visión, personalidad y técnica, está en ese sitio donde pocos músicos tienen la suerte de estar.
Llámalo mejor guitarrista del mundo, llámalo una persona que transmitía cómo pocos mediante su toque. Aquí queda su legado.

Gracias por tantos momentos, descansa en paz jefazo y pásalo bien con Camarón y Morente ahí arriba.

On my last day in Jordan, we went to the Za'atari refugee camp to paint this quick mural with Herakut, my next-to-last wall during this trip.

Za'atari camp is the second largest refugee camp in the world, with around 120.000 refugees and counting. Most of them kids.
Last week we also pimped wheel barrels with them, the same they use to work for their famiiles.

Million thanks to AptArt, Acted, Echo and Unicef for making this possible. It has been totally amazing.

Much love to all the crew: Sam, Leah, Luc, Jon, Jasmin, Falk, Bahaa, Rozan, Fayez, Mickey, Giorgio and many  more. Hope to see you guys again.

Some photos stolen from Akut.

We came across this family while looking for walls in the Syrian border, close to Za'atari refugee camp.
I totally fell in love with them, they didn’t stop joking and laughing their ass off for a second, so we decided to spend the day with them. We played a lot, we had tea and coffee and also we painted their half-destroyed house with the help of the kids.

Friendship has no landmarks.

Ajloon is a beautiful beige city in the north of Jordan, not too far from the Syrian border. There’s plastic bags and garbage everywhere, like in the rest of Jordan, but it’s nice.
Sometimes there’s beef between Jordanians and Syrians, but they generally get along with each other, building strong and interesting links. After seeing a few of this relationships, and also mines with Jordanians, Syrians and worldwide people during this trip I came out with this design. Khalas. 

Life comes from a water drop. Mafraq, North Jordan.
Hygiene is a big issue in kids over here, through murals like this one we explain to the kids the importance of having good hygiene habits and saving water as they get involved in the painting.

Books can take you everywhere
Irbid, North Jordan.

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