El Bocho
El Bocho (* 1978 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German street art and graffiti artist. He keeps his identity a secret. The artist lives and works in Berlin .
Life
El Bocho studied graphic design and then worked professionally with typography and poster art . A few years ago he moved from Frankfurt am Main to Berlin. Since 1996 he has been working anonymously in the graffiti and street art area in public spaces . His works can be found all over the world, but especially in his adopted city of Berlin.
The artist works with canvas, chalk, illustration , installation , posters, paste-ups , stencils , stickers, tape art , tiles, photography and videos. However, there is a focus on paste-ups.
Works
He uses as a stylistic elements Characters . The figures are always the same. Little Lucy and her cat, taken from the Czech series Luzie, the horror of the street from the 1970s. Lucy maltreats her cat, but it survives all murder attempts. He developed this variant of the series himself. It shows his black humor.
Kalle and Bernd , two talking surveillance cameras that observe and comment critically, can often be found in Berlin.
Tina Berlina . In 2014 he developed Tina Berlina. She gives the tourists tips.
His romantic nature is evident in the sometimes very large portraits of women in Pop Art style, who often express their love for their city with sayings.
In 2009, for the Urban Affairs Extended exhibition , he created what was then the largest outdoor tape art picture at the empty Berlin Stadtbad Wedding.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2016: Kenya, Nairobi mural painting
- 2016: Tokyo, solo show
- 2016: Amsterdam, GO Gallery -Groupshow
- 2014: Rosenheim, Museum - Municipal Gallery
- 2013: Völklingen, UrbanArt Biennale (Völklinger Hütte)
- 2013: Cologne, Art Cologne
- 2012: Ludwigsburg, Art Association
- 2011: Permm, Russia, Museum of Contemporary Art (Музей современного искусства)
- 2009: Berlin, Stadtbad Wedding
- 2009: Berlin, Urban Affairs / Tape Art World Record
- 2009: Karlsruhe, Art Karlsruhe
- 2009: London, Bricklane Gallery
Video documentations
literature
- Literature by and about El Bocho in the catalog of the German National Library
- Street Art in Berlin - Jaron Verlag ISBN 978-3-89773-579-8 , street art in berlin, Jaron Verlag, El Bocho, page 138
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Handelsblatt of January 22, 2017 "Where graffiti ends and street art begins"
- ↑ Stadtbad Wedding. Largest tape art picture in the world. Berliner Zeitung of June 27, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | El Bocho |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German street and graffiti artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |