THEO GUEDEZ

ES KTHEO GUEDEZ nacido en Caracas, Venezuela (1983). Guedez vive y trabaja entre Caracas y Zúrich. es un artista autodidacta, grafitero y tatuador. su obra pictórica gira principalmente en torno a las subculturas y su entorno. Inspirándose en el Art Brut, concibe un lenguaje que señala distintas aristas y reflexiones visuales que van desde lo artístico a lo social y cultural, la idiosincrasia, el sincretismo latinoamericano, la ruptura del status quo y el sabor caribeño. su trabajo creativo va a contracorriente de la academia, respondiendo a una fuerte motivación personal que refleja estados mentales, acciones y escenas particulares que se derivan de sus experiencias vividas.

ES Born in Caracas, Venezuela (1983), Theo Guedez lives and works between Caracas and Zurich. he is a self-taught artist and tattooist. Guedez has a pictorial and illustrative work that revolves mainly aroundlower social classes, subcultures folklore and tradition. inspired by Art Brut, Theo conceives a language that points out different edges, making visual reflections thatrange from the artistic to the social, cultural, idiosyncrasy, Latin American syncretism, the rupture of the status quo and the Caribbean flavor. his creative work runs against the current of the academy, responding to a strong personal motivation. Theo frequently uses materials that are not common in the plastic arts, developing his own experimental techniques with which he reflects mental states, actions and particular scenes that derive from his lived experiences.