Today we’d like to introduce you to Boa Mistura.
Boa, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
We were five kids from the same neighborhood in the outskirts of Madrid. We painted graffiti, and graffiti joined us. We became close friends, spending most of our time painting in the late ’90s and early 2000s. There were when Boa Mistura was born. Once we finished our studies, in 2010, we had created something we loved, and we enjoyed a lot. Then, we decided to take the risk of making a living of our hobby. Ten years later, we’ve travelled (and still travelling) all around the world painting, making cities more human and using art as a tool of change.
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
What we do is try to connect people with the identity of the place where they live through the art. Our inspiration always came from the place where we are going to work. The perception of people is our biggest concern, that’s why we always do some previous workshops with them so that they can tell us their ideas and the things they would like to change in their environment.We try to think about how the work can alter the energy of the place. We think that our work, being on the public space, got the responsibility of giving something to the city and the citizens, make a change, inspire, make people think, make the public space more human and connected to people.
Do current events, local or global, affect your work and what you are focused on?
Nowadays, there is not only one role for every artist because there is not only one kind of artist. Talking about the street artist, we got a strong speaker, because we got direct contact with the people, we are invading everyone space. That’s why we think that urban art got a lot of power, and can be focused on many directions; critic, inspire, motivate, beautify, shake consciences, claim, empower people… whatever, but with a sense. Everything happening today affects us. For example, we work a lot on run-down communities. The situation of that places is the result of what is happening in the world, in society.
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
Our work is mostly on public spaces, so is linked to the places. We’ve worked all around the world, from India to Chile. China, Kenya, South África, Germany, Spain, USA, México, Brazil, Panamá and many more. The best way to experience our work is living it, that’s why on our website (www.boamistura.com) we always put the geolocalization of our works, in case somebody wants to visit it.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.boamistura.com
- Email: hola@boamistura.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boamistura
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoaMistura/
Image Credit:
Photo number 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10 (Boa Mistura)
Photo number 9 (Miguel Azanza)
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