Theo Guédez
Bio
Born in Caracas (1983), Venezuela, Theo Guédez lives and works between Caracas and Europe. A self-taught artist and tattoo artist, he describes life in the barrio as a labyrinth. His pictorial approach thus presents itself as an intricate vernacular cartography that portrays a complex territory, riddled with internal tensions—social and economic—from which the artist conceives a distinctive and diverse reality, centered on his own system of representation.
Statement
Self-taught artist, graffiti and tattoo artist. His pictorial work revolves mainly around subcultures and their environment. Inspired by Art Brut, he conceives a language that points out different edges and visual reflections that go from the artistic to the social and cultural, the idiosyncrasy, the Latin American syncretism, the rupture of the status quo and the Caribbean flavor. His creative work goes against the current of academia, responding to a strong personal motivation that reflects states of mind, actions and particular scenes derived from his lived experiences.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
