STINKFISH born in Mexico, but raised in Colombia, has been honing his skills on the streets of his hometown of Bogota since an early age. He first experimented with stencils in 2003 and has since perfected his own, unique style. His works, bursting with color, always have a stenciled portrait at their center. These portraits are taken from photos that he shoots during his travels. They are faces that catch his eye, but not people he approaches or talks to. Found photographs - either discovered lying on the streets or bought at flea markets – are another source Stinkfish taps into. He fashions large-scale stencils based on these photographs, which are then amended by impromptu, colorful halos.

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STINKFISH nacido en México pero criado en Colombia, ha perfeccionado sus habilidades en las calles de su ciudad , Bogotá, desde una edad temprana. Comenzó a experimentar con esténciles en 2003 y desde entonces ha perfeccionado un estilo propio y único. Sus obras, llenas de color, siempre tienen un retrato central hecho con esténcil. Estos retratos provienen de fotografías que toma durante sus viajes. Son rostros que llaman su atención, pero no personas a las que se acerque o converse. Fotografías encontradas —ya sea tiradas en la calle o compradas en mercados de pulgas— son otra fuente que Stinkfish utiliza. A partir de estas imágenes crea esténciles a gran escala, que luego interviene con halos coloridos y espontáneos.

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EXHIBITIONS / Solo and duo exhibitions

 

• Thinkers of this. Brooklynite Gallery. New York, USA. November 2011

• Espina. High Roller Society Gallery. London, UK. October 2012

• Tropical Wild. BCG Gallery. Berlin, Germany. November 2013

• Savage Gaze. Vertical Gallery. Chicago, USA. May 2014

• Crossroad Portraits. Pure Evil Gallery. London, UK. November 2015

• Stinkfish. Next Street Gallery. Paris, France. March 2016

• Producción en Serie. Skinny Gallery. Bogotá, Colombia. November 2016

• Snapshot Variations. Vienna, Austria. May 2017

• Portraits in Transit. BSMT Gallery. London, UK. September 2017

• Material Borders. Hilger Gallery. Vienna, Austria. June 2018

• The short distance between lands. The long distance between ports. Vertical Gallery. Chicago, USA. June 2019 

• BCN – BTÁ. 2B Gallery. Palma de Mallorca, Spain. August 2022

• Prickly portraits of a fragmented world. Vertical Gallery. Chicago, USA. June 2025

 

FESTIVALS – MURALS

 

• Latir Latino. Lima, Perú. March, 2012

• Poliniza. Valencia Spain. May 2012

• Living Colors. Kathmandu, Nepal. August 2013

• Artscape. Malmö, Sweden. May 2014

• Cash, cans & candie. Vienna, Austria. June 2014

• Rio Loco. Toulouse, France. June 2014

• Livin Streets. Graz, Austria. July 2014

• Most Festival. Moscow, Russia. September 2014

• Cine Migrante. Buenos Aires, Argentina. October 2014

• FIAP. Cancún, México. February 2015

• Callegenera Festival. Monterrey, Mexico. June 2015

• Xucun Art Commune. Xucun, China. August 2015

• Painted Desert Project. Arizona, USA. September, 2015

• Pictopia. Medellin, Colombia. October 2015

• Detonarte. Quito, Ecuador. December 2015

• Cuma Project. Intibucá, Honduras. April, 2016

• Back to School Project. Xi’an, China. July 2016

• Calle Libre. Vienna, Austria. August 2016

• Mural Harbor. Linz, Austria. August 2016

• Cuma Project. Cotignola, Italy. August 2017

• Dictador Art Masters. Valledupar, Colombia. March 2018

• River Tales Festival. Gießen, Germany. June 2018

• Mural Fest. Tirana, Albania. June 2019

• Stramurales. Stornara, Italy. August 2019

• Pictopia. Medellin, Colombia. December 2021

• Detonarte. Quito, Ecuador. December 2021

• ACL Festival. Buenos Aires, Argentina. September 2023

• SAMA, Street Art Museum Amsterdam. 2014, 2015, 2024