Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro to a family of artists, PIXOTE moved to New York City in the early 90’s and was immersed in the Lower East Side music, skateboarding and graffiti scenes. With a style that strongly resembles the pixação style from his home country, PIXOTE presents NYC's landscape with a sea of script atop the city’s greatest heights. […]
Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro to a family of artists, PIXOTE moved to New York City in the early 90’s and was immersed in the Lower East Side music, skateboarding and graffiti scenes. With a style that strongly resembles the pixação style from his home country, PIXOTE presents NYC's landscape with a sea of script atop the city’s greatest heights.
PIXOTE has also created a parallel body of work with his fine art. His work is about diving into the essential elements of life and consciousness through a primitive-inspired language of his own; where spirituality and energy meet colors, shapes, movements, and figures in an abstract composition, this creates a symbolic ritual between the paint, and the canvas. His unique way of communicating with each canvas, like a tarot card, is reflecting the present moment and allowing that process to guide his path.
PIXOTE has shown his works in various galleries and art fairs throughout the United States, Brazil and Europe. In addition to his fine art and graffiti, PIXOTE has collaborated with numerous lifestyle brands, including Calvin Klein. He has also collaborated with musicians and interior designers to cultivate a creative design for custom imagery, typography, and illustration. He has been photographed and published in the book, SURFACE, by the international photographer, Soren Solkær, displaying many of the world's most infamous and praised street artists and graffiti writers. Through a primitive approach of symbols and spirituality, Pixote's work extracts the essential elements of life and the connection between mind, body and spirit through the human touch.
