Independent Artist Magazine April/May 2013 | Page 9

“ New Old School Style .”

RPariz One has born in 1984 , graduated in audiovisuals , recognized international graffiti artist , Creative Director and CEO at Monsters Music World , ltd . Company .

He began by doing graffiti in 1999 , plowing this same time in the world of street art , bringing together the two artistic forms , becoming a complete artist in respect to street art .

In 2001 he began to collaborate and perform works of graffiti on a professional level , for individuals / private companies and brands nationally and internationally , such as El Corte English , MTV , Pepsi , Citroen , Belton Molotow , Lee , Bench , Waves & Woods , Reebok , Zilian , Dunlop , Lonsdale and others ...

Since 2003 Pariz started his travels in Europe , which sparked the artist to a different cultural and artistic overview .

He has work in several countries highlights include including Germany , Croatia , United States , Italy , Britain , China , France ... and dozens of others .

Having won contests , Pariz includes several events at the international level , organized the Iberian stage of the world biggest graffiti challenge known as Write 4 Gold , later on he give continuity to this project nationally .

In 2008 initiates the project called “ The Writers Bench ”, a space dedicated to artists and graffiti street art , where you could find mounthly exhibitions .

Today he collaborate with one of the biggest brands of the world for graffiti , the brand Molotow , produces collections for clothing and phone companies , is the official artist of Music Monsters worldwide .

Pariz is directly connected to the public sectors as the Lisbon City Hall , some joints some Parish Councils across the country , as well as associations in Frankfurt in Germany , Amsterdam or even in Naples in Italy , giving wings to is project of restoration and upgrading of public spaces .

In 2012 in initiates Armu-Yama collective with Mr . Dheo , their Project had is kick-off in Frankfurt , the project will count with several walls in several countries , painted by the two artists in a perfect symbioses of letters and realistic characters .

Pariz make part of 4 international crews , Graffiti Voodoo Skills ( Portugal , Germany , England , Holland ), Very Dirty Style ( Portugal , Spain , Italy , Switzerland ), Cannot Stop Fanatics ( Germany , Italy ), and TKO ( United States ).

His works are scattered all over the internet , with interviews in several languages sites in several countries , films , documentaries , and was invited to work for the site ilovegraffiti . de , this site is No . 1 in the world at this time regarding the graffiti .

We can find more works of the artist from all over the world in the form of magazines and books . His style is characterized by being large , wild and colorful , the true Wildstyle . Passionate by letters and the magic that they transmit , Pariz merges elements of New York oldschool style with elements of European newschool style , creating what the artist likes to call “ New Old School Style .”

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