Book Himed

Born in US, raised in Mexico, identified his self as a migrant, is a self-taught visual artist specialized in the technique of stencil, mainly on public space and large format. He has dedicated the last 9 years painting stencil murals with different comunnities around Mexico, United States, Colombia Spain, Sweden, Belgium, France, Italy, Denmark, and Estonia. His work approaches social topics according to the environment- asking the artwork to co exist with its’surroundings, with the purpose of creating social impact and sharing with the community trough stencil workshops , to communicate a story, tale or experience, and provoke a collective yet individual change through street art, which is always open to be reinterpreted in many ways. Looking for integration and improvement of the neighborhood as well as developing a sense of belonging, unity and collectivity among the people in the place.

MEX-EUA . Creativo visual autodidacta especializado en la técnica del esténcil principalmente en el espacio público y el gran formato. Ha enfocado su proyecto los últimos 10 años a pintar bajo proyectos personales y colectivos

Su trabajo aborda temas sociales de acuerdo con el entorno, pidiendo a la obra que coexista con su entorno, con el propósito de crear impacto social y compartir con la comunidad, comunicar una historia, cuento o experiencia, y provocar un cambio colectivo pero individual a través del arte callejero, que siempre está abierto a ser reinterpretado de muchas maneras. Ha incursionado como docente en diferentes proyectos internacionales como talleres comunitarios que concluyen con una intervención artística en el espacio público buscando la integración y mejoramiento del barrio así como desarrollar un sentido de pertenencia, unidad y colectividad entre las personas del lugar. Ha participado en festivales, exposiciones, residencias artísticas, talleres y proyectos autogestivos en México, Estados Unidos, Colombia, España, Suecia, Bélgica, Francia, Italia, Dinamarca y Estonia.

EXHIBITS:

-Collective Exhibit Stencil Art Prize 2014, Australia.
-Collective Exhibit CLONART II 2015, Spain.
-KONSTNATTEN Urban Art 2015, Falkoping, Sweden.
-Solo show Himed & Reyben Recyclart 2017, Belgium.
-Corte preciso , acabado sucio, Bogota Colombia 2018.
- Stencil Exhibit, Casa Jauría, Bogotá Colombia, October 2019

ARTISTIC RESIDENCES AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS:

-Artistic Residence Kankabal. Noox, Yucatán, México 2015.
-Artistic Residence, stencil workshop and community murals with Hammarkullen365, Gothenburg, Sweden 2016.
-Artistic Residence Muro, painting a mural, Brussels, Belgium 2017.
-Community Project with Fondazione Contrada Torino painting two community murals in Collegno, Italy. March 2019
-Artistic Residence at museum Mausa Vauban in Colmar, France, May 2019.
-Artistic Residence, activation of the public space “Saturno 8”, workshops with UrbanKonst,
Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2019.
-Artistic Residence, stencil workshop and community murals with the municipality of Ulriceham in the suburb of Karlslätt, Ulricehamn Sweden, July 2019.
-Community Project with Four Corners Public Art painting a mural in Newark, New Jersey, USA. November 2019.
-Artistic Residence, painting a mural in the community of San Martin Tilcajete, Oaxaca, December 2020
-Artistic Residence , painting a mural with the project Flint Public Art Project, Flint , Michigan , US, Jul 2021
-Artistic Residence , painting a mural with the project Brown Wall Project, La Villita, Chicago ,US, Jul 2021
-Artistic Residence , stencil workshop mural with the project Zaanarte, Zaachila, Oaxaca, Mexico, May 2022
-Artistic Residence , stencil workshop mural with the project Huellas Tilcajete, San Martin Tilcajete, Oaxaca, Mexico, Jun 2022

FESTIVALS:

-Festival SeaWalls Cozumel 2015, México.
-Festival Muros en Blanco 2016, San Miguel de Allende, México.
-Festival Ciudad Mural, México. -Festival Boardripper, Querétaro, México
-Festival JJ Street Baltic Sessions 2016, Estonia.
-Festival Cap Bahía 2017, Baja California, México.
-Festival Mextonia 2017, Tallin, Estonia. -Festival Rizoma 2017, Falkoping, Sweden.
-Festival Meeting of Styles 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark -Festival Hammarkullen Urban Art 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden.
-Festival Meeting of Styles 2017, Tlajomulco, México.
-Festival Traza, 2018, Guadalajara, México .
-Festival Galería Monumental December 2017 January 2018, Guadalajara, México.
-Festival Polinizados at Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain , May 2019.
-Festival Muro X Muro, Mexico , Jul 2020
-Festival Mural Fest , Salt Lake City , Utah , US , May 2021

PUBLISHMENTS

- Best Murals of 2014 "I Support Street Art":
- http://www.isupportstreetart.com/issa_media/best-walls-of-2014special/#more18625.
-Street Art News, Collaboration with Stinkfish: - https://streetartnews.net/2016/12/stinkfishhimed-reyben-in-queretaro-mexico.html

-Best Murals of 2017 "I Support Street Art":
- http://www.isupportstreetart.com/issa_media/best-street-art-2017-special

-"Confinement Walls -, Street art and Covid 19". Recopilation book of Covid Streer Art around the world,. Paris, France 2021

-El Arte Contra la Violencia, , CNN en Español , May 2018.

-Best Murals April 2019 "Street Art Today":
https://streetart.today/2019/05/01/best-murals-april-2019/#sthash.IG5x6Adb.dpbs

-Book “The Stencil Graffiti Handbook” by Tristan Manco, a compilation book of stencil artists around the world, 2020.
“Valvula de Escape” a compilation book of stencil in Bogota, Colombia 2021
“Muros Somos” a book of 33 mural with history by Mexican Artists, Cinthya Arvide, Mexico 2022

SOCIAL MEDIA:
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