Helio Bray 'Indie' Print Available
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 
Artist: Helio Bray
Title: Indie
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 54.5 x 80 cm
Edition: 75
Price: $298
Helio Bray, born Hélio Ferreira in Lisbon in 1984, is a Portuguese painter who discovered graffiti only when he first lifted a spray can to a wall himself. Raised far from major cities, he encountered no street art scene yet felt an instant alchemy with paint, lettering and public space. Early pieces were built on bespoke alphabets, flowing calligraphic lines that wrapped corners and slid across shutters, earning him the shortened tag “Bray” that now doubles as logo and signature. Years of mural work across Europe and the United States sharpened his sense of scale and speed, but 2012 marked a decisive shift toward studio exploration.
Inside the atelier he fused aerosol with acrylic, ink, collage and resin, moving from pure typography to figurative suggestion: faces, fish, birds and botanical forms emerge through explosive colour fields stopped by hard geometry. The process remains physical: hand-cut stencils, poured pigment and gestural strokes are sanded, masked and varnished until the surface gleams like polished tile. Bray cites city nights, Atlantic waves and childhood comic books as equal influences, aiming to bottle kinetic energy so the viewer feels motion standing still. Collaborations with Vans, DC Shoes, Adidas and Quiksilver pushed his graphics onto apparel, skate decks and boutique interiors, while exhibitions in Madrid, Milan, London and Miami position the work between street culture and contemporary fine art. Constant transformation is his stated creed; each series chases a new spectrum, yet the pulse of graffiti rhythm always underpins the composition, reminding audiences that joy, rebellion and beauty can coexist on any wall, canvas or object that welcomes pigment.
