SKIO 'Mondrian's Castle' Print Available

Artist: SKIO
Title: Mondrian's Castle
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 50 x 70 cm
Edition: 30
Prices: €140

 

SKIO is a contemporary street artist and muralist whose vivid, large-scale works transform urban walls into celebrations of colour and movement. Born in the early 1990s and raised in a coastal town in southern England, he grew up surrounded by sea air, skate culture and the ever-changing light of the shoreline, influences that now pulse through every spray-painted surface. Working almost exclusively with aerosol, he builds luminous compositions that merge graffiti handstyle with abstract expressionism, creating pieces that feel both spontaneous and meticulously balanced.

His process begins with loose charcoal arcs that map the wall’s energy, then layers of high-pigment spray paint are pushed and pulled with caps ranging from fine line to soft feather, allowing drips, overspray and sudden colour shifts to remain as evidence of motion. SKIO’s palette leans toward hot corals, turquoise, sunflower and metallic silvers, hues that shimmer against raw brick and concrete, suggesting sunrise over water or the shimmer of fish scales caught in sunlight. Figures rarely appear; instead, swirling ribbons, fractured letterforms and botanical silhouettes drift across the surface, inviting viewers to project their own narratives into the abstract field.

Recent commissions have brightened university campuses, coastal promenades and inner-city basketball courts, while festival appearances at Upfest and Sand, Sea and Spray have drawn crowds who watch him complete a six-metre wall in a single, continuous session. Despite growing demand, SKIO continues to paint without stencils or projections, insisting that the slight wobble of a freehand line keeps the work human.

When he is not on a lift or scaffold, he teaches community workshops, encouraging teenagers to treat spray cans as tools of optimism rather than vandalism. Through every burst of colour, SKIO offers a simple promise: look up, breathe deep, and remember that even the greyest city wall can become a window into joy.