Ricardo Romero 'Black Cat' Sculpture Release Details

Artist: Ricardo Romero
Title: Black Cat
Medium: Acrylic Resin Sculpture
Size: 40 x 22 x 9 cm
Edition: 20
Price: £450

  

*available at NOON EST on Thursday December 4th, 2025

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Ricardo Romero (b. 1981, Évora, Portugal) is a self taught multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Leiria, Portugal. Since the mid 1990s, working under the pseudonym "Ship," he began his artistic journey with a focus on graffiti and mural painting, utilizing urban art as a powerful vehicle for communication and social engagement, particularly in workshops and short courses for young people. His diverse practice has since expanded to encompass painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installations, reflecting a constant dialogue between poetic expression and architectural space. Romero's style, heavily influenced by urban art languages, has evolved into a contemplative visual language he calls "Romerography," a technique involving deliberate layering, interruption, and the inclusion of absence to evoke themes of memory, silence, and perception.

His work often explores the ephemeral nature of life and the interplay of time and space, transforming public spaces into meditations on human existence and cultural identity. For instance, his sculpture "Vamos?!" in Setúbal uses a child playing with a toy train to symbolize the infinite possibilities of life and the impact of time, while another work, "Zebro," reflects on the impermanence of existence through the image of an extinct horse. Beyond his personal artistic production, which has been exhibited internationally across Europe, Africa, and South America, Romero is a notable curator and producer of various public art projects and street art festivals in Portugal, including "Projeto Matilha" and "Paredes com História". Through these initiatives and his own art, he consistently gives a voice to social causes, animals, and people who might otherwise go unheard, bridging the gap between street culture and fine art. His recent sculptures, such as the "CAT #000" series, have further solidified his position as one of Portugal's exciting sculptural voices, shaping urban landscapes with his unique vision.

Helio Bray 'Indie' Print Available

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.

Add Fuel 'Aftermath' Print Available

Artist: Add Fuel
Title: Aftermath
Medium: Hand Pulled 4 Color Screen Print
Size: 50 x 50 cm
Edition: 50
Price: €330

 

Portuguese artist Add Fuel is Diogo Machado, born in Cascais in 1980. After earning a graphic design degree from IADE in Lisbon and working in studios across Portugal and Germany, he committed himself fully to art in 2007. He first called his project Add Fuel to the Fire, building a playful universe of eccentric monsters drawn from video games, comics, sci fi and urban culture. A year later he shortened the name and shifted focus toward the hypnotic geometry of azulejo tiles, the tin glazed ceramic panels that cloak Portugal in blue and white rhythm. By merging this national heritage with street art energy, he creates works that feel both ancient and immediate.

Each piece begins as a meticulous sketch that is translated into hand painted tiles, screen prints or large stencils for murals. Machado layers symmetrical patterns, trompe l’oeil tricks and bursts of flat color so that traditional motifs fracture into contemporary movement. The effect is a visual drumbeat that invites viewers to lose themselves in detail and then step back to see a cohesive, glowing whole. His walls rise in cities from Miami and Los Angeles to Stavanger, Paris, Macau and Fall River, each site specific project honoring local history while inserting his signature tile language. Recent works such as On the Rise in West Palm Beach weave railroad heritage and coastal waves into patterned grandeur, while Bloom pairs lotus and clematis flowers as metaphors for resilience. Whether rendered on ceramic, canvas or concrete, Add Fuel’s art celebrates the dialogue between heritage and modernity, proving that tradition can still surprise.

El Seed 'Always, Always...' Print Available

Artist: El Seed
Title: Always, Always...
Medium: 1 Color Screen on Giclee Print
Size: 50 x 70 cm
Edition: 75
Prices: €500

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