• August 14, 2004
  • Posted by Marc

Profile: Dheo

Age: 19
Hometown: Porto -
Portugal
Where do you now live?: Gaia - Portugal
/>Where would you most like to live?: Some paradisiac
island.
Who was your first “hero” in life?: My parents.
/>What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?:
Painting, drawing, being with my friends, drinking, doing shit and having
fun.
What is your favorite color?: Orange
Who
(or what) do you love?:
My family, my friends, graffiti, street art,
beer and sunny days.


Who and/or
what are some of your influences?

Well, my first
influences were some portuguese old school graffiti writers. I have started
alone, i didn’t know anyone from this area so i was always on the streets taking
pictures to some walls and looking for some graffiti books in library’s.
However, i believe that everything that makes part of my world is an influence
to me..sometimes little details bring me the best ideas.

/>What other artists do you most admire?

Well, in
the portuguese scene i really admire Pozitivo, Biph, Caos, Roket, Klash013,
Vulto, LegCrew, Vhils and Trol…these are some of the artists i can mention,
however there are a lot more. Nowadays there are very good artists here, which
is awesome. Out of here…Banksy first of all, not only for his art but for his
behaviour and way of thinking, Sumo, Flying Fortress, The London Police,
Alexone, Blek Le Rat, Abbominevole, Workhorse, SpaceInvaders, MissVan, Chun1,
Above, Dave and other i honestly don’t remember now.


How
would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?

/>“Do you know when you really need to express your feelings, your
ideas, your thoughts, wishes or dreams?...well, that’s my art”

/>What other talent would most like to have?

To be
honest, i don’t need nothing more. I do what i like to do. I can’t say i’m
talented in art, i guess i’m not the one who should judge, but at least i feel
really good drawing, painting, creating…and if it was possible i would spend
all my time doing my art. Of course that sometimes you are in a party and you
think to yourself: “Damn, I wish I was a good dancer” or something like that but
damn, i drink some beers and i forgot that shit quickly.


/>What do you fear the most?

I actually don’t have
many fears…i guess what i most fear is death. Not my own death, but my
parent’s, brother’s or friend’s death. I rather die to see them die.

/>
What is your greatest ambition?

I actually
don’t have big ambitions…I just want to keep working and working, trying to do
my best to improve my skills and continue active and interventionist as ever…I
want to keep meeting people, having a lot of fun, runing from the police and
criticizing empty-minded vip’s i don’t like.


Thank you
Wooster, it’s a pleasure for me! smile Please, if you can, refer href="http://www.fotolog.net/dheo">www.fotolog.net/dheo and href="http://www.absolutpropaganda.pt.vu">www.absolutpropaganda.pt.vu
(portuguese street art website i did).


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