Nuno de Matos was invited with 44 international painters from all around the word to participate to the new Fresh Produice event organized by Anno Donini Gallery. Cherri Lakey is the co-fondator of this urban art gallery based in the heart of the silicon valley in San José. The opening is december 2nd, around 7PM > save the date.

Artists from around the world have created hundreds of original works of art for this highly anticipated annual exhibition and affordable art sale. The artists were invited based on their unique artistic vision and contribution to urban contemporary arts and culture.

The 11th Annual FRESH PRODUCE exhibition features 45 artists from 14 countries!

Lina Arias (Columbia), Jason Arnold (USA), Philippe Baudelocque (France), Tyler Bewley (USA), Julie Bilyeu (USA), Christian Breitkreutz (USA), Broken Crow (USA), Lacey Bryant (USA), CAKE (USA), Liza Corbett (USA), Isaac Cordal aka Cement Eclipses (Belgium), DAL (South Africa), Jennifer Davis (USA), Daupo (USA), Mike Egan (USA), Lia Fenix (Brazil), Gilbert1 (France), Rimon Guimarães (Brazil), Hyuro (Argentina), JAZ (Argentina), Rafal Karcz (Poland), Laguna (Spain), Mark Lev (USA), Daniel Jesse Lewis (USA), Limo (France), Limon & Olson (onoffcrew), Jeremiah Maddock (USA), Dale “VN” Marshall (UK), Nuno de Matos / MATOX (France), Danica Novgorodoff (USA) , Gustavo Ortiz (UK), Daryll Peirce (USA), Motel Seven (South Africa), Zéh Palito (Brazil), Noah Ptolemy (USA), Faring Purth (USA), Ro (France), Skount (Amsterdam), Barron Storey (USA), TIKA (Brazil), Jon Todd (USA), Porous Walker (USA), Dave Warnke (USA), Jake Watling (USA), Derek Weisberg (USA), Yumanzumu (Japan), Zilda (France), Zosen (Spain)

Opening Reception: Friday, December 2, 2011 RSVP
Preview: Doors open at 7pm / Sale begins at 8pm

Opening Reception is part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk, December 2, 2011. View the full schedule of exhibitions at participating venues: http://www.southfirstfridays.com

The artists presented are the winners of ARTAQ Awards 2011, selected by a jury of professionals. This is not a voucher points or vote for the “Best Artist of the Year” but a panorama of artists involved in the evolution of the movement in its various disciplines and in all its forms (tag, stencil, wall painting, painting on canvas, digital, performance in situ, graffiti, light graffiti, drawing).
ARTAQ open to all – curious, lovers and collectors, and provides an overview of the evolution of the movement with 122 artists from 47 countries.

Location: Espace Commines
17, rue Commines – 75003 Paris
Metro Filles du Calvaire and Sebastien Froissart

Dates: Tuesday 15 to Sunday, November 20, 2011
Preview / Release: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 from 14 to 18 h.
Opening: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 for 18-22 h.
Open: Daily from 12 pm at 20 h
Night: 22 pm Friday until 18november

Venez découvrir les œuvres des 122 lauréats et nominés aux Awards du Street Art 2011 !

Une semaine de découverte des artistes qui font les Arts Urbains d’aujourd’hui et de demain.

La 1ère foire exclusivement consacrée au Street Art et aux Arts Urbains. Espace Commines à Paris du 15 au 20 Novembre 2011

Les artistes présentés sont les lauréats des Artaq Awards 2011, sélectionnés par un jury de professionnels. Ce n’est pas une distribution de bons points ni l’élection du ” meilleur artiste de l’année ” mais un panorama des artistes qui participent à l’évolution du mouvement dans ses différentes disciplines et sous toutes ses formes (tag, pochoir, wall painting, peinture sur toile, digital, performances in situ,graffiti, light graff, dessin).
Artaq s’adresse à tous – curieux, amateurs et collectionneurs- et offre une vision globale de l’évolution du mouvement avec 122 artistes venant de 47 pays.

Lieu : Espace Commines
17, rue Commines – 75003 Paris
Metro Filles du Calvaire et Sébastien Froissart

Dates : Du mardi 15 au dimanche 20 novembre 2011
Preview / Presse : Mardi 15 novembre 2011 de 14 à 18 h.
Vernissage : Mardi 15 novembre 2011 de 18 à 22 h.
Ouverture : Tous les jours de 12 h. à 20 h
Nocturne : Vendredi 18novembre jusqu’à 22 h

How did you come to Lightgraffisme?

Graffiti is a general term rather mat … For me, it is mainly the techniques and effects that I use as a spray, markers or bleeding. Urban art, the art of the street, I was very intrigued and inspired. It was at Toulouse when I was a student in the early 90 it all started. It was at this time that people started to have another look at the graffiti. The graffiti was very present at the time in the city center. For me, the spray paint has started to release the above act of painting and the opportunity to work any surface … By extension, the lightpainting a – in turn – this action completely free, allowing him to really apply everywhere, even in the three-dimensional space!
And as when using a spray paint for the first time, the lighpainting is also a spectacular experience, even exhilarating!

How to prepare a performance Lightgraff?

It can be very simple … Or very complicated! This will indeed improvisation made with just an opportunity, some LEDs and a small box, to a true staging and assembly technique developed. And when it’s live video, it is usually more complicated, especially in terms of hardware … After that, it also depends on the projects, which can range from simple delirium artist to major advertising campaign. In practice, I think live performance is much more dependent on the necessary technical and material available.

What do you think of Brussels and its urban art?

I have been in Brussels several times before. This time, I hoped to be able to organize “micro-projection” in the city center but my schedule does not allow me. I hope to return, of course, because Brussels is the center of Europe, an open and modern city. The games are what light the streets and the tall towers are present. For street art, by cons, I did not see much because I am still confined to the center during this short visit, and unfortunately, all the centers of large cities have become hyper-clean and super-video! This leaves advertising as pollution may “limit”, but taxed and legal to watch.

For Nuno Matox, urban artists need to be constantly looking for new ways of expression and adapt to changing conditions and circumstances of the practice of their art. As Lightgraffiste concludes: “The panel LEDs are the next playground for all graphic designers and artists! “. Officers deal with joyous obsessions of our lovely city fathers, creativity and inventiveness of urban artists are invited to both the subject for the object … We thank Nuno Matox for his contribution “light” in this fight and we want to return soon in the streets of the world capital of Europe in order to finally see her perform “micro-projections.”

To learn more about the artist: www.matox.fr contact@matox.fr

Copyright: Artwork by Nuno Matox and interview by Serge-Louis to Brigadier PLIPP.

(c) Nuno de Matos / MATOX Interactive 2011

official website: www.matox.fr