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Posted On: févr. 1, 2023
Categories: Gallery Artist
A self-taught artist born in 1971, Raf Urban grew up in the southern suburbs of Paris in the 1980s. Influenced by urban culture, he came into contact with the atmosphere of the street, discovering the graffiti and hip hop movement that was developing in the districts of the capital, where he spent a lot of time discovering and finding inspiration.
It was the stencil technique that attracted him, for its effectiveness, its multiple possibilities, its militant and poetic side, and this tool became his favourite mode of expression, which he has been putting on walls ever since.
Instigator and defender of the Diversity Is Hope movement, Raf Urban uses his stencils, from which colourful faces emerge, to spread a message of diversity, hope and tolerance to as many people as possible, but also to question our ability to turn towards others and live in harmony.
His work can be found on the walls of many cities: Paris, Turin, Rome, London, New York, Toronto, Montreal...
Raf Urban Diversity is hope Stencil on spray can...
Raf Urban Hope Stencil on stone tile
Raf Urban Muhammad Ali Stencil & spray on...
Raf Urban Stencil & aerosol on cardboard Framed...
Raf Urban Boy Stencil & aerosol on cardboard...