Nuno Barbedo (1983) - Eletric flowers

Mixed technique on cardboard paper.
100% original, hand-painted.
Shipped in a tube, every Monday via DHL or CTT
Signed and dated by the artist.
Certificate of inclusion.

Original painting, created in the artist's studio in Porto, Portugal.

Artist biography
Born in Lisbon, Nuno Barbedo, publicly known as THECAVER, is one of the names most consolidating the transition from graffiti to contemporary muralism. He began his relationship with painting in 1998, still a teenager, when he discovered in graffiti the freedom of expression and the graphic urgency that would mark him forever.
Since then, he has built a career marked by creative consistency: large-scale murals, collaborations in artist residencies, group exhibitions, and forays into parallel areas such as graphic design, sculpture, tattooing and illustration. This diversity is not dispersion, but rather the translation of a need to expand the plastic vocabulary beyond the wall.
His work is easily recognizable for its chromatic intensity, the use of defined outlines, and compositions that oscillate between figurative and abstract. THECAVER's universe creates hybrid worlds where urban characters and symbols coexist with organic forms, suggesting a dialogue between street energy and a more contemplative interior poetics.
Based in Porto, but with passages through several cities around the world, THECAVER has been establishing himself as a border artist: irreverent and institutional, faithful to the roots of graffiti yet open to contemporary and traditional art.
His work inhabits both the city’s alleys and galleries, international festivals, and advertising billboards.
More than a multidisciplinary artist, THECAVER is today a constant and versatile presence in the Portuguese art scene, representing a generation that grew up with graffiti and carried it to other territories, without ever losing the rebellious spirit that originated it.

1998 / 2006 – Beginning practice of illegal graffiti
2006 – Solo exhibition at the Loures municipal gallery
2007 - First place in the Eastpak graffiti contest. Portimão skate park
2008 - Visual street performance - Collective exhibition, Lisbon
2009 - Red Bull Street Gallery
2009 - International participation in Bahia Graff Fest (Salvador, Brazil)
2010 - Collective UAT exhibition, Montana Shop & Gallery, Lisbon
2011 - Collective UAT exhibition, Waves n Woods, Lisbon
2012 - Porto restoration mural
2014 - Execution of one of his most iconic murals in Porto, in the Massarelos area, demonstrating his mastery over large surfaces and the integration of typography with illustration.
2015 - Participation in the Iminente Festival (Oeiras/Lisbon)
2015 - Participation in the Primavera Colors Festival (Viseu)
2015 - Participation in the SM'arte Festival (Bragança)
2016 - Participation in the Agitágueda Festival (Águeda)
2017 - CNJS collective exhibition, Circus Network (Porto)
2018 - Creation of an artistic installation, Boom Festival (Idanha-a-Noa world)
2019 - Establishment of the partnership "Artista Super Bock"
2019 - Participation in the RUDA International Urban Art Festival, Bogotá (Colombia)
2019 - Participation in Wool Fest, (Covilhã)
2019 - Participation in the International Festival "Santo Antão" (Cape Verde)
2020 - Participation in ESTAU Festival (Estarreja)
2021 - Solo Exhibition, B Gallery (Leiria)
2021 - Participation in the International Festival STAD WANDT KUNST (Mannheim, Germany)
2021 - Artistic jury on the TV program GO CHILL, by Delta.
2021 - Personal edition of the book "GRAFFITI COMEDY COMIX"
2021 - Participation in the International ZUART Festival (Milan, Italy)
2022 - Solo Exhibition Circus Network (Porto)
2022 - Participation in the International NUMU FEST Festival (Ecuador)
2022 - Participation in the Putruca Festival (Freamunde)
2022 - Solo Exhibition Crack Kids (Lisbon)
2022 - Christmas window decorations for the VANS brand.
2022 - Participation in the international VIGO CIDADE COR festival (Vigo, Spain)
2022 - Participation in the MURO Festival (Lisbon)
2023 - Solo Exhibition, Pitoresco Festival (Vila Real)
2023 - Creation of a mural for the ADIDAS brand.
2023 - Participation in the FAZUNCHAR festival (Figueiró-dos Vinhos)
2023 - Participation in the CONVERSAS NA RUA festival (Amadora)
2023 - Solo Exhibition Galeria Maraca (Vigo, Spain)
2023 - Participation in the MAU festival (Palmela)
2025 - Artistic Residency / Solo Exhibition LAC (Lagos)
2025 - Participation in the Ettelbrook International Festival (Luxembourg)
2024 - Dedic-Narrow Shop Solo Exhibition (Lisbon, Spain)
2025 - Participation in the INTERNATIONAL POMPEI STREETART Festival (Italy)
2025 - Artistic Residency / Group Exhibition LAC (Lagos)
2025 - Participation in the INTERNATIONAL SOFIA STREET festival (Sofia, Bulgaria)
2025 - Participation in the INTERNATIONAL SNOSATRA festival (Stockholm, Sweden)
2025 - Participation in the INTERNATIONAL STREET ART FRAUENFELD festival (Switzerland)