Mar (XX) - Carpe Diem - XL

"Carpe Diem - XL"

This is a unique opportunity to acquire original artwork by Portuguese street artist GonçaloMar. It is a one-of-a-kind original work, started from a blank canvas. This is NOT a print, so you should expect some flaws, imperfections, splatters; rarely small cracks or wrinkles may also occur, and when they do, it’s part of the artwork. This is simply the nature of spray paint on canvas. Unfold on a flat surface as soon as possible.

These special characters are part of the visual world that Mar explores and paints on walls around the world. Comes with an Authentic Certificate with the artist’s stamp. Responsible shipping: DHL Express – GOGREEN: the artwork will be shipped using a greener and more sustainable approach, especially regarding the fuels used in air transportation. Card tube packaging with an artist sticker. Buying a work from Mar is buying a part of street art history from an artist who shapes the vision of this art a little around the world.

GonçaloMAR BIO
The appeal was constant; it was only a matter of time. The interpretation that MAR makes of the environment that involves him as an artist must be painted. At the age of 12 he already drew figures of his imagination with a bit of chalk on the asphalt. Over the years his professional choice was natural. During his academy course—graduated in Fashion Design at F.A.L.—he applied for a place in a Portuguese animation studio—“Magic Toons” as a drawer. It’s around this time, in 98, that he has his first experience with graffiti.
Since then, moved by his artistic convictions, Mar looks for constant evolution together with the graffiti movement—which is evolving globally. He also works with different national fashion brands. Known for his pairs of characters, he stands out for the way he builds his characters and atmospheres, giving them lines and shapes that make them unique.

- Mar is one of the first professional graffiti artists in Portugal, after quitting his job as a fashion designer for the Portuguese brand Station
- You can see Mar's artwork in over 28 different countries around the world
- Since 2002 Mar has participated in 42 exhibitions between art galleries and museums and produced 37 graffiti street art group exhibitions.

During his artistic path he became friends with and painted on walls alongside giants of graffiti and world street art such as Sainer, C215, Robert Proch, Os Gemeos, Risk, Bellin, Magrela, Case and Tasso from the Maclaim Crew among many others famous in the international graffiti scene. From the Portuguese scene Mar painted with Ram, Nomen, Utopia, Vhils, Odeith, Bray, Klit, Mais Menos and many more. Being part of the two most active and futuristic crews in Portugal: Tunders Crew and Arm Collective, this one with Ram only.

Since 2015 until today, the artist has created installations, murals and canvases which are acquired by galleries and collectors all around the world and has created countless graffiti commissions for all kinds of brands and companies.

Recently distinguished by the local authority that saw him grow as an artist, with the Medal of Cultural Merit. Nowadays, his artistic goal involves the exploration of new urban spaces that graffiti can still offer.