Nomen (1974-2022) - The Spark ‘XXL’

In memory of Nuno Reis aka "Nomen" 1974-2022.

NOMEN was a Pioneer of Graffiti Art in Portugal, since 1989, and unfortunately for the whole art community he died in 2022.

Nomen’s art was born on the streets. He was a pioneer of graffiti in Portugal, and a self-taught visual artist whose universe has been consolidating in a multiplicity and registers since he began to interact with the urban space back in 90´s, from the first illegal incursions on trains and walls, to the developed work on a large scale both in expository and institutional environment.

All artworks signed by the artist are exclusively unique and special, as there will be no more signatures made by Nomen.

This is NOT a print, it is one time created original work of art, started from a BLANK canvas

Sent rolled in a tube.

• Art is painted right to the edges as seen in the photo, this is to provide a 360-degree art view when gallery wrapped.
• One time created unique art
• Signed by the artist both sides of the canvas
• It comes with artist´s certificate of authenticity
• The painting is varnished at the end

Genuine article the title; “The Spark"

Technique and Medium: Acrylics and Spray paint

Size is the very ‘RARE’ XXL - 156cm x 104cm

He is an artist of high recognition and merit, in the Portuguese visual arts panorama being one of the oldest, and prestigious artists of Street Art

Nomen was a versatile and prolific artist from an early age, he began to spread his art and mastery of Graffiti outside of Portugal, putting his name in graffiti letters, on walls and trains since the early 90s, in Spain, France, Switzerland , Holland, Germany and the rest of Europe.

From 2014 until his death, he specialised in large-scale visual murals such as buildings and large infrastructures, where he achieved the greatest worldwide exposure of his work, with the famous painting, “Take your mask off”, which shows an African girl taking off a white woman's mask, painted in a building in Sacavém, Lisbon 2014.
He painted many times outside of Europe, in countries like Panama, Qatar, Israel, etc., in top places and participated in Bienale Sur Panama in 2013; The painting of 2 entire floors on the walls of the Beit Hair Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel in 2017; Interior painting of the Qatar Museum Authorities, Doha, Qatar, 2018

Throughout his career as an artist become friend and painted on walls alongside giants of Graffiti and World Street Art such as Cope 2, Os Gémeos, Loomit, Daim, Odeith, Rough.
Furthermore, Nomen participated in more than 4 festivals of International meetings of styles, including the first meeting, which was held in Portugal in 1999.

Buying Nomen's art is a symbol of buying authentic history of a muralist with international projection, talented, dedicated and passionate since childhood by spray-painted mural art.