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Pejac Paints Three Murals to Recognise the STRENGTH of Health Workers and Patients during the Global Pandemic, Spain 2020

October 17, 2020

As a gesture of gratitude to the health workers in his hometown of Santander, Pejac has painted three murals at University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla. Entitled after the quality of being strong, much needed in the world we live today, and especially within the walls of a hospital complex, ‘Strength’ is addressing three different aspects […]

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PEJAC’s latest project Gold Mine sends him to the El Dueso Prison, Spain 2019

May 20, 2019

Spanish artist PEJAC’s latest project Gold Mine took place within the walls of the oldest prison in Spain, the Penitentiary Centre of El Dueso. For ten days, its walls, yard and a corridor became the artist’s workplace. El Dueso was conceived in 1907 as a modern prison incorporating new elements aimed to achieve prisoners re-socialisation through […]

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Street Artist Pejac’s new works in Croatia, 2016

October 27, 2016

Street artist Pejac has recently graced the streets of Rijeka, Croatia. Pejac is known for his thought-provoking art that fuses cleverly with the environment. His first contribution was a tribute to René Magritte titled ‘Camouflage’. Belgian surrealist artist Magritte became well-known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary objects in an […]

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New installation by Street Artist Pejac, Don’t Look Back in Anger – London 2016

July 13, 2016

With just over a week to go before Pejac’s opens the doors to his first UK debut solo show, we’re back again to report about the second part of his street art intervention. A few weeks ago, we wrote about the first part, titled ‘Downside Up‘, multiple installations of shoes being hung upside down with the simple intention of igniting […]

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Pejac at Jabal Al-Weibdeh in Amman 'Rotation' Photo @ Pejac

Interview with street artist Pejac

July 11, 2016

Pejac was born in Santander, Cantabria in 1977 and studied Fine Arts in Salamanca and Barcelona. In 2001, he continued his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano. Pejac initially started creating street art when he became annoyed with his art teachers elitist opinions. They believed great art belongs in a museum or gallery, so rebellious Pejac showed them otherwise!

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Street artist Pejac new installation, Downside Up, London 2016

June 29, 2016

Street artist Pejac new installation, Downside Up, coincides with his first ever major exhibition at the Londonewcastle Project Space, in London from 22nd to 31st July 2016, titled ‘Law Of The Weakest’.  In almost any city you visit around the world, at some point you’ll see somebody’s shoes tossed over a power line, a lamp-post, or some other difficult-to-reach spot. […]

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Pejac at Jabal Al-Weibdeh in Amman 'Rotation' Photo @ Pejac

Pejac in Jabal Al-Weibdeh, Amman Jordan 2016

April 28, 2016

Street artist Pejac has flown to the middle east and has been leaving his mark Jordan. His first project included four interventions in Al-Hussein, a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan,and an be found here. Pejac second project ‘ Mothers Artists’ found him at the Al-Azraq refugee camp and can be found here. Pejac headed […]

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Pejac at Azraq Refugee Camp 'Mothers Artists' Photo @ Pejac

Pejac in Al-Azraq refugee camp, Amman Jordan 2016

April 28, 2016

Street artist Pejac has flown to the middle east and has been leaving his mark Jordan. His first project included four interventions in Al-Hussein, a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. Where he scratched away at the building surface to reveal real moments felt by the refugees who have set up home there. These can […]

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Pejac in Al-Hussein Palestinian refugee camp, Amman Jordan 2016

April 21, 2016

Street artist Pejac has flown to the middle east and has been leaving his mark in Al-Hussein, a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. Originally established back in 1948 as a result of the Arab-Israeli war, the camp provided shelter to the refugees who fled or were expelled during the Palestinian exodus. Almost 70 year since its […]

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Nuart Festival 2015, Stavanger Norway – Part 2: Tou Scene

October 6, 2015

Once again Nuart returns to ‘Tou Scene’… a large converted Victorian brewery. From the beginning of the 1980‘s the buildings stood empty and abandoned for two decades until the location became a popular cultural landmark. Tou Scene is a stones throw from the shore of the west coast Fjords and only a ten minute walk from the […]

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Nuart Festival 2015, Stavanger Norway – Part 1: On the street

October 3, 2015

Nuart Festival took place on the first weekend of September 2015 in Stavanger, Norway. This was Nuarts fifteenth anniversary and we were excited to check out this special place. We arrived in Stavanger to be welcomed by local street art enthusiast Tor, as he drove us to the house he could not resist giving us a quick street […]

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