Since 1997, the Portuguese artist Ram (born 1976) has taken a unique path in the field of urban aesthetics. He has developed a singular visual language that mixes the performative vitality of action painting with the harshness of graffiti and the vision of psychedelic arts.
Celebrated as the creator of visionary worlds expressing humanity's primal desire to explore the vast unknown of the cosmos and spirit, Ram brings to life fantastical realities governed by the dynamic, primordial forces of nature through explosions energetic and harmonious colors. Working both indoors and outdoors, he realizes his artistic intuitions through a plurality of media, ranging from the detailed intimacy of watercolors to the manifest grandeur of monumental frescoes, from conceptual installations to interdisciplinary performances.
Considered one of the most innovative artists on the global contemporary urban art scene, he has participated in countless art festivals and events around the world, and regularly exhibits his works both solo and in exhibitions. group exhibitions.
Ram is the first professional graffiti artist in Portugal, after leaving his career as a graphic designer and his teaching position at the Professional School of Graphic Art in Lisbon in 2000.
Since 2000, Ram has focused on developing and discovering spray painting techniques and skills, and for 10 years he traveled around the world meeting and painting with different graffiti communities. He became known for using exploding paint bombs in his works.
You can see Ram's works in 49 different countries around the world.
Since 1999, Ram has participated in 58 exhibitions, whether in art galleries or museums.
Since 2003, Ram has organized 21 group exhibitions of graffiti street art.
Over the past 25 years, Ram has become friends and painted on walls alongside giants of graffiti and global urban art such as Robert Proch, Nunca, Os Gemeos, Risk, Bellin, High-Graff, Case and Tasso from the Maclaim Crew, among many others famous in the international graffiti scene.
On the Portuguese scene, Ram has painted with every name you can look up, such as Nomen, Goncalo Mar, Utopia , Vhils, Odeith, Bray1, Klit, Mais Menos, and the list goes back to the good old days of gold graffiti until 'until today.
Since 2002 until today, the artist has created installations, murals and canvases that have been acquired by galleries and collectors around the world, and he has completed countless graffiti commissions for all kinds of brands and companies.
