Post by Tinku on Oct 2, 2015 3:37:33 GMT
Hi everyone! It is good to be here. I just discovered this space, after seeing what snik posted about it on Instagram.
I am Guatemalan, but I'm currently based in Buenos Aires (March/Nov.) and Mexico City (Nov./March). Feel free to contact me if you are around.
I started making stencils in 2012. Here are some images of my work (+ on www.eltinku.com).
*I apologize in advance if the images are too big. Need to learn how to use this tool.
Tributo (Winner - Stencil Art Prize 2016)
Handcut stencils, aerosol and acrylic paint on canvas.
105 x 85 cm (41.3" x 33.5")
Tinku, 2016
Retorno (Highly Commended - Stencil Art Prize 2015)
Aerosol and acrylic paint on canvas.
148 x 98 cm
Tinku, 2015
La Espera (Highly Commended - Stencil Art Prize 2014)
Handcut stencils, aerosol and acrylic paint on canvas.
150 x 150 cm
Tinku, 2014
Video shot by La Marmota Azul in Mexico City
"La Espera" is the portrait of an old rom man met by my father in the post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. He had survived the Second World War, passing through a Nazi concentration camp, and the Siege of Sarajevo, during the Yugoslav war. When my father met him, he was waiting for his first WWII reparation payment, made by the German government more than 50 years after the conflict ended.
I painted this mural in a XIX century building, that was about to be demolished to build a shopping mall. The last tenants, who were born there and had lived in the building for more than 70 years, were being thrown out by the new owners.
Rom boy from Bosnia-Herzegovina (Untitled)
Acrylic paint and aerosol on found object.
63 x 44.5 x 1.5 cm
Tinku, 2014
I got caught by the Buenos Aires police while painting this outdoors, so this is the only version of this piece.
Dalit
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rom boy from Bosnia-Herzegovina (Untitled)
Tinku, 2013
Girl from Soweto (Untitled) (homage to Madiba)
Two-layer stencil.
Tinku, 2013
In 2017, I made Soweto, in collaboration with 360º and Cune. Soweto is a three-dimensional stencil on lightbox, so instead of using the stencil layers to paint the portrait, the cutouts themselves make the image. Due to the way they are painted and located, the portrait reveals itself when the layers are lit, creating a dynamic three-dimensional feeling.
I am Guatemalan, but I'm currently based in Buenos Aires (March/Nov.) and Mexico City (Nov./March). Feel free to contact me if you are around.
I started making stencils in 2012. Here are some images of my work (+ on www.eltinku.com).
*I apologize in advance if the images are too big. Need to learn how to use this tool.
Tributo (Winner - Stencil Art Prize 2016)
Handcut stencils, aerosol and acrylic paint on canvas.
105 x 85 cm (41.3" x 33.5")
Tinku, 2016
https://instagram.com/p/BKNuoWHhZ1z
https://instagram.com/p/BCbP5xwws5x
https://instagram.com/p/BEBQteOvwcF
Retorno (Highly Commended - Stencil Art Prize 2015)
Aerosol and acrylic paint on canvas.
148 x 98 cm
Tinku, 2015
https://instagram.com/p/0If3yTQsyJ
La Espera (Highly Commended - Stencil Art Prize 2014)
Handcut stencils, aerosol and acrylic paint on canvas.
150 x 150 cm
Tinku, 2014
https://instagram.com/p/zlSDAMQs1b
Video shot by La Marmota Azul in Mexico City
"La Espera" is the portrait of an old rom man met by my father in the post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. He had survived the Second World War, passing through a Nazi concentration camp, and the Siege of Sarajevo, during the Yugoslav war. When my father met him, he was waiting for his first WWII reparation payment, made by the German government more than 50 years after the conflict ended.
I painted this mural in a XIX century building, that was about to be demolished to build a shopping mall. The last tenants, who were born there and had lived in the building for more than 70 years, were being thrown out by the new owners.
Rom boy from Bosnia-Herzegovina (Untitled)
Acrylic paint and aerosol on found object.
63 x 44.5 x 1.5 cm
Tinku, 2014
I got caught by the Buenos Aires police while painting this outdoors, so this is the only version of this piece.
Dalit
Buenos Aires, Argentina
https://instagram.com/p/ziWlywws4C
Rom boy from Bosnia-Herzegovina (Untitled)
Tinku, 2013
https://instagram.com/p/zgtwk8wsxW
Girl from Soweto (Untitled) (homage to Madiba)
Two-layer stencil.
Tinku, 2013
In 2017, I made Soweto, in collaboration with 360º and Cune. Soweto is a three-dimensional stencil on lightbox, so instead of using the stencil layers to paint the portrait, the cutouts themselves make the image. Due to the way they are painted and located, the portrait reveals itself when the layers are lit, creating a dynamic three-dimensional feeling.
https://instagram.com/p/BRtSUJvlfdc
