Popay
Spain - Barcelona
Popay , pseudonym of Juan Pablo de Ayguavives , born November 27, 1971, is a French painter of Spanish origin.
Among the pioneers of the graffiti movement in France, Juan-Pablo “POPAY” from Ayguavives lives and works in Corrèze.
Passionate about painting and comics, he got involved in graffiti at the age of 15. Very active from the mid-80s "underground" until the new millennium, he learned his trade alongside crews, frequenting squats and wastelands such as Le Pôle Pi, La Miroiterie, etc.
Throughout his self-taught career, outside of academic paths that did not suit him, he experimented with various creative processes through illustration, graphics, digital and special effects.
He trained in particular in digital technology in the production of special effects for Caro and Jeunet's "La cité de enfants perdus". He participated in the coloring of the second comic strip in the Lascars series and he drew illustrations for Fluide Glaciale, LYLO, Technicart and Libération... And he signed record covers for Fantasia and Pushy!
In recent years, Popay has multiplied his interventions on monumental walls and urban architecture, responding to orders across Europe. On his XXL frescoes, he developed a composition technique, where he works the patterns in flat colors, placed and repeated following a protocol that would be borrowed from tapestry.
Popay, seems in his approach, to have reached a certain maturity, seeking to simplify to reach the essential. He traces the framework of his journey, following his dreams and his instinct as he has always followed it.
Sue B.
Latest dates
2020 URBAN FABRICS , Nightime Gallery, Paris, FR
2016
HEAD HUNTERS , Bomma Galerie, Paris, FR
2013
FIGURES , Association of Ideas Gallery, Marseille, FR
AGRADATION, CAGIBI Gallery, Lille, FR
AGRADATION, Gallery, Rouen, FR
2012
FAUNA&FLORA, Celal Gallery,FR
AGRADATION, Galerie Monte en l’air, Paris, FR
AGRADATION, YARALT Gallery, Rouen,FR
2010
PAISATGES , Montana Gallery, Barcelona,
