Alex Hornest, one of Sao Paulo’s earliest and best known street artists, has been painting since 1992.
Onesto is just one of 72 names he writes, all in different styles. The number is significant because
of his birth year:1972. While he was in Bogotá for the Memoria Canalla project, the lucky students
at ASAB (Academia Superior de Artes de Bogotá) were able to watch him create a piece using the
characters associated with his street name Onesto. For many years Alex resisted showing in galleries
as he felt that his work was more suited to the streets. However recently he’s decided to take the
plunge and is now in demand worldwide. He was off to an exhibit in LA right after Bogotá.
Posted by Martha Cooper on October 02, 2009 at 01:33 PM
