Biography
Born Carlos Eduardo Fernandes Léo on 27 August 1975 in the working-class neighbourhood of Jardim Martinica, São Paulo, Eduardo Kobra was drawing on walls by the age of eleven and immersed in the city's hip-hop graffiti scene by fifteen. In 1995 he founded Studio Kobra in Vila Madalena, developing the kaleidoscopic geometric style — vivid colours fractured into repeating squares and triangles — that would become his global trademark.
His first mural outside Brazil, painted in Lyon in 2011, launched an international career of staggering scale. The 2016 Rio Olympics saw him complete "Etnias," a roughly 3,000 m² mural that set the Guinness World Record for largest street art work — a record he broke himself a year later with a 5,742 m² piece along the Castello Branco Highway. From Anne Frank in Amsterdam to Martin Luther King in Palm Beach, his portraits honour figures who shaped history.
With over 3,000 murals across five continents, the artist treats every wall as a platform for peace, tolerance and social justice. His work deliberately dissolves the boundary between popular art and the gallery world, making monumental painting accessible to all.
His first mural outside Brazil, painted in Lyon in 2011, launched an international career of staggering scale. The 2016 Rio Olympics saw him complete "Etnias," a roughly 3,000 m² mural that set the Guinness World Record for largest street art work — a record he broke himself a year later with a 5,742 m² piece along the Castello Branco Highway. From Anne Frank in Amsterdam to Martin Luther King in Palm Beach, his portraits honour figures who shaped history.
With over 3,000 murals across five continents, the artist treats every wall as a platform for peace, tolerance and social justice. His work deliberately dissolves the boundary between popular art and the gallery world, making monumental painting accessible to all.
The site contains a total of 5 artworks by Eduardo Kobra in 4 countries.
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