Biography
Artur Bordalo, known as Bordalo II, was born in Lisbon in 1987. His artist name pays tribute to his grandfather, painter Real Bordalo, in whose studio he grew up before taking to the streets with spray paint at the age of eleven. After studying painting for eight years at the Lisbon Academy of Fine Arts, where he explored sculpture and ceramics, he turned his practice toward assemblage using discarded materials.
Since 2012, the artist has developed "Big Trash Animals," a series of monumental installations depicting animals built from street refuse — sheet metal, tyres, bumpers, cables and plastics. Over two hundred sculptures have been created using roughly two hundred tonnes of reused materials. Each piece confronts viewers with overconsumption by shaping often endangered species from the very waste that threatens their survival.
His work can be found across twenty-three countries, from Miami and São Paulo to Paris, Brussels, Tahiti and Norway, turning urban spaces into ecological manifestos. Based in Lisbon, where he has produced more than one hundred and thirty pieces, he continues to merge street art, sculpture and environmental activism into a single, urgent practice.
Since 2012, the artist has developed "Big Trash Animals," a series of monumental installations depicting animals built from street refuse — sheet metal, tyres, bumpers, cables and plastics. Over two hundred sculptures have been created using roughly two hundred tonnes of reused materials. Each piece confronts viewers with overconsumption by shaping often endangered species from the very waste that threatens their survival.
His work can be found across twenty-three countries, from Miami and São Paulo to Paris, Brussels, Tahiti and Norway, turning urban spaces into ecological manifestos. Based in Lisbon, where he has produced more than one hundred and thirty pieces, he continues to merge street art, sculpture and environmental activism into a single, urgent practice.
The site contains a total of 10 artworks by Bordalo II in 3 countries.
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