Riq Etiq

mural - public space

Human goodbye is something I like to observe. This often leads to a counter-reaction that you can find in my work. Not so much on the surface, but symbolic, naive and abstract. The behavior on social media, for example, where it is not the quality of the work that matters, but the quantity of posts, followers and likes. I believe the opposite matters.

Sometime in 2005 I started spraying graffiti in and around Rotterdam. This was my first experience with artistic expression in the public space. I had been drawing long before that. As a child, drawing kept me away from reality and its pressures. Today it still does. In addition to making murals, where my focus is at the moment, I animate, illustrate and create public interventions. It has become an obsession in which I feel wonderful when I work on a piece. The child who started everything is still omnipresent in current work and person. I strongly believe that one should cherish one's inner child

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    • NESTLEMENT

    Project

    • 01-10-2018 t/m 31-10-2018
    • In collaboration with: Iconoclash
    • Location: Iconoclash Shortspace , Dordrecht
    • A couple of weeks in prospect of the big wall I was going to paint in Dordrecht, I was invited to introduce my work at the Iconoclash Shortspace. Among other work, I made a prologue painting on the wall of the location. In spring time, birds are looking for a place to make their own and to built a nest. Wherever I go to paint, I do basically the same thing. Consisting of organizing my materials, putting on music, feeling comfortable with the situation and being able to produce.
    • https://www.behance.net/gallery/96148651/NESTELDRANG

    COINCIDENTIA OPPOSITIONUM

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 01-11-2018 t/m 30-11-2018
    • In collaboration with: Pow! wow! Rotterdam
    • Location: HAKA building, Rotterdam
    • I have always been mesmerized by occult engravings about alchemy, kabbalah and other mystical topics. These painting I made from found household waste are an assemblage of symbols, icons and imagery used in old writings and books about western esotericism. pow! wow! Rotterdam gave me the opportunity to expose these works in this wonderfull industrial location called the HAKA-building. The painting are about opposites in general that should provide universal balance.
    • https://dribbble.com/shots/12006440-CONICIDENTIA-OPPOSITORUM-ROTTERDAM

    bad luck

    Project

    • 01-10-2018 t/m 31-10-2018
    • In collaboration with: Lotti Hesper
    • Location: Meerkoetstraat, Dordrecht
    • The meaning of this piece of art is created in the process. When this piece is put in the public space, its well ment meaning changed rapidly. Neighbors opinions are straight forward and just as diverse as the residents themselves. But if you live right across this mural and dont like it one single bit, you can be called an unlucky bird for sure. I called this painting 'Unlucky Bird'. Referring to the man who dislikes it and lives to the opposition of this wall. I hope he feels honored in a way.
    • https://www.behance.net/gallery/94396369/PECHVOGEL-DORDRECHT

    DOK

    Task

    1918

    Project

    • 01-11-2019 t/m 30-11-2019
    • Location:, Rotterdam
    • Free work