ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1986 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mart Aire’s primary artistic objective is to beautify public spaces by transforming the urban status quo. With this motivation, at the age of twelve, Aire took the streets to develop graffiti side by side with the first generation of street artists in Argentina.
The artist underwent a radical shift in his approach in 2007 where he began to create pictorial murals in his now idiosyncratic style, depicting explosions of colour, fine loose lines and playful settings, defiantly in spray paint – his work is illustrative, honed and compositionally defined, uncharacteristic for work typically using this medium.
His mural work unfurls like a threshold to another dimension. One of adventure, fantasy and magic, which aptly invoke feelings of joy, peace and freedom in the viewer. Aire’s style is free and fluid where he spontaneously injects messages within his work to further tantalise.
His career has seen Aire become an exemplar of Argentinian street art, availing him the opportunity to show his work internationally including at Mundiroff Galeria, Buenos Aires, The Friedge gallery, Washington DC, Newcastle Project Space, London, Causey Contemporary, New York, Galerie Issue, Paris and Neurotitan Gallery in Berlin.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 AL SUR (TO THE SOUTH), 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Mermaid Beach, AUSTRALIA
2014 INDIVIDUOS, Mundiroff Gallery, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2012 PASEO – “Official Book Release Show”, Idrawalot Gallery, Berlin GERMANY
2012 MART in the Honeycomb, Honeycomb Gallery, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2008 AIRES DE GRAFFITI, Espacio TRIMARCHI, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Group Exhibitions
2019 UMBRAL, Espacio LeParc (MDZ) y Museo Marco La Boca, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2016 LE GRAND 8, Paris, FRANCE
2015 MONIKER ART FAIR, London, UNITED KINGDOM
2014 SCOPE ART FAIR, Miami, USA
2013 INTENCIONES CROMATICAS, Arca Mx Gallery, Mexico City, MEXICO
2013 TALKING WALLS OF BUENOS AIRES, The Friedge gallery, Washington DC, USA
2012 METROPOLIS, ICBC Bank Foundation, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2012 THE TALKING WALLS OF BUENOS AIRES, London Newcastle Project Space, London, UNITED KINGDOM
- RITUAL, Causey Contemporary, New York, USA
2010 POP UP GALLERIES, RedBull House of Art, Buenos Aires , ARGENTINA
2010 SIN VERGUENZAS, Centro Cultural España Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2010 K-21, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2009 GRAFFITI ARGENTINA, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, GERMANY
2009 GRAFFITI ARGENTINA, Galerie Issue, Paris, FRANCE
2008 DEL GRAFFITI A LA PINTURA, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2008 FICUS REPENS, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Selected Festivals
2017 ARTE URBANA SOBRAL, Ceará, BRASIL
2017 URBAN WALLS BRAZIL, Annapolis, USA
2016 ARTE SANO, San Pedro de Macorís, REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA
2016 RUTA DE MURALES, ARGENTINA
2016 COLOR BA, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2016 ROUEN IMPRESSIONNÉ, Rouen, FRANCIA
2015 LA ESCOCESA, Barcelona, ESPAÑA
2015 KOSMOPOLITE ART TOUR, Louvain La Neuve, BÉLGICA
2015 SEA, SAND & SPRAY, Blackpool, INGLATERRA
2015 10º SEMANA FERNANDO FURLANETTO, São João da Boa Vista, BRASIL
2015 SOÑANDO POR HOLBOX, Quintana Roo, MÉXICO
2015 FESTIVAL CONSTRUCTO, Ciudad de México, MÉXICO
2014 MUROPOLIS, Mendoza, ARGENTINA
2014 BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL, Moscú, RUSSIA
2013 FESTIVAL CONCRETO, Fortaleza, BRASIL
2013 GARIBALDI PUM, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2013 MEETING OF STYLES, Ciudad de México, MÉXICO
2012 MEETING OF STYLES, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2009 LE TEMP DE UN COULEUR, Gap, FRANCIA
2008 TRATADO DE INTEGRACIÓN, Neuquén, ARGENTINA
