Tristan Manco – Author, Designer and Illustrator

Month: July 2010

  • Calma – Strange Enough

    One Brazilian artist I have been following for nearly 6 years now is Calma aka Stephan Doitschinoff. I’ve been lucky to meet him a number of times during his career and helped with his monograph published by Die Gastalten. So in a new departure for the artist it was great to find out about this…

  • Street Sketchbook: Journeys

    Street Sketchbook: Journeys

    So its been over two years in the making but it’s coming soon… My latest book, Street Sketchbook: Journeys is now appearing for pre-release on Amazon. I’ll be writing more about it in the coming months, the official release date is 27th September – with a launch party in London lined up for the 1st October.…

  • Studio 13

    My friend Daniel Melim – a stencil artist extraordinaire from Sao Paulo now has a blog called Studio 13. Here you can read about his latest art works using lithograph, screen print and painting as well as his workshop activities…

  • Insitu Festival Caceres

    This summer saw the birth of another new street art festival – this time in the beautiful walled city of Caceres – (which reminds me of my days working for WOMAD, who produce a great festival there every year). The festival is called Insitu and is the brain-child of San, a very talented artist from Madrid…

  • Zezao Vari Acoes show

    This month Choque Cultural gallery in Sao Paulo present a solo show by Zezao, an artist who continues to impress me through his artwork and actions. I first got to know Zezao researching the Graffiti Brasil book in around 2004. Having been involved in graffiti painting, train bombing and pichacao tagging for many years –…