Artist Research

Sego

Sego is a graffiti artist based primarily in Mexico City.  The word “Sego” is his artist name which is short for his surname Segovia.  He chose this for its sound and brevity.  It was from this artist that I got inspired to create surreal creatures that only existed in my imagination.  I’m very much a fan of his preparatory blue pen drawings as well as his finished graffiti pieces.  Before he begins a spray painted piece (usually on a wall), Sego likes to draw detailed versions of his dream like creatures using blue pen.  I was drawn to these as I want to do something very similar to this in my own practice.  This style of drawing also fits perfectly well with metal plate etchings which is one of the print media I intend to use a lot during this semester.  Sego stands out to me because his artistic style evolved over practice, repetition and passion rather than through academic teaching.  Since he’s not professionally trained, he maintains that this approach has kept his work “Honest”.  Sego named his series of remarkable creatures “Dream Guardians” and he allows the viewer to interpret them in their own way.  The images allow us to imagine how they live and what they do. 

For me, it’s important to look at Sego’s work because of the ideas he has and how he executes them both through pen drawings and through spray paintings.  His approach is very similar to how I want to execute my own ideas through my own practice.  I will also be drawing a great deal as well as doing various etchings.  The colours he achieves are very similar to how colour in etchings turn out as well. 

Here are a few of his “Dream Guardian” spray paintings.