BELIN

Miguel Ángel Belinchón or more commonly referred to by his pseudonym, BELIN, is a self-proclaimed postneocubist hailing from Linares, Jaén, Spain. Belin was born on September 26th, 1979. As a child he had always been interested in art but began taking it seriously after attending Jaén High School. He started teaching himself to use spray paint in 1995 to do murals, grafitti and other paintings. Belin's unique style takes great influence from Pablo Picasso. He tends to depict normal people in normal situations using abstract, cubist aesthetics. Personally, I very much admire the ability to achieve such precise portrayals spray paint as I find it somewhat hard to control. There is a sense of realism in his work that is made to feel almost vulgar due to Belin's absurdist nature.