BO130

(Milan, 1971)

Despite having a formal art education—first at the Liceo Artistico in Milan, then at Central Saint Martins in London, and finally earning a degree in Graphic and Media Design from the London College of Communication—it was BO130’s passion for graffiti and his long-standing involvement in the scene that led him to emerge within what is now a globally recognized movement: Street Art.
He began his professional career as an illustrator and graphic designer between London and New York, during which time he also worked on animation, video, and web design.
Active in graffiti since 1985, BO130 transitioned into an artistic career in the late 1990s, developing an original body of work that includes both street-based and studio-based practices.
A multifaceted artist, BO130 fuses techniques, styles, and languages into an iconic and visionary practice where the influence of the street is ever present—reflected in subcultures such as Punk, Hip Hop, Skateboarding, Soundsystem culture, and the Rave scene. These cultural forces, which fascinated him from adolescence, with their aesthetics and messages of rebellion and independence, have continually inspired his visual research. Over the years, they have shaped a distinctive pictorial imaginary that BO130 constantly reinvents.
His work is layered and complex, bringing together found materials, acrylics, spray paint, stencils, printmaking, drawing, graphic design, stickers, markers, digital and analog media. It lives in a space between harmony and contrast, inhabited by an intricate interplay of hidden dialogues among figures, forms, and words—what he himself likes to call “retro-tribal-futurism.”

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2501

(Milan, 1981)

Jacopo Ceccarelli, aka 2501, began writing graffiti at the age of 14 under the monikers Never and Robot Inc. At 20, he moved to São Paulo, Brazil, where he taught painting to children living in favelas. It was there that he came into contact with South American aesthetics and refined his approach to painting.
Returning to Milan in 2004, he worked in web design and motion graphics, while also studying film editing.
Since 2007, under the name 2501, he has developed a conscious and dynamic artistic career that blends mural painting, canvas work, sculpture, and video art in a process of continuous experimentation.
His artistic identity hovers between mystical and spiritual visions—rooted in Eastern philosophies—and a more instinctive, emotional dimension. His art combines performative gesture and chance, maintaining a visual balance between formal clarity and chaos, while generating immersive experiences, pathways, and imaginary figures.
His works—often characterized by flowing lines, organic shapes, and rhythmic movements, predominantly in black and white—freely explore the tension between fullness and emptiness. Occasionally, a darker aesthetic emerges, particularly in series like La Macchina.

His site-specific and socially engaged work is in constant dialogue with urban topography and has gained recognition at numerous public art festivals, including O.BRA, Living Walls, ALTrove, Art United Us, Artmossphere Biennale, Walk & Talk, Wabash Arts Corridor, Outdoor, Mural, Traffic Design, and Painted the Desert Project.

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