Biography
Erick Pabellón was born and raised in Puerto Rico in 1980. He attended the Universidad de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1998, getting his bachelor's degree in Art Education. Using different mediums like prints, acrylic, lithography, drawing, mixed mediums and mostly oil paintings, the artist has had different exhibitions in Puerto Rico, Philadelphia and other countries, including Pairs in 2008.
After working as an Art teacher in Puerto Rico for two years, Erick decided to move to Paris, France (Montmartre) in 2007 to concentrate on his personal art work for a full year, as a full-time artist taking different workshops, doing exhibitions and selling his art. By this time & having this experience, Erick started working with other known artists in the area (Montmartre), learning many different techniques and creating a new colorful and playful series of paintings. By this time he was taking his personal and unique style to a different stage. In 2008, the artist got his first group exhibition in Paris presenting what was the beginning of his latest series of musicians in oil and acrylic paintings called: "Paris et la Musique de la Calle" Back in fall of 2008, the artist moved to Philadelphia to work as a Spanish teacher but at the same time he worked with a few local exhibitions around Mt. Airy. He is currently working as a professor in New Jersey and also he writes articles for the art magazine in Puerto Rico called Art Updated. Erick Pabellón is still working on his paintings since that is his biggest passion. The artist is currently working with his new photography and video project based on the everyday real life situations. This project was also started when living in France. It is expected to be done by January 2011.
Statement
I started this series of paintings as an inspiration from the street life in Paris France. Artistically, Paris is a very rich country. There is all kinds of art everywhere. I come from a tropical island (Puerto Rico), which is a colorful and warm place. Structures and landscapes views are amazing and full of bright colors. When moving to France, that opened a new window of inspiration for my work. Walking around the streets and surrounded by old, strong and rich structures, also lots of people, lots of history, art and music, pushed me to start this new series of paintings called: "Paris et la Musique de la Calle" based on street musicians and Paris structures, now that this was one of the things that really took my attention since the moment I started walking the Parisian streets. My plan was to capture the moment, the real life situations and bring these two cultures together as a hybrid to create and define this new style of mine. Enjoy!
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