 Arjuna Watson AKA DECYPUL EMAIL: painter@decypul.com WEB SITE: www.decypul.com BORN: 1972 Trinidad port of spain 1978 Moved to Melbourne Australia Currently live and work in Nassau Bahamas |
1984-1989 1989-1992 1993-1995 1996-Present |
Melbourne Graffiti Artist, tags Asume
901 CI Crew , Soda CI crew
Understudied Craig foster a Melbourne Australian fine artist. I basically tended to his massive garden and he taught me about fine art because I didn’t want to go to jail for graffiti. I shoveled a lot of chicken shit to get where I am today. Hanstan pottery studio painter. Left Australia and bummed around the world trying to find myself. Went to Trinidad found my old man, made up, went sailing ended up in The Bahamas. Met a girl and had 3 kids, kept painting and creating. |
2005 2006 2007 2008 |
Solo show 'Works of Progress'
Nassau Bahamas Ladder Galley
Solo show 'Decypul': A collection of urban images at the Ladder Galley Group show at the Ladder Galley - Nassau, Bahamas solo show 'Hit and Run' The Hub Gallery - Nassau, Bahamas Solo show 'Muse' Ladder Galley - Nassau, Bahamas Solo show 'Muse' Hub Gallery - Nassau, Bahamas |
2009 2010 2011 2012 |
Solo show 'Crux' Ladder galley
transforming spaces Nassau Bahamas the
Ladder gallery
Ficcanso group show 'Thecubewest' gallery - Nassau Bahamas. Group show $100 chair for transforming spaces Popop studios Nassau, Bahamas. Solo show 'Primary Colors' Central Bank - Nassau Bahamas. Waste installation, Doongalik Art Gallery transforming spaces. Art at Albany event Nassau, Bahamas NYC, March 23rd - Gallery69 'Urban Blight' show with Arjuna and artist METRO |
When I was an understudy I was introduced to
Australian social realism of 1920's to 1970's. My
favorite Australian artists at the time where Arthur
Boyd and Victor O'Connor . Later I discovered
Russian social realism, not just the propaganda
posters but the Russian painters of that time; just
blew me away. Also the impressionist painters of
that time, which where called social realist just
because of there subject matter but they painted
like impressionists. I was still drawn to graffiti the and
large scale paintings and pop culture. |
I always wanted to turn social realism into more of
a modern context ( yes it’s timeless subject ) and
something that I could grasp that wasn’t so sad ,so
I used what I new and what I was drawn to,and I
created a style I call 'Urban Realism' yes the ism’s are
important and are all part of the process. I paint in
enamel and oils on canvas, sometimes I use stencils
for text, I love text. I enjoy form and figure but I especially enjoy painting portraits. I enjoy painting in large scale and I always paint like I’m doing something wrong like Im going to get caught…I have to remind my self to slow down. |