Last week was the launch of the new VOLKSWAGEN car, the UP! and for that ocasion, it was created a new space, that will have concerts, movie screenings, right in the center of Lisboa ( Av. da Liberdade, right next to cinema S. Jorge) where i have a big illustration featured on the space!
it was an adventure this project, with a tight schedule and lots of characters to do, it took a while to paint this 6×2 m pannel but i was super glad with the end result!

check out the UP! pop up store and the cool events going on for the next month, the car is awesome, so is the space!

thanks again my love Angela for the patience, for struggling with the cold, for helping me on each step of the project and for looking so damn cool with a glass of wine!
by the way, here´s a fun (not so much at the time) fail during the work in progress…somebody forgot to take off the protective layer, we only figured that out at the middle of the process,hahaah!

Few things in life top the feeling you get when you put your hands on a book you´re featured on…
Well this was no exception, i´ve been waiting for this book for a while now, i was still in Barcelona when i got the invitation to participate on a book collecting some of the most exciting screenprint projects around the globe, featuring such masters as Shepard Fairey, Little Friends of Printmaking, Gary Taxali and much more of my idols, so when it arrived this morning i was happy as a kid on christmas morning unwrapping the package from London…
grab one here!

Some time ago i was invited along with Kruella D´Enfer to participate ina a massive collective show created by a collective called ORFEU, which i had never heard about before, so it looked cool, but i had no expectations about it…

I had planned only to show screenprints from previous shows, but i got “dragged” by Angela´s creative fever and ended up showing 2 new pieces which where fun as hell to make, and some one of a kind greeting cards, yeah, i stole the idea from her cards…

First off all, the space is amazing, a two floors huge old warehouse, in the center of Lisboa, so it was really impressive to see it filling up as the night went on!
The event was dope as hell, showing amazing artists, starting with some nice lectures from Dj Ride and Alva but the rest of the night dedicated to sushi, moscatel and partying with loads of friends who showed up, as a cool line up of djs gave a nice soundtrack to a great night!
congrats fellas, i want to see more of this!

The opening was cool as hell, the rain didn´t stop people from attending the show, it was nice to meet new artists, eat that amazing cake and drink wine while i tried to understand where could i eat the best francesinha in town…
we hope to be there again soon, thanks a lot Dama Aflita for the invitation!

chegada em stress na véspera da inauguração.
dama aflita em contrução.
caricaturas feitas por um gajo sem dentes?
bela francesinha no Piolho (quando és turista não te importas com os bêbados ó Stray!)
licôr beirão au lait.
a invictus é fixe, mas dormir por cima das colunas da disco é pa malta de barba rija…
croissant & cappuccino na Majestic!
chuva é para meninos.
levar a cana no Lello & irmãos.
rua galeria de paris ftw.
Ó galeria, gostamos!
a carrinha desapareceu.
melhor cheesecake do hemisfério norte.
o banksy é tripeiro.
5 fanzines depois, estamos satisfeitos.
a carrinha aptita, a malta diz adeus.
há sabichões para todos os gostos, vinhaça e um bolo digno de referência…
mais uma francesinha pó caminho, sem o charme do Piolho mas caprichada  na mesma.
obrigado à malta “do norte”, somos sempre bem recebidos!

soube bem ir ao Porto passear, já procuramos novas razões para lá voltar!

Here it is…my riot van!

this one was a fighter, but it came out as i intended to, an absolute mess, like my mind is right now,hahah!

you can check it along with 44 more VW vans made by awesome artists, at Ó! Galeria, on the cool city of Porto!

here´s the poster…

December is starting as a busy month, i just finished a big artwork for the coolest show in Brasil, featuring some of my favorite illustrators around…

Exposição coletiva que acontece na Rv Galeria
Salvador / Bahia

Curadoria; Dimas Forchetti e Rv

Artistas:

Dimas Forchetti (BR)
Mariana Abasolo (BR)
Rômolo (BR)
Julian Gallash (BR)
Fernando Chamarelli (BR)
Jorge Galvão (BR)
Akacorleone (PT)
Kruella d’Enfer (PT)
Federico Lamas (AR)
Fernando Herenu aka Pulpo (AR)
Túlio Carapiá (BR)
Pedro Marighella (BR)
Raul Oprea aka Saddo (RO)
Thiago Toes (BR)

Abertura 16/12 – de 19 à 23hs

Exposição
De 16 de dezembro 2011
a 11 de fevereiro 2012

Saturday, December 3rd i´ll be showing a cool artwork made on an old VW van toy, along with other 43 vans from 43 amazing artists such as Kruella D´Enfer, Gemma Correll, Pedro Zamith and much more, so don´t miss this awesome show at Ó! Galeria on the cool city of Porto!

photos of the piece and opening coming soon!

Hello!
i invite you to visit my new and improved portfolio website, full of new projects, new exhibitions, new colors, new techniques, but the best is still yet to come!
also check the amazing video I AM FROM LX created for the update launch, it gives you a glimpse of my work, the studio i share with Kruella D´Enfer and my lifestyle…

thank you,
WWW.AKACORLEONE.COM

THE VIDEO.

last days without rain.

experiments.