ABOUT THE ARTIST

Sagaz (Maceió, AL) is a visual artist and graphic designer whose professional career began in 2013. Throughout his career, he has developed a versatile research that moves across various techniques and mediums, including stencil, wheatpaste (lambe-lambe), digital art, screen printing, acrylic painting, charcoal, woodcut, sculpture, and oil painting.

His immersion into graffiti gained momentum in 2015, when he began adopting urban calligraphy on the streets, drawing inspiration from the elegance and structure of calligraphies. In search of new artistic horizons, he moved to São Paulo in 2019. It was during the challenging scenario of the 2020 pandemic that his visual identity reached a new depth: immersed in the urban environment, Sagaz chose to portray imposing figures in busts that omit the eyes or the irises. In response to the widespread use of face masks, the artist highlighted noses and mouths, reclaiming hidden expressions and replacing the gaze with fluid calligraphies—a striking aesthetic that became his conceptual signature.

Currently, his main source of inspiration pulses within the tattoo universe: the artist incorporates a strong influence from tattoo designs and the dynamism of lettering, exploring a wide variety of typographies and mediums.