ASA Artist Interview Series With TUCO

Hey everyone! Great to hear from you again! Check out our latest blog interview with TUCO.

1. We are a big fan of your work. What is coming up that we need to know?

To begin, many thanks to ASA Team for interviewing! In the near future, I’m very happy to have my first solo show in a very friendly gallery called Art Bref in Paris. I will begin in June. I try to develop my hybrid fiends called ‘manimals’ but for this event, I choose a theme, which looks really important to me. Balance and imbalance. In French, it is called “Des Equilbres”. And of course, continue to paste various stuff on streets and in the countryside!

2. What mediums do you use at the moment to make the artworks and are there any new progress in new mediums or formats?

Actually, I often use wood for making my artworks. I collect different kinds of wood, different tree species… I really love sawing, sandind, dyeing, touching, smelling wood! I like the idea to realize a different support each time. I plan to use other mediums soon such as maps, books, suitcases…

3. How do you look at the Dutch street art and graffiti scene?

To be honest, I’m not an expert about Dutch street art. But I follow very precisely the great works of Ives One and Sjem Bakkus. I was lucky to meet them in Amsterdam last year following a participation in a group show at the GO Gallery. And I hope to come again to visit the great Amsterdam. Of course, I check the walls and canvas of The London Police. Who doesn’t appreciate their stuff in fact?

4. What is the next step in to the future of street art?

Wahou, so complicated question! I don’t really know… Maybe, just a thing that should never die for kids and for everybody, in fact… Keep drawing, pasting, and writing on walls for pleasure!

5. If you have to choose, which city would you like to conquer next?

It’s again so hard to answer… but if I have to choose one today, I would pick Reykjavik. I went one time in Island, and I dream to paint a huge manimal on a wall there! I like this contrast between a city and the nature… But I really want to paint in so many cities. London, Barcelona, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Marseille, Lisboa, Tokyo…

6. I have seen a big progress in your artwork. What do you think about your own
progress of the last years?

Thanks you for the compliment! Well, it’s very difficult to stand back from things and judge your own work in fact… Anyways, I try to improve myself as much as I can. I continue to discover mediums and techniques, and of course keep dreaming again and again.

7. You’re a very dedicated artist who travels around the world. Is there any advise you
can give to younger dedicated artists and your fans?

I started painting quite late… I think I was a little bit shy to dare making something in streets.
I feel I’m not really credible to give some advice, but if I have to write one, it will be something like… Dream! And dare!

8. What is the biggest change in the last twenty years if you look at the street art and graffiti scene?

Maybe the fact that now, many people like to discover and search new drawings and pastings on walls. The “image” has changed the last few years, we no longer talk of vandalism but art now! 

9. What is your favorite work of the last year?
The next one!