Helio Bray

Helio Bray (born 1984) is a self-taught Portuguese artist who came from graffiti. He grew up far from the big cities and had never seen graffiti when he painted his first wall.

For several years, Helio Bray tried out different graffiti styles and mixed techniques. In 2008, he launched the BRAY project, between art, fashion and commerce, followed by his own clothing line, BrayClothingCompany. He has designed projects for Vans, DC Shoes, Adidas Originals, Quiksilver, Roxy and Von Zipper.

In the studio, he layers pigment and passes of spray paint, and builds his portraits with grids of dots whose size and thickness he varies.

In 2012, he took part in the Stroke art fair in Berlin. Helio Bray also carries out projects with the Galeria de Arte Urbana, part of Lisbon City Council. The Street Art House in California presented "Tropicalism", his solo exhibition, and he took part in the Underground Effect event in Paris in 2019.