Sozyone Gonzalez

Sozyone Gonzalez (Pablo Gonzalez, born 1973 in Brussels) is a painter and muralist with a background in graffiti. His family, originally from Asturias, left Franco's Spain for Brussels, where he grew up.

In 1988, aged 15, he met Smimooz, who became his artistic partner. The two friends tagged the city and wrote the first lyrics for the rap group De Puta Madre. Sozyone Gonzalez joined the RAB crew and co-founded the Ultra Boys. In 2000, he co-founded INK Gallery in Brussels, a gallery devoted to graffiti.

His first gallery exhibition, "One Million Murders", took place in 2004 at Alice Gallery. From 2003 to 2013, he devoted his canvases to a single theme, "La Voyoucratie", populated by underworld figures, burglars and anarchists. With Jaba Mathieu, he then created "Enemies", a 142-page comic book published by Ankama in 2015. The series "La Fin de l'Empire" began the same year.

In September 2019, Sozyone Gonzalez unveiled "L'Homme de la Meuse" in Liège, a mural of around 1,200 m² spread over two façades on the Quai de la Boverie. On the first, the bust of a man in a bowler hat talks to birds. His boots reappear a few buildings further on. In late 2025, he covered 1,637 m² of the Spa bottling plant with "Pierrot", after the brand's character.