Nano 4814

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Born in Vigo, Nano 4814 has been living in Madrid for about four years. He originally came to street art from a skateboarding background, which gave him a strong relationship with the streets. 'Being there at the precise moment, being able to display on the wall what's in my head, that's why I do it', he has said of his work. Among his most striking projects are his City-Lights, made from disused light boxes in rundown neighbourhoods or by abandoned buildings. He transforms the boxes, originally used for advertising, to carry poetic messages, such as 'It shines and disappears' – a line that captures the ephemeral and transient nature of street art itself. His street images include a series of recurring icons, most notably El Choquito, a little squid squirting ink, that he sees as 'a perfect metaphor for the writer in the street'.