Bordalo ll

<div>great mural representing a fox the last piece done&nbsp;<br><br><br></div>

<div>Part of the exhibition “Attero” (trash in Portugese) Bordalo created three pieces on the street.&nbsp; The fox is probably the one you’ll easily spot at the busy Avenida 24 de Julho, close by the “Cais de Sodré” metro. Check out one of the traffic lights on the corner with Rua do Instituto Industrial, Bordalo is also known for his “artivism” actions. He created a “bipolar” traffic light, lol</div><div><br></div>

Half Fox

<ul><li>Artist<strong>:</strong> <strong>Bordalo II</strong> (http://www.bordaloii.com/)</li><li>Curator: <strong>Galeria arteperiférica </strong>(http://www.arteperiferica.pt/ap/entrada.page) &nbsp;</li><li>Photo made by: <strong>irRIT'ARTE</strong> (https://www.instagram.com/irritarte https://www.facebook.com/Irritarte/)</li><li>Org.: <strong>Lisbon Street Art Tours</strong> (https://www.facebook.com/Lisbonstreetarttours)</li></ul><div><br></div>

Big Raccoon

<div>The giant Iberian Lynx, Bordalo’s biggest Trash Animal to date,&nbsp; dominates the square at Parque das Nações. Squeezed in between the sea and the MEO Arena the big lynx quietly lookes down upon you. To fully grasp its size, just the tips of its paws are made of giant green rubbish bins, as the rest of its body is made up of an array of colourful and vibrant recycled materials.&nbsp;</div><div>In 2018 a giant lynx was spotted in Lisbon, so this inspired the artist to create this icon.</div><div><br><br></div>

Lynx

<div>The owl one of the 2 pieces done on Paris wall during his solo show at Mathgoth gallery</div>

Owl 

<div>Mural by Bordalo II for No Limit Street Art Borås 2015. More information about No Limit, <a href="https://www.nolimitboras.com/language/en/">here</a>.<br><br><strong>Artur Bordalo A.K.A. Bordalo II</strong><br>I was born in 87 in Lisbon and my youth was spent between watching my grandfather – the painter Real Bordalo – working in his water colors, and living the experiences brought by illegal graffiti to those who dedicate their time to it. Gradually, I started transforming my habits and channeling my motivation into building a body of work dedicated to my worries and ecological conscience.<br><br></div><div>Today I present a series of interventions built with pieces of garbage, waste and pollution itself to recreate images of nature.<br><br></div><div>Acknowledgement is important but my main role is to be an activist, calling attention and raising awareness to the fact that Humanity is destroying, with its disposable habits, the world where it lives and in which it lives with other fantastic beings.<br><br></div><div><strong>“Big Trash Aninals”</strong><br>Big Trash Animals is a series of artworks that aims to draw attention to a current problem that is likely to be forgotten, become trivial or a necessary evil. The problem involves waste production, materials that are not reused, pollution and its effect on the planet.<br><br></div><div>The idea is to depict nature itself, in this case animals, out of materials that are responsible for its destruction.<br><br></div><div>These works are built with end-of-life materials: the majority found in wastelands, abandoned factories or randomly and some are obtained from companies that are going through a recycling process.<br><br></div><div>Damaged bumpers, burnt garbage cans, tires and appliances are just some of the objects that can be identified when you go into detail. They are camouflaging the result of our habits with little ecological and social awareness.<br><br></div><div><strong>More information about Bordalo II</strong><br><a href="http://www.bordaloii.com/">bordaloii.com</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BORDALOII/">facebook.com/bordaloii</a><br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/b0rdalo_ii/">instagram.com/b0rdalo_ii</a></div>

Half Snow Wolf

<div>Bordolos fantastic 3d artworks made of recyled &nbsp;</div>

recycling

Okuda

<div>"Mixed Chimp" is a collaborative mural by Spanish artist Okuda (a.k.a. Okuda San Miguel, Okudart) and Portuguese artist Bordalo II.<br>The piece was produced as a promotional stunt for the collective show Theriomorphism IV at Galeria Kreisler. This work is located on the same corner where a mural by Okuda used to be.</div>

Mixed Chimp

<div>Bordalo II, one of the most important portuguese street art artist,&nbsp; created this artwork for the festival "Gaia Todo Um Mundo" in 2017.<br>The artwork was created using found materials and trash around the city. Half of the piece is left unpainted and shows the elements original colors.<br>This Half Rabbit shows us (as usual with the work Bordalo II) a critic of society’s wastefulness, consequence of the over consumption, and also strong call for a ecological changing society mindset.<br><br><br></div>

Half Rabbit

<ul><li>This piece was done with Montepio Associação Mutualista, which closed almost 2 years ago but only in 2020 he the opportunity to make it specially because of COVID -19 and the lockdown.</li><li>Insta: @b0rdalo_ii</li><li>Street Art Tours: @street.buddha</li></ul><div>&nbsp;</div>

Pelicans

<ul><li>Created in 2016 on the inside of the LX Factory</li><li>Insta: @b0rdalo_ii</li><li>Street Art Tours: @street.buddha</li></ul>

Fish

Half-Cougar, P22

Untitled

<div>Half Young Panda 🐼 was his latest mural for EVILUTION solo show, in Lisbon.<br><br>Making an indoor exhibition doesnt mean that u r not in the street anymore, and making a few murals in town is a complement for that solo&nbsp;show&nbsp;</div>

Half Young Panda

Osga

Partridges

<div>This frog is one of Bordalo II's oldest plastic animals dating back to 2017. You really need to know it to find it, even thought it sits at the end of a busy street. This work is not too far from Bordalo's workshop so maybe if you're lucky you you'll see the big man around the neighborhood ;-).<br>Other animals on his Plastic series include the Iberian Linx that you can see in Parque das Naçoes<br><br>"Plastic animals lose their camouflage completely, to display only the natural colors of plastics and other discarded objects, used as raw material. The focus is on form and composition in order to create colorful works, demonstrating the artist's appreciation for the contradictory beauty of our waste, through games of contrast, texture, color and depth, created with parts of recognizable objects from our daily lives"<br><br>A little info about Bordalo II and his work philisophy on his own words (source: <a href="https://www.bordaloii.com/about"><em>https://www.bordaloii.com/about</em></a>)<br><em>He attended the Painting course at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon for eight years, without ever having completed it, but says that these years allowed him to discover sculpture, ceramics, and to experiment with a variety of materials that have distanced him from painting, which had taken him there in the first place.<br>The public space would become the chosen stage for his explorations of color and scale and the platform where he gradually transformed his habits and channeled his experiences in the construction and development of his artistic work, which is currently focused on questioning the materialistic and greedy society of which he is (also) part.<br>The excessive production and consumption of stuff, which results in the continuous production of “garbage” and consequently in the destruction of the Planet, are the central themes of his production. This “garbage” assumes itself as the unusual and unique raw material that Bordalo uses in the construction of small and large scale pieces that he has spread around the world and that, above all, intend to be the vehicle of a universal manifesto.<br><br>Bordalo II Instagram: </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/b0rdalo_ii/"><em>https://www.instagram.com/b0rdalo_ii/</em></a><em><br>Bordalo II site: </em><a href="https://www.bordaloii.com/">https://www.bordaloii.com/</a><em><br><br>StreetArt Tour: </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/street.buddha/"><em>@street.buddha</em></a></div>

Frog

<div>This half chimp is one of the first pieces of the Half Half series of Bordalo's work and it's been hanging in there since 2017.<br><br>Here's his philosophy behind the work (source: <a href="https://www.bordaloii.com/big-trash-animals-series/half-half">https://www.bordaloii.com/big-trash-animals-series/half-half</a>): "<em>Further to the Neutral series, the next step was to partially expose the plastics and materials used for their composition. Thus, Half Half animals drop half of their camouflage: one side realistic and the other devoid of ink, in order to make the origin of the chosen raw material more easily apprehensible. Through the rawness of the materials that make up the pieces, it is the shapes and contrasts that suggest the continuation of the image, represented in a more abstract way. The presence of plastics, metals and other raw materials endowed with textures and vivid colors gives us back compositions in which the spectator's brain has to construct and unveil the part of the image that is not obvious at first reading."<br>You can find more info on Bordalo on the Frog page<br><br>Bordalo II Instagram: </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/b0rdalo_ii/"><em>https://www.instagram.com/b0rdalo_ii/</em></a><em><br><br>StreetArt Tours: </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/street.buddha/"><em>@street.buddha</em></a></div>

Half Chimp

<div>Huge piece on the outside of Construction Junction made out of recycled materials.</div>

Recycled Raccoon and Preying Mantis

Hedgehog

<div>Artur Bordalo, also known as <a href="https://www.bordaloii.com/">Bordalo II</a> (pronounced Bordalo Segundo), was born in 1987 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is famous for using street garbage to create stunning animals sculptures so as to warn people about pollution and all types of endangered species. His works are considered as « trash art ».<br>For the artwork (Half-Marder) in Heidelberg, a specially designed frame was required, which can be loaded with 1T.<br>The creation of the artwork took 5 days.<br>As part of Bordalo´s participation, Metropolink conducted a workshop with refugees in cooperation with Bordalo.<br>A former US interdenominational church, the Chapel was used by the US military until the 2000s. Now it is part of the district center.</div>

Metropolink#23 

<div><strong>NEDERLANDS </strong>- BORDALO II plaatste een reusachtige buizerd van afvalmateriaal en graffiti op de gevel van het internaat Horteco. De Portugees is een kunstenaar en milieuactivist. Hij portretteert dieren met materiaal dat hen bedreigt, zodat mensen kunnen nadenken. De buizerd (20m x 7m) maakt deel uit van zijn serie "Big Trash Animals". De school was op zoek naar een manier om het gebouw aantrekkelijker te maken. Leerlingen en personeel vielen meteen voor het werk van Bordalo II en zijn boodschap. Het klimaat is een hot issue onder de leerlingen. Ze zijn bezorgd over de opwarming van de aarde, het watertekort, de ontbossing en bedreigde diersoorten. Ze voelen zich verwant met Bordalo en delen graag zijn boodschap. Leerlingen, personeel en ouders verzamelden allerlei soorten hard plastic zoals tuinmeubilair en speelgoed. De afvalintercommunales Incovo en Ecowerf ondersteunden het project door specifieke afvalonderdelen te leveren. De school koos in overleg met Bordalo II voor een buizerd, omdat de vogels op het 50-hectare grote schoolterrein leven. <br><br><strong>ENGLISH </strong>- BORDALO II placed a giant buzzard made of waste material and graffiti on the facade of the Horteco boarding school. The Portuguese is an artist and environmentalist. He portrays animals with material that threatens them so that people reflect. The buzzard (20m x 7m) is part of his artwork series “Big Trash Animals”. The school was looking for a way to make the building more attractive. Students and staff immediately fell for the work of Bordalo II and his message. Climate concerns are a hot issue amongst the students. They are also concerned with global warming, water shortage, deforestation and endangered species. They feel related to Bordalo and are happy to share his message. Students, staff and parents collected all kinds of hard plastic waste material such as garden furniture and toys. The waste intermunicipalities Incovo and Ecowerf supported the project by supplying specific waste fractions. The school opted for a buzzard in consultation with Bordalo II, because the birds live on the 50-hectare school grounds.&nbsp;</div>

Half Buzzard

<div>Chipmunk at Evilution Solo Show by Bordalo</div>

Chipmunk

<div>Like every piece of Bordalo II, this Garça is made of reutilized materials, bumpers, trash cans and other materials.&nbsp;<br><br>2014</div>

Garça

Squirrel

<div>Grasshoppers done in Lyon, France for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/peinturefraichefestival/">@peinturefraichefestival&nbsp;<br></a><br></div>

Grasshoppers

<div>&nbsp;Forgotten hopes to bring attention to buildings, considered to have high potential and that run the risk of being forgotten, through street art, linked to several collateral events aimed to let the people appreciate the building and its surroundings<br><br>Bordalo II, conveys the perfect message to highlight this metamorphosis. In his work, which converts urban garbage into large assemblages representing colorful and impactful animals, he demonstrates how rejected objects can be repurposed to form art. The artist’s works are at the same time a critique towards contemporary society that is not able to see the beauty that can come also from waste materials.<br><br>The place chosen is Saint Peter Station which, with 253 trains per day, is the station of the shortest international railway in the world – connecting Italy with Vatican State.<br><br></div><div>This intervention at Saint Peter Station owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (Ferrovia dello Stato Group) talks about the profound metamorphosis of urban areas: the main railway Stations to access the city of Rome, built in the beginning of the 20th century, and at the time placed at the outskirts of the city, became very central after the physiological expansion of the metropolis, and are nowadays used for local and suburban transportation with record peaks of daily users. Forgotten proposes the theme of urban stations to underline their historical meaning but also the real possibility to use more and more metropolitan trains instead of road transportation in the future.<br><br>For more info on the "making of" , head over to local <a href="https://www.blocal-travel.com/street-art/bordal-ii-in-rome/">Giulia's Blocal blog for some interesting stories.</a></div>

Uma Cabra

<div>"Wild Wild Waste" is a site specific installation project by Portuguese activist and ecologist Artur Bordalo, know around the world as Bordalo II.<br>With aims to draw attention to current global problems like unnecessary human wast, production and the commodification of animal habitats, Bordalo II creates what he calls his "Trash Animals"; sculptures built with end-of-life materials like plastics found in wastelands, abandoned factories, scrap yards and dumpsters.<br>The final product can't be further away from trash, provoking viewers to consider the true nature of humanity for these animals directly affected by the junk used to create his works. #wildwildwaste</div>

Wild Wild Waste, Big Trash Animal Zoo

Charles Williams

<div>Oeuvre de Bordalo II construite et peinte à Moorea, dans la Baie d'Opunohu. L'oeuvre représente un oiseau marin, une sterne. L'oeuvre est signée Bordalo II et Charles Williams.</div>

Bordalo in Moorea

<div>The first unveiled masterpiece of Festival Inspire 2017 was the monumental turtle created by Bordallo II, an artist from Portugal, working all around the world to highlight environmental problems related to pollution.</div><div><br></div><div>He uses garbage, plastics and materials abandoned by humans and turn them into 3D sculptures.&nbsp; More than 1 tonne of plastic was saved from the dump to create this incredible piece.<br><br></div>

The turtle

Trash Seal

Iguana

<div>Bordalo II made this hammerhead shark on the wall of a building in Pirae as part of the Ono'u 2019 festival.</div>

Bordalo à Pirae

Wolf

Half White Mouse / Half Baby Wolverine

<div>Mural for UNEXPECTED Fort Smith 2016 curated by JUSTKIDS</div>

<div>Bordalo ll's mural outside of Forshaga was created during ARTSCAPE 2017 'White Moose Project' and is made completely from recycled materials</div>

<div>&nbsp; Part of Rexenera fest 2015.<br><br>&nbsp; “O lixo de um homem é o tesouro do outro” ("The garbage of a man is the treasure of another one"). With this premise as the motto, the Portuguese Bordalo II is distinguished by his mastery when making art with waste materials. Old pieces of a car were used, in Carballo, to create this beautiful worm that, since then, is not separated from this side of the Forum building.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp; The piece is part of his series "Big trash animals" in which the Portuguese artist represents mother nature through his garbage animals, built precisely with everything that destroys it: waste. The work implicitly reflects the harmful vices of this consumer society and invites reflection on the drift of exponential growth that the planet is experiencing.&nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp; Trasherpillar integrates completely with the environment that surrounds it, since it shows an intentional game of green colors that blends with the chromatic range of the building. It also plays skillfully with the intermediate space between the two walls to get a greater sense of the 3D effect that this mural already has.&nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp; More info at:<br>&nbsp; https://derrubandomuros.gal/mural/trasherpillar/<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>

Trasherpillar

<div><strong>"Big&nbsp; Trash&nbsp; Animals&nbsp; é&nbsp; uma&nbsp; série&nbsp; de&nbsp; trabalhos&nbsp; em&nbsp; grande&nbsp; escala&nbsp; que&nbsp; pretende retratar a natureza, mais especificamente os animais, através da utilização de materiais que são responsáveis pela sua destruição.</strong><br>Estas construções tem como habitat o espaço público de cidades um pouco por todo o mundo.</div>

Gineta

Opossum

<div>WOOL- Covilhã Urban Art Festival 2014</div>

<div><strong><em>The Portuguese artist Bordalo II has just completed a new wall in the city of Nancy.<br>His polar bear and his 2 cubs have taken place on the wall of a nursery school, impossible to find a better audience for the message about environmental emergency awareness. "This is the first time I've made a polar bear. A species that, unfortunately, perfectly illustrates the urgency of the situation. Doing it on a school wall makes all the more sense, because I'm still hopeful that the younger generations won't repeat the same mistakes we made in the past, and are still making today. »<br>The Mathgoth Gallery curated and provided artistic support for the production of this work.<br>Five years ago, the city of Nancy implemented a major cultural policy focused on urban art and it is within the framework of the "ADN" (Art Dans Nancy) program that this new fresco was created. Bordalo joins other big names such as Jef Aerosol, Kogaone, David Walker, Momo or Vhils.</em></strong></div>

Polar Bear

<div>Known for creating art from garbage and considered by “Street Art News” one of the best urban artists of the world, Bordallo II draws attention to consumerism and excessive litter. In his artistic installation, that represents a species from our region, the “Guarda-Rios”, he used garbage that was collected in this area.&nbsp;</div>

"Guarda-Rios"

<div>A work by Bordalo II created in 2016 on the facade of the Ono'u Ephemeral Museum in Papeete.</div>

Bordalo II in Papeete

<div>If you are not familiar with Bordalo’s work, you will be after seeing this outstanding piece in-person. This artist takes garbage cans and other materials and turns it sculpted art. Another must mural thanks Wide Open Walls.&nbsp;</div>

Orangutans 

<div>MURO - Festival de Arte Urbana Lx 2016</div>

Octopus

<div>Created for Nuart Aberdeen 2018</div>

Endangered dream 

<div>Irish Filmmakers Trevor Whelan, Rua Meegan and producer Glen Collins, are excited to present Portuguese environmental artist Artur Bordalo's aka Bordalo II Dublin installation, 'Red Squirrel' on the Workshop Gastropub, Georges Quay, Dublin, Ireland.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>We have been filming Bordalo internationally for over two years and fought very hard to bring such an incredible artist to share his work with Dublin. The construction of Bordalo’s Irish installation was filmed over five days for an Irish Film Board funded documentary 'Bordalo II A life of waste' which will premiere this year.<br><br><br></div><div>The purpose of our documentary is to illustrate the motivation and creativity behind the career of trash art sculptor Artur Bordalo, with the intention of raising a global awareness about the environmental consequences of our wasteful society and entertaining them through the artistry and ingenuity captured in Bordalo’s works.<br><br></div><div>Bordalo's effort to make this piece was inspiring to be around. It was an incredible week and we could not have made this happen without the support of our friends, family, Dublin city council and many local business's who's generosity was unbelievable.<br><br></div>

Giant Red Squirrel

<div>Javali – "Big&nbsp; Trash&nbsp; Animals&nbsp; é&nbsp; uma&nbsp; série&nbsp; de&nbsp; trabalhos&nbsp; em&nbsp; grande&nbsp; escala&nbsp; que&nbsp; pretende retratar a natureza, mais especificamente os animais, através da utilização de materiais que são responsáveis pela sua destruição.Estas construções tem como habitat o espaço público de cidades um pouco por todo o mundo.</div>

Javali

Apus

<div>Camaleão – "Big&nbsp; Trash&nbsp; Animals&nbsp; é&nbsp; uma&nbsp; série&nbsp; de&nbsp; trabalhos&nbsp; em&nbsp; grande&nbsp; escala&nbsp; que&nbsp; pretende retratar a natureza, mais especificamente os animais, através da utilização de materiais que são responsáveis pela sua destruição.Estas construções tem como habitat o espaço público de cidades um pouco por todo o mundo.</div>

Camaleão

<div>Coyote art piece put up in conjunction with Bordalo II's solo show "Trashedy" at Heron Arts in 2018</div>

Coyote

<div>In town for the JJ-Street Baltic Session: Street Art Jam 2016, Bordalo created a large flying squirrel which is sitting peacefully on a pine branch and having a little snack. The Lisbon-based artist chose this creature in order to bring attention to the fact that in Estonia, this squirrel is an endangered species.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Artur Bordalo, better known as Bordalo II, integrates unique raw materials to create art. Half Seals, created in 2019 in Kristiansand, forms part of a Half Half collection, which can be viewed on the following website: https://www.bordaloii.com/big-trash-animals-series/half-half</div>

Half Seals

<div>This piece is located in the garden of the Ageas Building.<br>The garden has free access and is always open.&nbsp;<br>You just need to go up a set of stairs since it is not at street level. The stairs are next to the entrance to the parking lot.</div>

Lobo (Wolf)

<div>Bordalo II artwork focuses on the excessive production and consumption of things, which result in the continuous production of garbage and consequently on the destruction of the Planet. This garbage serves as raw material to his works.<br>Bordalo II is the grandson of the Portuguese painter Real Bordalo.<br><br>Instagram&nbsp;<br>Artist: @b0rdalo_ii<br>Hunter: @_romaalex_</div>

Jellyfishes

Meerkats

<div>Half mouflon installed and painted by Bordalo II and his team. This amazing wall is located in Lozzi (Corsican Island), curated by Popularte festival for the 2021 edition. The Portuguese artist is working with products he is finding in trashes, plastic bottles, old chairs, waste bins, ... and all that made this mouflon, half colorful, half hand painted with spray cans.</div>

U Muvrone

<div>Author Bordalo II&nbsp;made that flying squirrel(a species in risk) 2016 at jjstreetartjam mostly from trash. Nice way to recycle the trash we leave on planet</div>

Flying squirrel

Crab

<div>Tortue créée par Bordalo II dans la grande ligne droite de Papenoo sur la côte Est de Tahiti.</div>

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