Artist: Pedro Matos

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Short Bio:

Lisbon-based Pedro Matos – also known as DRONE – draws inspiration from the detailed portraits of the Old Masters, then applies his skills to documenting society’s downtrodden or disadvantaged. In the gallery, this results in astonishingly realistic renderings of people set against backgrounds of graffiti. On the street, his complex collages of spray paint, drawing and painting are often framed by the windows of empty buildings (to emphasise the plight of the homeless) or advertising boards (to emphasise the plight of the poor). He has exhibited worldwide.