Diego Dedablio Creates First Large-Scale Work in Brazil at Tatuí Conservatory

Diego Dedablio, an artist from Tatuí, São Paulo, has realized his first large-scale work in Brazil, a mural commissioned by the Conservatório de Tatuí in 2022. The artist's connection to the conservatory is profound, stemming from his hometown and the indirect education he received through contact with its teachers and musical references, which deeply influence his work's theoretical and practical concepts of synesthesia, composition, semiotics, and tonal scale. Dedablio's artistic journey began with street art in Tatuí, where actress and fellow native Vera Holtz discovered his work, subsequently financing his studies at São Paulo's Panamericana Escola de Arte e Design. He later developed his style through free courses in engraving at the Museu Lasar Segall in São Paulo's Santa Cecília neighborhood, experimenting with mixing graffiti and fine art techniques, such as combining spray paint and oil on large murals. His international career launched with an invitation to Amsterdam in 2012 for a building façade intervention, followed by a large-scale mural in Minsk, Belarus, commissioned by the Brazilian embassy in 2017. For the future, Dedablio plans to formalize his concept of "neografite," a research blending anthropology, sociology, and contemporary art that encompasses all techniques simultaneously. Despite his ambitions, the artist expresses a focus on being present in his work rather than navigating what he perceives as the austere and strange world of the art market.