Raw Work from Ecuador Lands in Pueblo

This First Friday, the gallery welcomes a striking glimpse into Ecuador’s street art scene, featuring paste-up works by Antonio “Tony” Jaramillo (aka Pucha Perro) and Pedro “Fai” Estrella.

For those new to it, paste-up art (otherwise known as wheatpasting) is a cornerstone of global street art culture. Artists create images on paper in the studio, then install them in public using adhesive, allowing for fast, repeatable, and highly detailed visual interventions.

Found everywhere from alleyways to major cities, paste-ups blur the line between fine art and public expression—ephemeral, layered, and deeply connected to the rhythms of urban life.

Tony Jaramillo, trained as a graphic designer at the University of Azuay (class of 2021), brings an intimate, expressive approach to the medium. Working primarily with Chinese ink on brown paper, his pieces render fragments of his immediate social environment alongside symbol-rich self-portraits. His work navigates the tension between the personal and the collective, where bold gestures and fluid forms reveal a quiet dialogue between the unconscious and the city.

Pedro “Fai” Estrella, a multidisciplinary artist with over a decade in urban art, expands the conversation through murals, paste-ups, and public space interventions. Based largely in Cuenca, where his work appears throughout the city, Fai’s practice also extends into experimental music, video, and photography. As part of Da Nite Club collective, his output reflects a deep engagement with contemporary visual language and often draws inspiration from his close companion, his dog.

Together, these artists transform paper and paste into powerful vehicles of presence, offering a rare chance to experience Ecuadorian street culture inside the gallery space.

Opening First Friday

April 3, 2026 at Blo Back Gallery

5pm-8pm

FREE EVENT