GraffitiStreet

You have incorporated fine art into your street pieces, Mothers artists, impression sunset and Vandal-ism. Who are your biggest influences; people, movements, styles?

Pejac

My inspiration comes from everywhere, what inspires me most are human beings, in their brightest and darkest moments and the relationships in the world we’re in.
I would say that while not paying attention to anything, I am paying attention to everything, so everything is my inspiration.

Pejac at Azraq Refugee Camp ‘Mothers Artists’ Photo @ Pejac

Pejac, Vandal-ism, Paris

GraffitiStreet

Your work certainly attracts attention and the world stencil going down the drain went viral. Do you see yourself as educating the public, informing them and raising consciousness?

Pejac

These issues are important to me for the same reason these should be important for everybody, I approach these themes because for me they define the world we live in and I feel strongly that the issues need to be confronted.

Through my work I connect with people who are already aware of what is happening, and I hope to connect with people who are perhaps unaware, or uncaring of these issues.

Pejac, World going down the drain, Santander

GraffitiStreet

Your art is provocative and critical such as Fin soup in Japan. What were the responses (feelings, questions, thoughts...) of the locals and was it what you were hoping to provoke?

Pejac

The reactions I like the most come from the people I wouldn’t expect; it means I have reached someone who I wasn’t necessarily aware of.

Weather positive or negative, if my work gets the attention from every man or woman going about his or her day then I feel I have achieved something.

For me, art it is not a way to escape from the world conflicts but to actually connect with them.

GraffitiStreet

You have a new solo show 'law of the weakest'... what/who is the Law of the Weakest? Can you expand on this please?

Pejac

I think it is time for the ‘weakest’ to impose their laws, and by weakest I mean 99.9% of our society, the everyman and woman.

Pejac, Dust, Santander

GraffitiStreet

How long have the preparations been for the solo show in London? and what can we expect to see?

Pejac

These artworks reflect the last two years of my life, coherent through the drama or romance seen within it but not necessarily along the same narrative, they all have a touch surrealism which is not intended to denounce the importance of the issues but as a way to soften them. Although, sadly, despite the impossible ideas or situations they can often end up becoming real, despite how improbable or bizarre they seemed while painting them.

It’s when art and reality collide, but reality is reaching new and unexpected extremes, so art needs to find new paths and expressions or forms in order to transcend.

Pejac, Solo show, London

GraffitiStreet

You have travelled the world with your artwork, and we saw you in London with your huge wall on the Heron tower. Why did you choose Shoreditch for your first solo show?

Pejac

London is an international leader in both fine and urban art. As a multicultural place I feel that Londonders have been key in making a city that is incredibly culturally rich.

For me it is an artistically iconic city where some of the best artwork has been created.

Pejac, London

GraffitiStreet

Downwards up installation in shoreditch is a fun play on gravity, what is the message behind these installations....

Pejac

I don’t believe that you have to be creative to have an imagination, I wanted this work to encourage a different view of reality.

The work isn’t about the shoes and the territory that they mark, but the change of perspective through the apparent loss of gravity. It is a simple way to look at something, like a child might, with opportunity and imagination. Bringing some fantasy to our daily lives.

Shackwell Street London © Pejac Street Art London

Shackwell Street London © Pejac Street Art London

GraffitiStreet

What are the different challenges you are confronted with when painting powerful murals in the street vs painting works with messages for the show ?

Pejac

The reason I enjoy creating artwork on the street is because of the freedom I have to do it. All my work is self-produced and I remain independent from any gallery, despite this being a huge risk, for me this is the perfect environment for me to create work, having full control in the whole process.

Pejac, Icarus, South Korea

Pejac

GraffitiStreet

What are your plans after the show?

Pejac

Maybe LA or NYC!

Pejac at Jabal Al-Weibdeh in Amman ‘Rotation’ Photo @ Pejac