Felipe Yung aka FLIP is an artist from Sao Paulo that mastered his calligraphy all over the city landscape. But he was also one of the first graffiti writers in Brazil to draw characters without letters in the streets and work with posters and stickers. Development made in more than a decade of street art.
His influences are urban culture (art, fashion and music), urban (tags and pixação) and Japanese calligraphy (Shodo) and print (Ukiyo-e), native trees, Fashion fetish and Camouflage
You can see his art in galleries and streets of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Madrid, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Moscow, London, Paris, Osaka and Tokyo.
Felipe Yung is an artist who became known in the streets as "Flip" where, for more than 20 years, he has left his mark and his colors wherever he goes.
Nature, vegetation, eroticism, urban calligraphy (tags and pixação), monsters, camouflage and a fascination for Japanese culture, especially calligraphy (shodo) and prints (ukiyo-e): these combinations of influences make FLIP an artist original and recognized both in Brazil and internationally.
This universe so characteristic has allowed him to work for major brands and influential people. For rapper Marcelo D2, FLIP designed the entire artistic project for the album "Meu samba e assim"; he also created the screenplay and set for the acoustic concert at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, and participated in the visual identity of the rapper’s other tours. The work carried out by FLIP, for more than ten years, on the various forms of camouflage has materialized by the invitation of Nike SB for the creation of the “Camo Pack”: a unique collection including in particular a special version of the jersey. the Brazilian Football Selection. In the "Adidas Collider" project, FLIP was the exclusive representative of Brazil in the meetings bringing together artists from various backgrounds and from all over the world.
Outside of Brazil, among the many works carried out by FLIP, there is in particular the decoration of Sushi Samba restaurants in Las Vegas and London. The artist was also selected by the Embassy to represent Brazil at a cultural event in Moscow.
Between the artistic conception of concerts or magazines, between giant walls or intimate interiors, from a favela to a 5-star hotel or from a medieval basement to a high-tech terrace, passing through the world of fashion , Flip travels between underground and popular culture and the luxury market.