Timur Fork is a Moscow-based street artist who has been a key figure in the Russian graffiti movement since the early 2000s. From the beginning of his practice, he has favoured character-based compositions over traditional lettering, capturing figures across cities such as Moscow, Barcelona, Paris and Osaka. His career includes participation in major international festivals and projects, including Write4Gold, Secret Walls and the ARTMOSSPHERE Street Art Biennale.

A turning point came in 2017, when an injury led to a prolonged break from street work. During this period, Fork began transitioning from graffiti to studio practice, transferring his street experience onto canvas while seeking new techniques and deeper meanings. Between 2018 and 2020, he lived in Barcelona, where he continued to develop his work through painting and design projects.

Currently based in Moscow, Timur Fork has established his signature style, “plasticine realism,” characterised by hyperrealistic depictions of sculpted, clay-like forms. His work combines humour, colour intensity and a sense of playful illusion, using simple visual language to evoke complex emotional responses and reflect on contemporary perception.

João Fortuna's art appears as a mirror of contemporary times, where visual narratives echo our own existence. Technology, social asymmetries and collective loneliness emerge as dominant themes within an imaginary constructed through meticulous layers, transporting us to maximalist scenarios that challenge us visually.

The city, as the human being’s preferred habitat, stands as a central element in his aesthetic constructions, where narratives unfold through a mix of references — from brutalism to metabolic architecture, from classic to modern, from present to future. Graduated in Art History from the University of Coimbra, João Fortuna found in collage his primary form of expression, developing a distinctive language that invites us to engage with the complexity of modern life.