Born and raised in El Paso TX, Gibran started drawing at the age of five, after seeing his father painting on a poster board. Within time he became his fathers pupil but like many family couples, his father and mother parted ways.

In high school agitated because of his father’s departure, Gibran’s illustrations became dark and transcended his anger. Soon he obtained an alias that would be written with spray-paint in the local neighborhood walls. (A method he used to vent out his emotions) That same year he researched graffiti art and came to an understanding of it. He then geared his graffiti art towards a new objective, to create a voice with purpose.

After four years of painting, high school coming to an end, and a newborn child, Gibran had to postponed art school. Struggling to make a name for himself and at the same time keeping a family together, he chose to go on a hiatus. Three years later he came back to further approach his quest.

Now if you were to see his style and technique, you would think his letter style, illustrations, sculpture, murals and paintings portray agony and defeat, “ I want the viewer to see past the surface, to discard the blindfold and for the paintings to evoke there inner feelings thoughts and emotions, they hold realism since our outer shell sometimes shows defeat yet inside we are glowing with tranquility and love.” Gibran then says. “The paintings contain a lot of symbols and life experiences although the foundation of them are based on dreams and last but not least” Gibran further says “As my father had once expressed to me, Once you have a grasp on the ordinary the next step is to understand the surreal, the dream.”

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