{"id":72715,"date":"2016-08-14T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T13:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=72715"},"modified":"2016-07-07T15:59:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T13:59:19","slug":"street-art-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/street-art-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Btoy &#8211; A Barcelona street artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Andrea Michaelsson was born in <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> in 1977. At first she thought she was meant to be a lawyer and did four years of college studying law. That was before she discovered her talent as an <strong>artist.\u00a0<\/strong>Andrea works in the streets, opposing her\u00a0studio, so that she can be called a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Street_art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">street artist<\/a>, her most defining characteristic now.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/street-art-2\/#The_whys_and_the_hows\" title=\"The whys and the hows\">The whys and the hows<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/street-art-2\/#Street_art_with_meaning\" title=\"Street art with meaning\">Street art with meaning<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/street-art-2\/#Today_and_tomorrow\" title=\"Today and tomorrow\">Today and tomorrow<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_whys_and_the_hows\"><\/span>The whys and the hows<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_72719\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72719\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Street-art-created-by-BTOY-for-Woolfest-2011-in-Covilha-Portugal-photo-by-r2hox-Flickr-Creative-Commons-Dec.-29-2011-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Btoy a Barcelona street artist\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by r2hox via Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When she was around 26 years old, Andrea discovered that <strong>painting<\/strong> relaxed and allowed her to reduce stress by keeping the mind completely busy and committed. In 2003, she began her studies at the Institute of Photographic Studies of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her life as an artist started with <strong>photographs<\/strong> and photoshop, a combination that became the basis for her <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stencil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">stencil painting<\/a> that still goes on today. The use of photoshop would help her to identify light and shadows more easily, a technique that she has developed as a natural filter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her path until today <strong>Btoy<\/strong> &#8211; Andrea\u2019s street name &#8211; found inspiration when experimenting with several types of means to reach her ends, which implied working with free plastic techniques, spray and acrylic paint, among others. Those experiments are the path of evolution that is allowing her to develop and evolve her work.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Street_art_with_meaning\"><\/span>Street art with meaning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_72721\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72721\" class=\"wp-image-72721 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amy-Winehouse-in-street-art-by-BTOY-on-a-wall-near-her-Barcelona-studio-photo-by-Anita-Malhotra-February-24-2012-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Btoy a Barcelona street artist\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Anita Malhotra<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The streets are her canvas where she collaborates with others, combining different styles and themes. For Andrea, the idea behind every intervention is the importance of women in society. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/btoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Her art<\/a>, sometimes born out of famous portraits, is the representation of <strong>female icons<\/strong>, and the first <strong>liberated women<\/strong>, mostly characters from the 1950\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her work started with murals that she would paint in rusty doors and abandoned buildings in <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> but, since the law changed and stop allowing <strong>graffiti<\/strong> in 2005, Btoy changed her <strong>street art<\/strong> to posters that take a minute to put up and avoid confrontations with authority, as in a <strong>stencil<\/strong> would take about 20 minutes to paint. At this time, <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> was a hotspot for <strong>street artists<\/strong> from all over Europe.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Today_and_tomorrow\"><\/span>Today and tomorrow<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These days, Andrea Michaelsson&#8217;s works are exhibited in galleries around the world. Besides her hometown in <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>, her works can also be seen in cities such as Brussels, London, Mexico and Los Angeles. Andrea is best known for her extremely fine, detailed <strong>stencils<\/strong> and her commitment to street art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Btoy<\/strong> &#8216;s plans for the future include more big murals, continuing her work as a teacher and at the same evolve her <strong>art<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"72715\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate us!<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Michaelsson was born in Barcelona in 1977. 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