Jaybo aka monk biography of christopher robin

For me, what make up a great artist are the things that he have experienced. For it is within these experiences that he draws inspirations from and develops attitudes for his process. Jaybo Monk was a runaway when he was a kid… he was a street urchin. He has been a street actor, a graffiti writer and a hiphop musician. For more than 2 decades he has evolved into a visual-artist, whose brilliant artworks have been exhibited around the world.

There is always a special place in my acrylic drenched heart for visual artists who had their beginnings rooted in the rawness of the streets. Theirs are romantic stories of success using sheer talent to transcend from the gutters. Interview by Crist Espiritu. Artworks by Jaybo Monk. Why did you choose to use the name Jaybo Monk? What does this name mean?

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After a while I read about a legend wherein a monk of the same name was asked to bring the words of Buddha from India to China and needed the help of the king of the monkeys. I thought that it matched me in my quest of lost causes. Back in the Eighties, I was a runaway kid. Living in the streets first in the South of France and later in Paris.