FABIAN DEBORA

Biography

• Born in El Paso, Texas, and raised in Los Angeles, California, to a heroin addict father, and an absent mother.

• When he was 17 years old, he joined one of East LA’s oldest and most violent gangs.

• Beginning his art career in 1995 as a member of the East Los Angeles Streetscapers, Fabian was mentored by many Chicano artists and muralists and was introduced to creative expression in all forms, from graffiti tagging, to murals, to sketching and painting

• He battled depression, and drug addiction for years, until a suicide attempt at age 30.

• It was only after what he describes as an ‘encounter with god’ during his suicide attempt, that he entered rehab, and began seriously pursuing an artistic career.

Art Style Fabian’s pieces commonly portrays influences of his upbringing, as well as representations of his personal experiences as a former gang member. Subjects in his art commonly include children, gang members, religious figures, still-life sceneries, skylines of Los Angeles, among other subjects.

"Art is the closest thing you can get to the essence of God.“

-Fabian Debora

‘Pay Me No Mind‘2010

Acrylic painting on canvas

Art Work• Fabian Debora focuses predominantly on canvas paintings, as

well as murals, but dabbles slightly into sculpture, drawings, and occasionally digital art.

• His principal medium of choice is acrylic painting on canvas, or spray paint and acrylic paint on walls

• His paintings often use very dark color schemes, with a central subject in the middle of the piece, with a scenery background.

Higher Power 2009

Paintinghttp://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/237831-fabian-debora

Convicted All Star2010

Painting