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author: Jan Brennenstuhl
categories:
- Street Art
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  alt: El Bocho Interview
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date: '2011-07-12T18:08:46Z'
description: El Bocho is creating street art for years now for what reason his artworks like the large-scale painted paste-ups can by found not just in Berlin. Recently he gave a little interview about his characters, street-art, life and communication...
tags:
- Interview
- El Bocho
- Paper Art
- Painting
title: El Bocho Interview
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/el-bocho-interview/
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# El Bocho Interview

Berlin-based street artist **El Bocho** has been working on the streets since 1997. His *Little Lucy* series (a little girl killing cats), the two CCTVs Kalle and Bernd as well as the new large-scale painted paste-up series are well known not only in Berlin! Recently Paula Kohlmann talked with him about his characters, street-art, life and communication...

> When I was three or four years old I watched my cousin drawing with crayons. I simply wasn’t able to understand how she was doing it. She gave me the crayons and since then I have never wanted to do anything else but drawing and illustrating. (El Bocho)

Read the entire interview over at [thedailygib.com](http://thedailygib.com/?p=4652) and check out [his website](http://www.elbocho.net/) for more info and photos!