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CONEJERO LOPEZ grew up in the Mediterranean city of Valencia, Spain. Both of his parents are English professors and translators. His father is also an acting teacher, poet, playwright, Shakespearean Prof., O.B.E and creator of the Shakespeare Foundation of Spain.

Due to the professions of his parents, Pablo spent much of the first seventeen years of his life in a small town called Seven Oaks in Kent, UK. As a teenager he became involved with poetry an theater as a member of the SHAKESPEARE FOUNDATION OF SPAIN performing in a number of poetry related recitals in prestigious theaters and venues in Spain and the UK. As well as an invitation to perform at the GRAN TEATRO DE LA HABANA in Cuba.

To be a Young poet in Valencia-Spain in the late 90s, and having at the same time the task to be in a context where Shakespeare was again translated into Spanish by the team where Pablo is included (he himself is to assist translating processes with his research) means to unavoidably develop an interest to explore language –both English and Spanish- to find new linguistic attitudes, further ways of verbal and written expression.

Whilst some young members in his team (FUNDACION SHAKESPEARE/The Shakespeare Foundation of Spain) developed an interest in analyzing the echoes of the Poets of “Generación del 27” (Lorca, Cernuda…-like Pablo- Shakespearean translators in there own right ) others, like Pablo himself –brought up in English- turned their eyes to the English Romantic Poetry, to scrutinize their ways with words, their determination to be different and bring a non conventional means of expression.There he developed an immediate interest to investigate and study all the written matter concerning The Beat Generation (Kerouac, Ginsberg and others) and their efforts to fight against the ways language can be impoverished due to dramatic conceptual and non conceptually new attitudes creating the poetry of those who in the USA meant a radical shift in establishing new ways of language perception.

At eighteen he went to study acting in London for a year at the National Youth Theater followed by a summer in New york at The New Actors Workshop. He then returned to London for a year developing his writing skills and experiencing a kind of education or musical awakening amidst the raging BRIT POP music scene taking place there in this time. It was in this period that he became acquainted with a vast wealth of inspiration through the music of Britain's 60's Psychedelic, 70's Glam, Rock n Roll and 80s Gothic / New wave movements and Americas Velvet Underground, Warhol Factory, CBGB'S Punk Rock New York Art movements. The music of artists like Syd Barret, Jim Carroll, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Jim Morrison, Lou Reed, Richard Hell, Nico, Stiv Bators, Peter Perrett, Johnny Thunders, Ian Curtis, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave and others.

This coupled with his endless consumption and love for contemporary Poetry and Literature, spanning the generations from the old world to the new, work by radicals like Arthur Rimbaud, Oscar Wilde, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg,  Frank O'Hara, and the above mentioned Jim Morrison, Jim Carroll, Patti Smith, Richard Hell to name a few, caused his means of expression to move further away from acting and closer to more literary forms of expression shown in Poetry. Yet never too far from the stage and his need to perform, now with his artistic forefathers in front of him he was heading in a direction still very unknown.

It wasn't until he was 22 that he started considering poetry and music as his main vocation moving from an actor in the theater to the stage as the front man for a Rock n Roll band, where he put out two albums and three compilation albums as the lead singer and lyricist of the band VICE AND VANITY.

In the summer of 2004, he released his first collection of songs and poems, ROCK AND ROLL JOLIE (published by The Shakespeare Foundation of Spain, ISBN 84-609-1500-X).

With the successful release of ROCK AND ROLL JOLIE Pablo went on to receive heavy press and notoriety as a poet with a number of positive reviews in well known cultural, literary, music and fashion magazines & publications. He followed up ROCK AND ROLL JOLIE with a series of poetry and music related recitals in connection with the Shakespeare Foundation of Spain titled  POETS POEMS AND ROCK AND ROLL. He then continued with a series of Poetry readings titled BEAT PUNK POETRY READING  inspired by COWBOY MOUTH, a play performed by Sam Shepard & Patti Smith in 1970s New York, in collaboration with fellow artist CASILDA MAHOU  with a special invitation to give an example of the project at an event held at LEIDEN UNIVERSITY in Holland.

As he learned to channel his poetry into the music he was making, his band also went on to tour extensively around Spain gaining a high respect as one of the best if not the best band to emerge from the rock and roll scene in Spain in this period, gracing the covers and pages of countless magazines and publications in stories, reviews and pictorials. BON VIVANT RECORDS named them  BEST PUNK BAND OF 2007. They opened for some of the best acts in their music genre like THE DICTATORS, THE BARRACUDAS and THE TOILET BOYS. They played such well-known American N.Y.C venues as the legendary CBGBs and 313 Gallery, the infamous MISSHAPES Party at Donhills, Continental and Brooklyn's Trash Bar  just to name a few. PAPER MAGAZINE called Pablo's work as a singer powerful with genious rhythms and complex & layered lyrics.They performed a live three song performance and interview for    MTV Spain   which by request gained multiple running's of screen time and the Spanish edition of  ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE   named their song "I Know Everybody in the City" as one of the best songs of the decade.

Conejero Lopez then was invited to musically perform a collection of his own songs and his favorites by other artists on ENCONTRES a cultural TV program of PUNT DOS, an Arts Television network.

At this point in his artistic career, when the poet is decided to broaden by studying this facts in situ and devoting his time to writing and publishing in a country (USA) which has the key to understand the new radical ways of communication brought by the poets and artists of the mid 20th century in America. It is only a natural next step for that artist to follow his inspiration. So in 2006, Conejero Lopez moved to New York City to further develop his work as a Poet, Singer as well as develop projects in coordination with THE SHAKESPEARE FOUNDATION OF SPAIN ( FUNDACION SHAKESPEARE DE ESPANA ) and was granted the artist visa, with the support of such arts and entertainment industry leaders as:

* James Kaliardos - Creator and editor-at-large for Visionaire MAGAZINE (V). * Alex Cho, Artistic - Director of Nylon magazine. * James Rosenthal - Editor of the prestigious international monthly video magazine Fly magazine * Paolo Donadio - Head of production management for MTV Spain. * Alaska - Iconic, Legendary Spanish Pop Star. * Jodie Dinapoli - Prof. of Spanish Cinema at the Cervantes institute N.Y.C, assistant curator and press coordinator of the NO LONGER EMPTY N.Y.C

Creator of the poetry slam contest of Harlem NY, Her work as a curator can be seen in countless exhibitions at  museums and galleries like M.O.M.A, PS1, The Brooklyn Museum, Praxis Art Gallery.

All of these leading industry professionals taking part in the writing of petitions and letters of recommendation for the Poet, Singer and his continued work in the U.S.

Conejero Lopezcurrently lives in Chinatown Manhattan N.Y.C and just produced his second book, entitled NEW REALITY, ( published by the Shakespeare Foundation of Spain, ISBN 978-84-7274-293-2 ).

With NEW REALITY set to be released in the early spring of 2011, the book is already receiving public interest with the author made The Featured Poet for the much hyped and successful Debut issue of the L.E.S. REVIEW  Poetry Journal, an internet and printed Magazine & publication. He also took part in the Magazine's Launch Event at The Tompkins Square New York Public Library. A Poetry Reading where he read his work along side a culturally diverse and eclectic group of Poets. Ending with three unplugged musical performances which PABLO headlined performing along side fellow artists JUSTIN DEAN THOMAS and ADAM GREEN.

PABLO was also just asked to appear in the next campaign of the high end prestigious Spanish fashion brand LOEWE. In a campaign titled LEATHER ICONS. where he is set to appear among a group of selected artistic personalities made up of models, singers, movie stars and writers all celebrated in their fields.