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Dion Cupido (born 1973) is a contemporary South African artist.

In 1998, he started exhibiting at the Pea-Nut gallery. In 2003, he joined the Arts & Media Access Centre's (AMAC) professional development program, where he won the the Truworths AMAC Academy of the Visual Arts award.

Recently, he has produced a consistent body of abstract work. Initially it consisted of urban escapes through the front window of his car and most recently he discovered African Pop portraiture using industrial ink as painting medium.

Dion discovered his ability to paint, by accident, when he helped a friend with a school project. He started painting professionally from 2001 and has recently fallen in love with painting portraits with industrial ink.

When Dion began his artistic career, he was fascinated with abstract work. It took him a year to find his technique and even longer to sell his first painting. The important lesson was the realisation that besides its intellectual component, abstract painting is also a form of expression of emotion which triggers certain thoughts and memories.

He also worked with realism but realised that although it appealed to viewers it never fulfilled him. It is only recently that he discovered a new technique using mainly industrial ink with which he produced his African-Pop Art Portraits. He also incorporates a lot of graffiti into his recent work.

Cupido has a studio space at Good Hope Art Studios in Cape Town, South Africa.