DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH

  • 1967, Amsterdam, Netherlands

THEMES / INSPIRATIONS / INFLUENCES

  • Illuminated books
  • Japanese Calligraphy
  • Baseball
  • Plants and trees
  • Pop Art
  • Wild Style

TECHNIQUES

  • ink
  • acrylic
  • linen
  • pearlescent paint
  • spray paint
  • monumental calligraphy
  • broom painting
  • flat brushes
  • happy accidents

FAVORITE PUBLIC PLACES

  • Jordaan (Amsterdam)
  • Brooklyn (New York)
  • Place Vendome (Paris)
  • Madeleine (Nice)
  • Michael’s stores (USA)
  • Facebook (internet)

GALLERIES / EXHIBITIONS

Solo shows :

  • Uncontrolled Substances, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 2016
  • Nissa la Bella, GCA gallery, Nice, France, 2016
  • Shoe at Flow, Make Your Mark gallery, Helsinki, Finlande, 2014
  • Shoegazing, A4LW gallery, Soest, Allemagne, 2014
  • The Unearthly Paintings, White Walls gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2014
  • Unbelieve, Unit 44 gallery, Newcastle, Royaume-Uni, 2013
  • Unism, White Walls gallery ,San Francisco, USA, 2013
  • Justified Scriptures, 941 Geary gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2012
  • Oesh, Black Rainbow gallery, Paris, France, 2012
  • Upside Down, Saatchi & Saatchi gallery, Auckland, Nouvelle-Zélande, 2012
  • Upside Down, Rtist gallery, Melbourne, Australie, 2012
  • Upside Down, Kind Of Gallery, Sydney, Australie, 2012
  • Calligraffiti, Arty Farty Gallery, Köln, Allemagne, 2011
  • Throw-Ups, Arkitip project space, Los Angeles, USA, 2010
  • Letters of Independence, Salamatina Gallery, Manhasset, USA, 2010
  • Le Miroir Vivant, Tenue de Nîmes, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 2009
  • Different Strokes, Rush Hour, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 2008
  • Calligraffiti, Post BG, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 2007

Group shows :

  • Brick to Canvas, Tinney Gallery, Nashville, USA, 2016
  • Work in Progress, St+Art, New Delhi, Inde, 2016
  • New York Meets The Dam,The Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 2015
  • Abstract Vandalism, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 2015
  • Surface, Allouche Gallery, New York, USA, 2015
  • Three Kings, Vroom & Varossieau, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 2015
  • Crime Time Kings, Unruly Gallery, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 2014
  • Alphabet Show, White Walls gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2014
  • Urbanism, Moscow Museum, Moscou, Russie, 2014
  • An Even Eleven, White Walls gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2014
  • Caleidoscoop, Pavillon hollandais à Wynwood, Miami, USA, 2013
  • Calligraffiti 1984/2013, Leila Heller Gallery, New York City, USA, 2013
  • Lyrics, galerie Hélène Bailly, Paris, France, 2013
  • MESS, Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris, France, 2013
  • 10 year anniversary exhibition, White Walls gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2013
  • Pop-Up , Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, Suisse, 2013
  • &friends, Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris, France, 2012
  • Comma, Pallazo della Penna, Perugia, Italie, 2012
  • Off Canvas, Beijing, Chine, 2011
  • Flying Eyeball, London, Royaume-Uni, 2009

IMPORTANT EVENTS

  • Seeing Disney’s Pinochio at age 4
  • Meeting Quik, Dondi and Futura in Amsterdam between 1982 and 1984
  • Dondi showing New-York around in 1984
  • Meeting Bando and Mode in Paris in 1985
  • Meeting Keith Haring in 1986
  • Calligraffiti exhibition in Amsterdam in 2007

MUSICAL ENVIRONMENT

  • Devo (1972-)
  • Beastie Boys (1979-)
  • Malcolm McLaren (1946 – 2010)
  • Big Audio Dynamite (1984-)
  • Biz Markie (1964-)
  • Ultramagnetic MCs (1984-)
  • Brad Meldhau (1970-)
  • Weather Report (1970-)
  • Beach House (2004-)
  • Little Dragon (1996-)
  • Metronomy (1999-)

ARTISTIC ENVIRONMENT

  • Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
  • Pierre Soulages (1919-)
  • Franz Kline (1910-1962)
  • Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
  • Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
  • Christopher Wool (1955-)
  • Fabienne Verdier (1962-)
  • Dondi White (1961-1998)
  • Rammellzee (1960-2010)
  • Damien Hirst (1965-)
  • Jeff Koons (1955-)

LITERARY ENVIRONMENT

  • Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger, 1951
  • Pangur Bán (irish 9th century poem)
  • Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966)
  • Frank Miller (1957-)
  • Hagakure (The way of the Samurai), 1716
  • Facebook (internet)

CINEMATOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT

  • Koyaanisqatsi, Godfrey Reggio, 1982
  • Jim Jarmusch (1953-)
  • Miami Blues, George Armitage, 1990
  • Spike Jonze, (1969-)
  • Blade Runner, Ridley Scott, 1982
  • George A. Romero (1940-)
  • The Road, John Hillcoat, 2009
  • The Fall, Allan Cubitt, 2013
  • Abel Ferrara (1951-)
  • Paul Verhoeven (1938-)