11/27/2023 0 Comments Martin whatson canvas printsOn the other side of the scale, I have to mention participating in last year’s NuArt. Can’t say it was fun, and the result looked shit, but I will never forget that. I’ve had a lot of fun, and met many great people over the years, but one of the most memorable have to be helping a fellow artist paint a stencil in -30 Celsius after a drunken night. What was your most memorable “street art” experience? Recently I’ve mainly been working on canvas, but I really enjoy painting on aluminum and metal, and found objects like wood and metal. Some of my recent favorites are Borf, José Parlà and Smash137. Have you always been an artist? If not, then what where you before you became an artist?įor the better part of my life I’ve been painting and drawing, not to the extent I do now, but I can say I spent most my years at school sketching, drawing letters and characters instead of doing maths or science.Īre there any artists who particularly inspire you?įunnily enough I’m not a big fan of stencil art myself, although I respect and get inspired but some I mostly enjoy abstract graffiti inspired art. Other than that I’m basically self taught. And as a child my father drew me cars and Disney cartoons. I still love watching, and painting Graffiti, but trying to incorporate it more and more into my stencil art now.īesides the basic high school art education, I’ve studied graphic design. I’ve been following the graffiti and street art scene since the mid 90’s, after discovering Banksy (of course) and realizing I wasn’t good enough painting graffiti pieces, so I decided to try stencils. I’m a 30 year old Norwegian stencil artist. After doing graffiti for many years I got into stencils and been working with the medium for about 10 years now, and full time for the last 2-3 years. Martin was nice enough to fit us in his busy schedule for a Q and A.Ĭould you tell us a little about yourself? Since his artistic debut in 2006, he has had several solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions, both nationally and internationally. He enjoys creating either unity or conflict between materials and motives. His interest for decay has helped develop his style and composition. He looks for inspirations in city landscapes and old soon to be demolished buildings. Martin has a continuous urge to search for beauty in what is commonly dismissed as ugly, out of style or simply left behind. After following the development in the street art scene closely, he started his own artistic production in 2004. He discovered stencils and the urban art scene while studying Art and Graphic design at Westerdals School of Communication, in Oslo. In the many festivals and multiple exhibitions he has participated in for about a decade now, Martin Whatson has had the chance to work with other artists such as Roamcouch, Pure Evil or Snik.Martin Whatson is born in Norway. There are not many the prints we can find in galleries as the mayor part of his editions are limited to a few copies, usually hand finished, and because of that a big part of them is already in hands of private collectors. Regarding Martin Watsons' graphic work, we can say that he is a quite prolific artist and his prints are sold out really fast. Nowadays is works combining these urban mediums with works developed on canvas o other materials such as aluminium, metals or wood. ![]() ![]() We can find his work shown to the public in urban murals in cities of his natal Norway like Stavanger or Oslo but he has also crossed his country frontiers to other places like Paris or Tokyo. He is an emotional artist that seeks to transmit feelings and with a great taste for aesthetics and the beauty of images and colour. His work is not charged with a political or social criticism but he likes to leave a subtle message on which anyone can reflect and draw his or her own conclusions. Martin Whatson is inspired by people, posters or other graffiti and has a weakness for urban spaces in decay and abandoned. This is why his work combines these two elements in a unique way and it is characterized by grey monochromatic images done with stencils and decorates them with graffiti of vibrant colours. In the past three years he has had solo shows in cities like Paris, Tokyo and Copenhagen.Ī street art follower since the nineties decade, it wasn't until he discovered Banksy when he decided to try with the stencil. He produces his own work since 2004 and as a result of it he has participated in numerous exhibitions and has collaborated with other urban artists. During his stay in Oslo, while studying Art and Graphic Design at the Westerdals School of Communication, he started to develop a great interest in the art of graffiti and the stencil world. Martin Whatson is a Norwegian artist born in 1984.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |