Martin Whatson was represented by the Ministry of Walls Street Art Gallery with large-scale works at Art Basel Miami Scope 2015. Whatson also took part in many group exhibitions, both national and international, in metropolises such as Tokyo, Paris, London, New York and Los Angeles. Since his artistic debut in 2004, he has held several solo exhibitions. By adding vibrant colors he breaks the monochromatic expression and brings a splash of life to his work. Whatson was inspired by artists such as Jose Parla and Cy Twombly. His artistic expression began largely politically and has gradually evolved into more subtle expressions. The motif of decay characterizes his style. He was inspired by people, cityscapes, old buildings, graffiti, posters and walls. He jumped on the graffiti art bandwagon and made his first stencils in the winter of 2004. 1984) is a Norwegian-born street artist.While studying art and graphic design at the Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo, he discovered stencil art and the urban art scene. In 2022 he participated in Urvanity Art in Madrid, Spain and District 13 Art Fair in Paris.įeatured image: Martin Whatson.Martin Whatson (b. Throughout his career, the artist has participated in numerous group shows, including Atomic Number 13 (Part 2) and Atomic Number 13 (2022) at Vertical Gallery in Chicago, I Only Have To Land It Once Black (2021) at Book Gallery in Colorado, Pez: 22 Years Smiling with Friends (2021) at StolenSpace Gallery in London, and Upside Down (2021) at Kirk Gallery in Denmark. His prints are usually immediately sold, with just a few copies remaining. Whatson enjoys collaborating with street artists and has worked with Snik, Roamcouch, and Pure Evil. Once he finds his main interest, he decides if he will create order or chaos. He is inspired by everything that surrounds him, or he comes across, from architecture, patterns, and landscapes, to people. The artist first creates the base of his artwork in black and white, constructed of a few layers of hand-cut stencils, and then adds vibrant colours. Through his powerful, colourful images, he draws our attention to them. Interested in finding beauty in all things, especially ugly places, his subjects are often largely overlooked by society. He has worked on paper and canvas as much as on the walls outside. Colourful Street Artįollowing the trend that swept the globe, Martin Whatson slowly adopted his work to be shown in gallery spaces. Martin Whatson (f.1984) is a Norwegian street-artist best known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids. Whatson draws inspiration from such great masters as Cy Twombly and the brilliant Jose Parla. In his work, he combines the two mediums perfectly, as is seen in his stencil grey monochromatic images decorated with vibrant coloured graffiti. Since 2004 he has been creating art in his signature style that has garnered the attention of the audience and critics alike. Still, once he saw the work by Banksy, he immediately fell in love with stencils. Whatson graduated from the Westerdals School of Communication with a degree in Art and Graphic Design. Like all kids, that did not stop them from leaving their mark all over the streets. However, they had a lot of trouble with the officials as they did not understand or approve of the art. He joined the local graffiti scene in Oslo and was active throughout the 1990s. Martin Whatson was born in 1984 in Norway. Besides mural commissions, the artist has collaborated with several notable fashion brands. Over the years, Martin Whatson has exhibited in numerous cities around the world, including Berlin, Tokyo, London, Paris, Oslo, and New York. His artworks feature animals, famous historical figures, dancers, and abstract graffiti. Best known for his stencil work, prints, sculptures, murals and paintings, which he has been doing since 2004, the artist finds inspiration in old buildings, people, city landscapes, decaying walls, posters and graffiti. Throughout his career, Norwegian artist Martin Whatson has found beauty in places conventionally thought of as ugly.
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