Thursday, May 23, 2013
7:00pm until 11:30pm
DanaDamki was born near Frankfurt in the countryside. She studied communication design in Wiesbaden and during / after her studies, lived in Japan for all in all 3.5 years. There she worked at a printing company and started to make
damki-magazine, draw cute things with faces and spend hours at toy-stores.
She also spent some time in Australia and Hong Kong.
In 2008 she moved back to Germany, settled in Berlin and focused on drawing more cute things with faces.
blog:
www.damki.com
facebook:
Dana Damki – Facebook
website:
www.danadamki.com
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
7:00pm until 11:30pm
Join us at Idrawalot Gallery/Showroom for “Cuteness Is Over” – Official Book Release With Mike Friedrich.
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About The Book:
This book/zine contains selected works by Berlin born and based Artist Mike Friedrich in the fields of Custom Art, Illustration, Apparel Design, Toy Design, Wall design, Exhibitions and Fine Arts.
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About Mike Friedrich:
Mike Friedrich is an Berlin based illustrator & artist. Born (1977) and raised in this awesome city, he made his first steps in the commercial world of illustration and design in the 90’s by selling his dark fantasy illustrations to Berlin based tattoo studios. Always interested in graffiti, he merged his fantasy roots with the elements of character design and urban art. The result – a sick, slimy mix with strong dark themes. Cuteness is over!
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Super LIMITED EDITION 20 Artist Copies will be available that are signed and numbered by the artist – distinguished artist copies come with round corners. Only available at Idrawalot and for 10/euros!
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May 2nd – 2013
7:00pm until 11:30pm
Join us at Idrawalot Gallery/Showroom for a Solo Exhibition with Chula ‘Diggin In The Crates ‘
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Chula’s exploration for her love and inspiration of music that has effected her hand-painted typography and illustrations. Original works shown and stylized as a visual sonnet.
About:
Chula is an artist born and raised in the city of West-Berlin, who does mural paintings, illustrations and hand lettering. Trained in traditional craftsmanship and design, she uses modern and classic techniques and materials in her work, where typography, handcraft, urban art, folk&hip-hop influences meet with a pinch of nostalgia.
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In part with First Thursday Berlin – Art Walk: http://www.facebook.com/FirstThursdayBerlin
Thursday, April 18, 2013
7:00pm until 11:30pm
Idrawalot Showroom & Gallery is proud to present the Solo Exhibition with Mariana, a miserável (Mariana, the miserable one).
Mariana Santos, known as” Mariana, a miserável” (the miserable one), was born in 1986 in Leiria, Portugal. When she was a small child, her dream was to be a florist but, soon enough, she entered a life of “misery, cesspit and rock’n'roll”. One step behind the fall and a marriage of convenience, she sold her heart in a souvenir store to pay the bills. She studied graphic design at Escola Superior de Artes e Design (Caldas da Rainha), where she developped her taste for “not-knowing-how-to-draw”. Two years ago she moved to Oporto and is currently taking a Master in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects at FBAUP. Besides studying, she is involved in a number of illustration projects: she is the Director of Illustration at JUP, she takes part in many exhibitions (collective or solo), small publications, collective murals and she oftens design posters for her friends as well as calendars, magazines and books.
Thursday May 16th – 2013
6:00pm until 10:00pm
Facebook Event
JBAK and the ‘Winters Hotel Berlin Mitte The Wall at Checkpoint Charlie’ are happy to announce the long awaited official viewing of “Berlin Portraits”.
“Berlin Portraits” is a series of large format paintings by American born Berlin based painting duo JBAK that tells the stories of 13 Berliners whose lives have been affected in various ways by the division and reunification of East and West Germany. The wide variety of ages and backgrounds, as well as the different location, and gender of each subject in the paintings is reflected in the diversity of the stories each has to tell. From a dramatic and very public flee from East to West Germany as part of a nationwide scandal to a simple and enjoyable childhood growing up in a Marzahn Plattenbau, the stories told and the lives lived by the subjects of these paintings give insight to a vast range of different perspectives on life before, during, and after the fall of the wall.
The portraits are painted in the trademark style of JBAK on discarded wood collected from the streets of Berlin and are now part of the permanent collection of the Winters Hotel Berlin Mitte The Wall at Checkpoint Charlie.
Please join us for the official public introduction of the paintings on Thursday, May 16th at 6:00pm.
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Wir, JBAK (Addison Karl und James Bullough) und das “Winters Hotel Mitte / The Wall at Checkpoint Charlie” freuen uns eine unserer neusten Arbeiten “Berlin Portraits” präsentieren zu können.
“Berlin Portraits” ist eine Serie von grossformatigen Malereien von dem in Amerika geborenen Künstlerduo JBAK. Die Arbeiten zeigen und dokumentieren 13 Berliner Personen, deren Leben durch die Spaltung Berlin in Ost und West und die Wiedervereinigung stark beeinflusst wurde.
Besonders an dieser Gruppe von Menschen sind der Altersunterschied, die verschiedenen Herkünfte und die Unterschiedlichkeit ihrer persönlichen Geschichte.
Die Ausstellung erzählt die Geschichten von Menschen, die mit vielen anderen aus Berlin geflohen sind und Anderen, die relativ “behütet” in einem Marzahner Plattenbau aufgewachsen sind. Das Erlebte der gezeigten Personen erzählt weiter ihre verschiedenen Erfahrungen von ihrem Leben vor-, waehrend- und nach dem Fall der Berliner Mauer.
Die Portraits auf verworfen Holz aus den Straßen von Berlin gesammelt zeichnen sich durch JBAK’s typischen Stil aus: Addison Karl ist bekannt für das herausarbeiten von Details durch grafische Strukturen und James Bullough verbindet diese mit seinem “Realismus aus der Dose”. Die Werke werden im Winters Hotel in Berlin Mitte präsentiert als “The Wall at Checkpoint Charlie”.
Wir laden Sie herzlich zu unserer Vernissage am 16. Mai ab 18.00h im Winters Hotel Berlin Mitte ein und freuen uns auf Ihr kommen!
Scottsdale Ala Niz Mural – JBAK & Julia Benz from karl addison on Vimeo.
First week back in Arizona – little time wasted to start painting a new mural at the Brat Haus. The first official JBAK piece back in the US. Proud to share it as a collaboration with Julia Benz.
The initial idea and concept was “layers.” Different textures, colors and shapes to build up the background in preparation for the foreground. The main composition is a tribute to a fellow artist and inspiration “Ala niz.” Once the foreground of the main composition was complete we brought the background back on top to create more layers of depth.
Big thank you to all the folks at The Brat Haus for your support and letting us paint. Thanks to Julia Benz for working with us and helping make this mural come to life. Thanks to Zach from Hardlines for spending the week with us to document.
First week here and working on our first mural in Scottsdale Arizona.
And then we had a strange dust storm roll in…
Drawing Portrait of my friend Jason. Swift Industries makes incredible touring cycling bags – http://builtbyswift.com/
