Blood Sweat Vector – Opening this Thursday
Only 3 days to go until we celebrate the big opening of our eagerly awaited next exhibition: WEST BERLIN GALLERY presents BLOOD SWEAT VECTOR…
West Berlin Gallery presents a group exhibition of the artist collectiv ‚Blood Sweat Vector’, running from November 13th to December 12th 2009. For the first time works by members of online-community Blood Sweat Vector will be brought together in the rooms of a gallery.
123Klan: We got the skills to pay the bills
Based on geometric variables like points, lines and curves and their composites in form of polygones, today computer generated vector graphics are an essential part of visual communication and illustration. Blood Sweat Vector, founded in 2008 by the designers Jared Nickerson (aka J3Concepts) and Brad Mahaffey as a platform for news, portfolios, recommendations and artistic exchange, is today one of the biggest networks for vectordesign. Some of the most important international vector artists are among the members. Blood Sweat Vector sees itself as an open channel for communication which encourages instant feedback and allows for interaction between likeminded designers.
All Blood Sweat vector members are highly regarded internationally and can look back on several cooperations, doing design for vinyl toys, skateboards, video games or fashion. In their portfolios you will find clients like Louis Vuitton, Kid Robot, Eastpack, MTV, Adidas, Sony, Artoyz and publications in magazines like Modart, WAD, Juxtapoz and many more.
Tokyocandies: Sweet Nightmare
In assembling an international selection of multifaceted styles the exhibition provides an overview of contemporary artistic vectordesign. The exhibition features works of more than 20 renowned artists, among them such staple names as Niark1 (France), 123Klan (Canada), Cuypi (France), Sheena Aw (Singapore), Maria Vittoria Benatti (Italy), J3Concepts (USA), Loungekat (Melbourne), Sublevel (Munich), Keuj (France), Tokyocandies (Italy), Charuca (Barcelona) and many more…
Niark1: Dead End
Join us for the Vernissage on Thursday, November 12th, starting 19:00. Some of the artists will be around, as well as Blood Sweat Vector founders Jared Nickerson and Brad Mahaffey.
42Below will care for excellent cocktails again and for the first time we will have DJs spinning, West Berlin Gallery’s own Guillaume aka DJ One (also founder of Vinyl kills MP3) back to back on the decks with Tatjana.
We are looking forward to see you on thursday, in the meantime also link up to the Facebook event :)
West Berlin Gallery presents Blood Sweat Vector
We are really happy and excited to announce our upcoming collaboration with Blood Sweat Vector!
Blood Sweat Vector is an online artist community which brings together some of the highest regarded vector artists in the world. Founded in 2008 it serves as a platform for news, recommendations, portfolios and artistic exchange.
West Berlin Gallery is very happy to show a group exhibition with an international line-up of artists like Sublevel, Niark1, Sheena Aw, 123Klan, Short, Maria Vittoria Benatti, J3Concepts, Tougui, Cuypi, Loungekat, Keuj, Los Fokos, Tokyocandies, Charuca and many more…
Watch out for more infos coming soon…
Featured Artist: Cuypi
Today we feature an artist who loves music and typography – meet Cuypi!
Hey Cuypi, nice to meet you! Would you like to introduce yourself? Like who you are, where do you live, what are you doing?
Hi, nice to meet you too! My name is Sébastien Cuypers, I’m 29 years old, I’m a graphic designer from France, near Paris, actually I’ve been working in an advertising agency for 6 years now.
‘I love brain’
What’s your usual way to find ideas for a design? How do you work?
I search for an idea or sometimes the idea comes to me. Then I make some sketches, do research… and if the inspiration is with me, I start it. Sometimes I’m not sure about the result, so I stop and restart many months later, and often the result is better than I hoped for. I think the most ripe ideas are the most successful.
And what do you use as a source for ideas? What inspires you?
The most important is MUSIC. It’s the rhythm of my life, and my life is the rhythm of my music. Before I start drawing an illustration, I put my headphones on and choose a playlist which matches my mood. Then I try to translate feelings into images. I’m also influenced by movies, comics, street culture, and artists like Alex Trochut, Zeloot, Jeff Soto, Jeremyville, Steven Harrington and many more…
Cuypi vs Headliner
Talking of music, you also did the new VKMP3-shirt and it seems that you are doing a lot of shirt-design? What do you like about that? And is there any difference between doing a design for shirts and other works?
Yes, tee-shirt is my first love, I really like working on it. I like the way shirts are a living support, because many people can see it and we can play with it, according to the place, situation, transmit a message, a mood… There are many differences between doing a design for shirts and other works, not the same situation, place and public. Many designs work very well on a screen or poster… but not on a shirt, and many designs work very well on tee and don’t work on posters… I can’t explain it.
Shirt for VKMP3
These typographical elements are prevalent in your designs – I like the way the design of the front is supporting the work as a whole.
Yes me too, I really like typography – Alex Trochut is a master for me. It’s hard to found a good text to illustrate which works alone, so I often put drawings on my designs to support typography works.
‘Nothing to say’
And is this your first gallery exhibition? Or have you had one before?
Not yet. But maybe one day I will do another one.
I’m pretty sure you will have another one soon, stay tuned for that ;). All that’s left to say now is: Thank you very much Cuypi, and good luck for the future!
Thanks to you, and excuse me for my poor english!
No one will mind about your english, we just love your designs! Check more of Cuypi’s work on his blog.
2011 West Berlin Gallery