bubble
robot
look into the atelier
CATFISH
the main character of the story, together with he's bes friend the squid, both somehow arguing over something in someway
snapshot of the main character of the story
eight legs on a monowheele, the octopus is the main character's best friend
CITYCIDER
the graffiti artist, the main character of the story, a rebel, a fighter, a freedom fighter, a hero, a legend
this character is on homage to zurich artist candroid, Mr. Piece is also some sort of rebel who could team-up with the citycider
a super character imagined by the citycider, has a tape recorder head and sprays with both hands while jumping and falling along side off a building wall while listening to 80's hiphop beats
the citycider, this is just a fun picture, i received stickers in the shape of a signal jacket like construction workers usually war them to be seen, the sticker is for advertising montana spray cans
old ugly delivery truck, the citycider's home
the citycider is always under surveillance, the authorities are always watching
spray can tentacles, symbol for taking over the city like a giant kraken
GEEK
too many robots, technology has become an uncontrollable monster
the main character of the story, in his element, surrounded by electronic trash, ready to be fixed and transformed into something new, this is his paradise
his best buddy, 88, perfectly tuned to play basketball, he is a wicked master of the game
snapshot of 88 and geek
the hyper city, largest city ever, expands into the ground, high into the sky, surrounded by a perfect donut of trash which is continuously recycled, the city has trillions of robots, 1000 times more than humans
the typical robot, easy to use, as easy to repair as a bike, can be taught to do anything
88 in the city streets in front of a fix shop
the main game everyone wants to play, a type of basketball game, played by robots with two balls, everything is allowed even wrecking the opponent, it's mostly played 1 on 1 or 2 on 2, but can also be played 7 on 7
88 playing the game, he is a master of the game, he is the player
the cityzen robot 88 playing with his basketball
the geek, the number cruncher, the hacker, he holds the numbers he controls the AI, master of the game
accessing the hidden forgotten server room ...
STEAMPUNK
mindset in the light of failure
two under high pressure
ready to burn
character study
bad ass, born to win
heroes with merzedes benz super car
i do have a thing for perspective
HIPHOP DONT STOP
flyer for the 14k live painting event in zurich
an exploding spray can, one of my favorites subjects
80's music tape cover
i love to make these flyers, i do them for free, its like telling stories on a single tiny space
quick sketch of a strange hip hop character as seen on one of the flyers
music is the best, this flyer remembers me of my time when we went to the record store for hours and hours in search of the perfect beat
20th anniversary of the 14k hiphop magazine, this magazine was core to lots of grafiti artists not only in zürich but all of europe, also it happens that one of my best friends was the editor, Ducal Daddy Fresh
for this flyer i used the endless free stream of images to do a digital collage
a night before xmas, street truck with graffiti, and bad dog in the driver seat
ghetto blaster, another of these things that are just cool, but unfortunately disappeared from the streets
NUET ABER GEIL
i think i just needed this
my usual insanity recovered well
suddenly hot dogs became theme
the blue grid was a theme, not sure why
i showed sini a 3d tool to pose characters, he sent back a pose that was so strange, i had to use it for to create the invisible naked killer
E.K.R.
the power of mind and voice becoming the unstoppable transforming dark matter also the name of the character
naked background dancer
the idea to the naked dancer
the back of the giant ekr robot
dark matter floating character
the rapper, the main character of the video
ABOUT CEE
random day at the blamblamblam gallery
more random days at the blamblamblam gallery
and yet another random day at the blamblamblam gallery
i shared an atelier with cruze (famous swiss graffiti artist) after both leaving the blablamblam gallery, i was mostly alone there, but from time to time we actually ended up painting together, that was a great time
pencil drawing, of warrior girl, strong woman, knows what she wants, pencil, blackbook 2024
i love watermelons, i love greece, and i love my greek wife, karpouzi is the greek term for watermelon, sometimes i am like a watermelon, blue/red pencil + yellow, blackbook 2024
red/blue pencil drawing over a montana spray can sticker, blue/red pencil, blackbook 2024
i love cats, i have one and he does not fail to intrigue me, , blue/red pencil, blackbook 2024
my cat when he was young, blue/red pencil, blackbook 2024
fart bomber taking over new york, i love new york, we had offices in new york and once a year i traveled there, at some point i was even stuck in a project for a few weeks in that amazing city, this is the time when i understood how to draw cities
this is BAX our cat, he is a real gangster, he is the boss of the house, he is the one who decides when we get up in the morning he is a russian blue cat, he is a real character, lately he has become the inspiration for some of my charachters year 2024 blackbook
the usual activity when i was yong, hanging on the school yard and painting stuff on the pingpong table with edding markers
painted at the 14k cover clash event, this picture is owned by redl-one, most famous zurich graffiti and mural artist
i doodle all the time every where ...
i love food, specifically spaghetti ...
i am not political in general, i just observe, e.v. i offend just by showing what is there ...
just me, waiting for something wonderful to happen ...
one of my favorite processes is to use a red/blue pen to sketch, its surprisingly versatile
i would love to live in a continuous theta wave flow, securely floating in my favorite hideout, the invisible secret pizza island
for color to flow out of the molotov marker you need to press the tip, for that i develop a sort of palet that sits well in the hand, the gun shape obviously was the best shape, and it looks cool
image of a gangster style cat, blue and white pencil drawing, i use red white pencils allot, this probably the base of my process year 2024 blackbook
my favorite marker, i only work with acrylic paint in general, it dries fast, no waste of time, i like to work fast
LEUKEMIA
ipad drawing, i choose to draw a complex picture in hope it would keep me alive until its finished, it took me 2 weeks to finish this, its a digital drawing made on the ipad, i was not allowed to have real pens and color because of the danger of infection and injuries that could complicate the medical treatment
the first phase of the treatment, losing hair, uncertainty, patience
accepting my new me, accepting the situation was the first step to recovery
side effects, the dramatic transformation of the body, this invisible threat, there is no pain just stress and medication that keeps you awake, you are in a state between worlds, only every two hours a nurse checks on that computer
Exhibitions and other stuff
2009: First exhibition at the Blamblamblam Gallery together with Cruze and Soup.
2011: Published the Blackbook CEE (100 copies only).
2011: Fantastic Heroes at the Trace Gallery in Zurich.
2015: Brainfreeze at the Trace Gallery in Zurich, my only solo exhibition.
flyer for the 2011 exhibition with Emily Döhler-Knox
actually this piece is called Kings of Hong-kong, it was inspired by a business travel to hong kong, where we ended up having lunch at one of those super large foodstories, where we started to understand what our names mean in chinese, a noisy place, with very good food and funny people
i am a hacker, i work allot with software developers, and there is a distinct mindset in some of these individuals, i tried to depict their arrogance
i would love to be able to fly, i love those dreams where this is actually happening, i was the cloud runner in one of my dreams
flying over the city, again one of these cool dreams
work hard think hard play hard loose hard win hard have fun, this piece is called the go getter, focused persistent tireless run for success
just flow and let it happen, kimono is a good example of some of my doodle work, let something wonderful happen
the wisdom of the body, the wisdom of the mind, the wisdom of the soul, the wisdom of the universe, this piece is called the yoga master
a very old illustration, when MTV was a thing and when it was our only source to experience hiphop, this was published in the 14k magazine and also exhibited in 2011
120cm by 80 cm, molotov markers and spray on canvas, i love to play video games, this piece is called next level
3 canvas 120cm by 80cm, what cats do when the sun falls to earth, inspired by greece
digital painting, exploring a mix of computer generated procedural stuff and hand drawing, to create this i developed my own software
120cm by 80cm, acrylic on canvas, i love sushi, this is one in the series of the pictures i call Endgegner, persons with video game end boss attitudes
probably the larges piece i ever did 170cm by 170cm, depicting new generating kids attached to the internet
i lived for many ears in the part of the city where most of the jewish community lives, you observe them but you never get included, sometimes they appear to me as strange swarm of fishes
one of my favorite, actually a self portrait
a place i like to be, a place where i can be me, a place where i can be free, a place where i can be
nothing to add ...
painting with a syringe is wild, i will one day do such a picture again, one day ...
impression of the exhibition ...
Video Teaser for Exhibition Fantastic Heroes