Ruth Bernhard was the daughter of Lucien Bernhard, a graphic designer known as “the father of the German poster.” After studying for two years at the Berlin Academy of Art, she came to New York in 1927 and worked briefly … Continued
Will Barras is an artist, illustrator, and animation director who lives and creates in London. Barras grew up in Birmingham and moved to Bristol to study graphic design. He became one of a new crop of young artists working in … Continued
Tracey Emin was born in Surrey, in England. She grew up in Margate, on the coast of Kent, with her twin brother Paul. She lived with her mother in a successful seaside hotel, where she claims she was treated “like … Continued
Thurston Hopkins was born in South London in 1913. Trained as an illustrator at Brighton College of Art, he began work as a commercial illustrator upon graduation. He found the work sporadic, and as newspapers transitioned from illustration to photographs … Continued
Stanley Donwood is a notoriously reclusive English artist and writer. His work on Radiohead’s album and poster art since 1994 has gained him worldwide recognition. After graduating from the University of Exeter, Donwood worked as a freelance artist in Plymouth, … Continued
“My ceramics are the purest expression of how I live my life. I use everything I see, touch and taste as inspiration. In their playful and tactile qualities, my balloons reflect my natural appetite for freedom and connection to the … Continued
Shepard Fairey is an American graphic artist and social activist. Part of the Street Art movement, with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat as his predecessors, Fairey communicates his brand of social and political critique via murals and public spaces. His … Continued
Shaan Syed’s conceptual practice plays with various modes of painting, speaking to both abstract and expressionist traditions. In trying to “objectify a flat surface,” Syed’s paintings both illustrate depth and use tricks of color to defy it. “My paintings merge … Continued
Seonna Hong is a contemporary Los Angeles-based artist working in the genre known as lowbrow or alternatively, pop surrealism. Her work as a background painter has appeared in animation for television and motion pictures, most notably in the Nickelodeon (TV … Continued
