Hi
… this is VISEone
Ever since seeing the film Wild Style at the age of 13, VISEone has been excited by graffiti art. Immediately dreaming of one-day creating art along these lines, he began to live his dream in the early 1990s. Back then he was equipped strictly with spray cans and his creativity, blank gray concrete façades that he coated with colorful graffiti. And regardless of where life took him, whether he was a DJ playing to thousands of people or an artist exhibiting his designer toy works worldwide, his love for graffiti and comic art has always accompanied him.
Over the years, VISEone has repeatedly reinvented himself. Having a set technique or style, that was never VISEone and it never will be. Rather, he strives to always experiment with new things and combine techniques. Blending graffiti with stencils and pop art, his paintings are a synthesis of abstract color surfaces, rasterized photo elements, comics and tags. Sometimes his large-format canvases reflect energy and life, and sometimes his colors and shapes are very abstract, almost reduced. Inspiration finds VISEone everywhere, be it in cities, nature, photography, other artists, or his little daughter. And all of these are reflected in his works.
(author: sarah münchen)
sFrom the Wall into the space
For years there had been an idea shelved within VISEone’s mind: to peel his graffiti tag off the wall and put it three-dimensionally in a room, making it experienceable from multiple sides. And this idea became a reality in 2014 when he began freeing the letters from their original forms, reimagining them, and composing them as sculptural works of art.
The basis is often his own alias, VISE, but sometimes the “S” sneaks under the “V”. Another time, the letters stretch out in all directions. And should the “I” disturb the flow, he just discards it. In the end, these pieces become abstractions, concerned mainly with the beauty and the interplay of forms, colors, and material.
Dominating the spaces they are displayed in, these sculptures can be upwards of 1.8 meters tall and weigh as much as 120 kilograms, however – much work is required to create each one. At the beginning of each sculpture, VISEone draws the characters and then vectorizes them, composing a 3D model on his computer. A company is then enlisted to use this model, laser cutting the letters out of a metal plate. The resulting form is then bent, rolled, and welded together before fine grinding finishes its shape. To finish the piece, though, VISEone applies final touches, whether it is painting or treatment with acid or something entirely different. In the end, each of these works of art are unique in their own way.
VISEone is one of only a few artists in the world to create ‘graffiti sculptures’ such as these. And he is recognized for it.
For instance, in 2015 his NO LIMIT! sculpture was exhibited at the world’s largest urban art exhibition, the UrbanArt Biennale, allowing more than 110,000 visitors to view his piece.
“Writing is a central signet of the urban art [form]”, according to Dr. Meinrad Maria Grewenig, the General Director of the World Cultural Heritage Völklinger Hütte and curator of the UrbanArt Biennale 2015, who finishes his thought by stating that “VISEone makes this writing a three-dimensional event and transform the writing into a sculpture. With this position, he embodies a remarkable direction of urban art.”
2024
shows
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“CARTOON FRAGMENTS” – Soloshow @ SOLD OUT GALLERY, Bochum – Germany.
2022
shows
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“IKONEN” – Soloshow @ wineBANK, Trier – Germany.
2017
shows
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“21” – Groupshow @ SCHAUstudio, Koblenz – GER
“ALL CITY STYLE” – Groupshow @ SOLD OUT GALLERY, Bochum – GER
“EATSPRAYFUCK” – Soloshow @ SCHAUstudio, Koblenz – GER
2017
artbook
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“BLACKBOOK” by VISEone
Artbook about the artist VISEone in german and english
21 x 29 cm, 248 pages
authors:
2016
shows
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„I AM – KUNSTPREIS“ – Groupshow @ KM9, Trier GER
„ACCROCHAGE“ – Groupshow @ SCHAUstudio, Koblenz GER
„ORIGINS“ – Soloshow @ SCHAUstudio, Koblenz GER
„SCHÄDEL-IKONE MYTHOS.KULT“ – Groupshow @ Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte GER
„ART & WINE“ – Soloshow @ WeinKulturGut Longen-Schlöder, Longuich GER
„TRIBUTE 2 STAR WARS“ – Groupshow @ SOLD OUT GALLERY, Bochum GER
2015
shows
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„URBAN SELECTION“ – Groupshow @ GALERIE ZIMMERLING & JUNGFLEISCH, Saarbrücken GER
„URBAN ART BIENNALE“ Groupshow @ Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte GER
„URBAN INSIGHT“ Groupshow @ SOLD OUT GALLERY, Bochum GER
2015
catalogue
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„URBAN ART BIENNALE“
Exhibition Catalogue in german, 240 pages, full color
Editor Meinrad Maria Grewenig,
24 x 28cm, 1435 g
Edition Völklinger Hütte, 2015
ISBN-10: 3884235109
ISBN-13: 978-3884235102
„SCHÄDEL: Ikone.Mythos.Kult“
Exhibition Catalogue in german, 240 pages, full color
Editor Meinrad Maria Grewenig,
24 x 28cm, 1435 g
Edition Völklinger Hütte, 2016
ISBN-10: 3884235141
ISBN-13: 978-3884235140
2014
shows
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„URBAN PLAYGROUND“ – Groupshow @ URBAN ART GALLERY, Stuttgart GER
2013
shows
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“DEADBEET” – Groupshow, Los Angeles USA
“CLOSER Charity Gala” – Soloshow for CLOSER Magazine, Munich GER
“ELEPHANT PARADE” – Groupshow, Trier-Luxembourg GER
2012
shows
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“BAD APPLEZ” – Groupshow, New York USA
“COMIC STRIPPED” – Soloshow, Amsterdam NL
“DEM BONEZ tribute show for SEEN” – Groupshow, New York USA
“BUNEEQ SHOW” – Groupshow @ Toy2R x SOLD OUT GALLERY, Bochum GER
“THEY CAME FROM THE STREETS 2” – Groupshow Cinncinnati USA
“DREAMS IN FOCUS” – Groupshow Cape Town AFRICA
2011
shows
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“MICKEY BRAND HALO SHOW” – Groupshow DISNEY ASIA, Hong Kong CHINA
“CAST IN PLASTIC” – Groupshow, Houston USA
“THE ALMIGHTY DUNNY SHOW” – Groupshow, New York USA
“TOY2R Mini Qee Release Show” – Groupshow, New York USA
“STAR WARS GALAXY – TRADING CARDS – Series 6”, TOPPS USA
2010
shows
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“STITCH EXPERIMENT 626 ARTSHOW” for MINDSTYLE x DISNEY