Archive
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents "Out Run"
16 Nov - 21 Dec 2024 With: Azerty, BadYear85, Fuzi, JC Earl, Alonso Alcalde, Léonard von Muralt, Stohead, Pietro Castano and Le Zeste. For the group show 'Out Run', Speerstra Gallery Paris shares its desire to highlight a generation of outsiders. It's an opportunity to take part in this relentless race towards novelty, and to highlight... Read more -
Meet Stanislas “FUZI” Baritaux on Sunday October 13 at Speerstra Gallery, Paris.
13 Oct 2024 Meet Stanislas “FUZI” Baritaux on Sunday October 13 at Speerstra Gallery, Paris. Afternoon (2pm to 5:30pm): Free admission - Meet the public and mini book fair Will be present : Paperware, a new project by Le Grand Jeu, offering rare vintage graffiti magazines for sale The Magic Line, a new... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Mina Hamada "Home / 家"
12 Oct - 9 Nov 2024 The Speerstra Gallery Paris welcomes artist Mina Hamada for the second time. The artist has chosen to reveal and share a part of her intimate life. Usually confidential and reserved for the private sphere, the world of the home and the norms that govern this balance are at the heart... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents STOHEAD "GOT TO MOVE"
7 Sep - 5 Oct 2024 Following the success of “THE MESSAGE” at the Speerstra Gallery in Paris in June 2023, Stohead presents “GOT TO MOVE” at the Swiss gallery. This exhibition includes a selection of the works presented in Paris, continuing the idea of a continuous evolution, a movement of both works and ideas. These... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Stanislas "FUZI" Baritaux "Passions Tristes"
5 - 21 Sep 2024 Speerstra Gallery Paris welcomes artist Fuzi for the first time. The title of this solo exhibition is 'Passions Tristes' (Sad Passions). The artist chooses to tame his destructive energies. These powerful, often unconscious forces are now channeled and transformed into an innovative celebration, a sublimation. Stanislas 'FUZI' Baritaux, a French... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Alonso Alcalde "100’000 Miles - The Art of Patiperro"
16 Mar - 28 Jun 2024 Speerstra Gallery Switzerland is pleased to present Alonso Alcalde’s first solo exhibition “100’000 Miles - The Art of Patiperro”. On this occasion, the Chilean artist will present a series of works inspired by his graffiti practices and extensive travels. Born in Santiago de Chile in 1980, Alonso has a passion... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents JC EARL "Forever Young"
9 Mar - 18 May 2024 The Speerstra Gallery Paris is pleased to present 'Forever Young', JC Earl's first solo exhibition at the gallery. On this occasion, the artist presents a new body of work that traces the story of his lifetime's, adventure exploring the frontiers of contemporary ceramics. Delicate and demanding, the ceramic technique is... Read more -
speerstra gallery paris presents Stéphane Trois Carrés " Des mondes possibles"
27 Jan - 24 Feb 2024 Stéphane Trois Carrés was eleven years old when 2001: A Space Odyssey was released. He saw it for the first time in a cinema in the 7th arrondissement of Paris with his father, on a Sunday afternoon in November 1974. For him, the end of the film remains an enigma:... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents "The Garden of Earthly Delights" a contemporary focus by 18 artists
18 Nov 2023 - 2 Mar 2024 Speerstra Gallery Switzerland offers a new look at the famous painting 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Jérome Bosch. The exhibition allows us to rediscover this masterpiece of art history through the prism of eighteen artists from Switzerland. The works of each artist are confronted with an element of the... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents LAURENT BALLESTA "Alta Odyssea"
11 Nov - 23 Dec 2023 The Speerstra Gallery is delighted to welcome Laurent Ballesta’s first solo exhibition during Paris Photo event. The gallery’s aim is to share with its public an aesthetic interlude, a proposal that differs from the artistic reference line. The naturalist photographer’s work as a whole is perfectly in line with the... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents JonOne "Beats and Rhymes"
7 Oct - 4 Nov 2023 A pioneer in highlighting the first generation of New York graffiti artists, the Speerstra Gallery has played a decisive role in the evolution of the urban artistic movement. Since 1991, it has been a privileged partner of JonOne, collaborating closely with the artist to present his work and explore new... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Alex Kuznetsov "Horizons"
21 Sep - 31 Oct 2023 Speerstra Gallery is pleased to present abstract artist Alex Kuznetsov's fourth solo exhibition in Switzerland. Through his unique take on the perception of the horizon, the artist takes the viewer on a journey exploring the power of color, form and space. Alex Kuznetsov's career began in the 90s. He was... Read more
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speerstra collection @ Palais de Tokyo / Paris "La morsure des termites"
16 Jun 2023 - 7 Jan 2024 https://youtube.com/shorts/MPBnqPo5m50?si=-unaui2ipmbo2_yp Acting through parasitation, telescoping, fantasy, friction, counter-meaning or friendship, La morsure des termites attempts a speculative rereading of art history seen through the prism of graffiti. Graffiti is not a subject or an aesthetic, but an experience, an attitude, an imaginary, an underground thought. An experience of illegality and... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Stohead "The Message"
3 Jun - 8 Jul 2023 The Speerstra Gallery in Paris is proud to present the new exhibition of the German artist Stohead, entitled 'The Message'. This exhibition explores the question of communication through the abstraction of contemporary calligraphy. 'The Message' is an interrogation that the artist proposes to explore around the idea of an aesthetic... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents "Trainspotter" Selected Graffiti Works 1980 - 2023
13 Apr - 25 May 2023 The exhibition 'Trainspotter ' highlights the passion of artists for trains, whether they are vandalised or not, whether they run underground or in the open air. This object of desire and travel is at the heart of the works of fourteen artists, brought together for the occasion by the Speerstra... Read more -
Speerstra Collection @ BASQUIAT × WARHOL, À QUATRE MAINS / FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON
5 Apr - 28 Aug 2023 Between 1984 and 1985, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) and Andy Warhol (1928-1987) produced some 160 paintings 'four-handed', including some of the largest formats of their respective careers. Keith Haring (1958-1990), who witnessed their friendship and joint production, spoke of a 'conversation that happened through paint, instead of words', and of two... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Xavier Magaldi & Swiss Crypto Cat
18 Mar - 24 Jun 2023 Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents 'Reality Revolution' a groundbreaking exhibition that explores the boundaries between reality and the virtual. The exhibition features the work of two Swiss artists, Xavier Magaldi and Swiss Crypto Cat. Each in their own way, they use innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Alex Kuznetsov "Ground Line"
11 Mar - 8 Apr 2023 Speerstra Gallery presents the first solo exhibition of abstract artist Alex Kuznetsov in Paris. Through his unique look at the perception of the horizon, the artist takes the viewer on a journey exploring the power of color, form and space. Alex Kuznetsov career began in the 90's. He was one... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Swox "Hors Piste"
28 Jan - 25 Feb 2023 David Weber, also known as Swox, was born in 1977 in Switzerland. He currently lives and works in Lausanne. Swox is an emerging figure of abstract art on the contemporary scene. His artistic sensitivity formed early, through exposure to graffiti on trains and along railway tracks. In the late 80's,... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents "Crapule Club" crossed glances on silver photography
12 Nov - 17 Dec 2022 Among the shadows of the city, in weightlessness between the roofs and the asphalt: a dozen photographers come together under the banner of the Crapule Club. The exhibition highlights the visual murmurs of an uninhibited and insolent youth. It draws little by little the desiderata of a better world. Spectators... Read more
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Speerstra x Mobilab Gallery Switzerland presents "Intersections" Art & Design, the dialogue of all possibilities
12 Nov 2022 - 18 Feb 2023 The 'Intersections' exhibition is a proposal where the influences of two personalities from the French-speaking part of Switzerland with a passion for art meet: Willem Speerstra, gallery owner and collector, a leading figure in the post-graffiti artistic movement that he has been defending for over thirty years. Hérard, editor and... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Škoda One "Micro Damages"
10 Sep - 15 Oct 2022 Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents 'Micro Damages', the second solo show by Fantin Vial aka Škoda One, featuring new works on canvas and paper. Škoda One describes himself as an obsessive and compulsive artist. He is close to conceptual art, art brut and post-graffiti. Born in France in 1980, he grew... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Le Diamantaire "Precious time"
9 Sep - 15 Oct 2022 For his first solo exhibition at Speerstra Gallery Paris, the artist continues to explore the infinite possibilities offered by his favorite medium. It is in 2011 that Le Diamantaire begins his work on mirror that he declines in 2D diamond. He sticks them on street corners around the world. 'Precious... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Stéphane Trois Carrés "Upside Down"
21 May - 25 Jun 2022 The 'Upside Down' exhibition was born out of an experiment conducted at the studio entitled 'Domain events'. The set of works presented in the exhibition is drawn from the two works that disappeared. The principle is to reunite and play with the surplus productions of prints and paintings made in... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Seven "Borders"
14 May - 16 Jul 2022 Speerstra Gallery Paris is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of the artist Seven entitled 'Borders'. Seemingly made in the moment, Seven's works are immediately recognisable because their form, accessibility and the emotion they evoke seem so familiar. To make, remake, give movement to the line in order to... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents "Graffiti: 50 years of history"
2 Apr - 7 May 2022 Since the dawn of time, mankind has never ceased to cultivate a need for expression and communication. Natural surfaces, such as the stones of caves or walls, were the first supports to receive paintings, inscriptions and engravings. Graphic techniques have developed century after century, and today we share fifty years... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents "Papers, please!"
12 Mar - 23 May 2022 The exhibition 'Papers, please!' is an invitation to a selection of artists to express their thoughts. All have the same starting point. A blank paper format. A light and luminous support on which everything is possible. A fascinating diversity of paths and testimonies leads us into a formidable awakening of... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Škoda One "Micro Damages"
27 Nov 2021 - 19 Feb 2022 'Micro Damages' is the first solo exhibition, at the Speerstra Gallery Paris, of artist Fantin Vial aka Škoda One. Škoda One describes himself as an obsessive and compulsive artist. He is close to conceptual art, art brut and post-graffiti. Born in France in 1980, he grew up in Seine-Saint-Denis .... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Mina Hamada "New Rhythm"
20 Nov 2021 - 18 Feb 2022 'New Rhythm' is Mina Hamada’s second exhibition for the Speerstra Gallery. The works are animated by a wind of freedom, as if a breath, a pause was enough to allow time, space and the human being to take a lighter, freer and more authentic course. 'New Rhythm' thus plunges us... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents L'Original aka Nicolas Bamert "Gravity"
28 Sep - 10 Nov 2021 The mastery and rigor of the artistic work contrasts with the carefree and happy lightness that emanates from his positive utopias. A protean artist, L'Original is an up to the minute artist of perfection and experimentation. With the 'Gravity' series, he explores as a physicist the laws governing the physical... Read more -
Speerstra Collection x JonOne @l’Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux, France
25 Sep 2021 - 27 Feb 2022 After a first monographic exhibition at the Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez in 2015, the 'King of Harlem' is back in Bordeaux for a new major exhibition at château Labottière, entitled 'Free Spirit'. Dominican-born New Yorker John Perello, aka JonOne, is an iconic figure in the graffiti world. Constantly evolving, this... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents "I Love Graffiti"
11 Sep - 9 Oct 2021 It is a look at a passion that the gallery proposes: the passion of the post-graffiti movement. 'I Love Graffiti' is a declaration of love for this art movement, its history, its artists, its different means of expression. Through a selection of works from 2000 to 2016, the gallery offers... Read more
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Speerstra Collection @ Musée des beaux-Arts de Calais / France "LIBRES FIGURATIONS - ANNÉES 80"
11 Jun 2021 - 2 Jan 2022 The Musée des beaux-arts and the Cité de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais, in association with the Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc pour la Culture, offer Libres Figurations années 80, a temporary exhibition that will be on display in the vast spaces of both museums from June... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Xavier MAGALDI "Oxyde" (reloaded)
19 May - 30 Jun 2021 For his first personal exhibition at the Speerstra Gallery Paris, Xavier Magaldi presents an innovative vision of his work. The 'Oxyde' (Reloaded) exhibition speaks to our creative instinct. The steel sculptures, arrayed in various sizes, stand erect like an army of spaceships ready to conquer the perfect equilibrium. Each sculpture... Read more -
Speerstra DIGITAL presents a Virtual Exhibition by Xavier Magaldi "Oxyde" in the Cryptovoxel Metavers
1 - 25 May 2021 The Speerstra Gallery and Xavier Magaldi are pleased to present Oxyde (Reloaded) Digital, Xavier Magaldi's first NFT virtual exhibition in the Cryptovoxel Metaverse on the 4th floor of the museum 'Les Collectionneurs'. About NFT in art Interest in 'crypto-art' continues to grow. Since 2017, when it was first created, until... Read more -
Speerstra collection "Writing the Future" Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation - Boston - Usa
18 Oct 2020 - 16 May 2021 The post-graffiti moment of the 1980s in New York marked the transition of street art from city walls and subway trains to the canvas and the art world. Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) became the galvanizing and emblematic leader of this transformational and insurrectionary movement in American contemporary art, which resulted in... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Mina Hamada "Quiet Steps"
10 Oct - 19 Dec 2020 With her soft and dreamlike creations, Mina Hamada takes contemporary urban art by storm. Abstract forms and explosive colours meet in a whimsical and intimate universe, full of serenity and joy of life, far from the noisy codes of street art. There is something both magical and profoundly human in... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents "Portraits"
12 Sep - 31 Oct 2020 'The period we are living through has made me aware of my attachment to people. All these people with whom I am used to exchanging, working and traveling are personalities in their own right, unique and rich in discoveries. For this return exhibition, I wanted to surround myself with unmasked... Read more -
Speerstra collection @ SIG art space, Geneva, Switzerland, "One, Two… Street art !"
10 Sep 2020 - 14 Mar 2021 Street art is undeniably the artistic movement of the 21st century. And 2020, marked by the health crisis, has seen the emergence of new talents, openly expressing what the public is thinking! Urban artworks are proudly displayed on city walls, building facades and other public spaces. At Quartier Libre SIG,... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Xavier Magaldi "Oxyde"
16 May - 27 Jun 2020 For his second personal exhibition at the Speerstra Gallery Switzerland, Xavier Magaldi presents an innovative vision of his work. The 'Oxyde' exhibition speaks to our creative instinct. The steel sculptures, arrayed in various sizes, stand erect like an army of spaceships ready to conquer the perfect equilibrium. Each sculpture is... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Crash "Genesis"
15 May - 21 Jun 2020 A living legend of 80's old school graffiti, Crash is one of the major protagonists of the New York post-graffiti scene. With 'Genesis', Crash takes us back to the very essence of graffiti: the alphabet. Playing with letters like a writer playing with words, Crash explores the source code of... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Mambo "Dans la peau"
16 Nov - 21 Dec 2019 Through his work on portraits, Mambo explores the human and the emotions that appear in faces and attitudes. His powerful graphic language, combining observation, ambiguity and second degree, reveals what is happening inside the self. Lines flirt with caricature, sharp colours give rise to deep emotions, symbols (hat, necklace, suit,... Read more -
Speerstra Collection @ musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy "Fire on Fire"
12 Oct 2019 - 30 Mar 2020 While the first generations of writers were more inclined towards soul or heavy metal, they were later greatly influenced by funk, jazz or reggae, as can be seen in the paintings by A.One, Daze or Bill Blast. Hip Hop is nevertheless a crucial milestone in this culture, and numerous allusions... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Annina Roescheisen "Unsung Heroes"
21 Sep - 9 Nov 2019 After having shown her first solo exhibition of works on paper in Paris, the Speerstra Gallery welcomes the German artist Annina Roescheisen to Switzerland, to exhibit a series of works on canvas. Entitled 'Unsung Heroes', the exhibition brings together the fundamentals of her practice: abstract paint strokes carried by her... Read more
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Speerstra Collection @ Musée MUDAC "Sneaker Collab" Lausanne, switzerland
19 Sep 2019 - 26 Jan 2020 As part of the 'Lausanne en Jeux!' program for the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games, mudac and the Swisssneaks association have joined forces to celebrate the cultural and sociological history of sport, by focusing on an iconic object that has gone far beyond the world for which it was originally... Read more -
Urban Painting Around the World - Monaco 2019
25 - 27 Jun 2019 Urban art will be in the spotlight on Quai Antoine 1er, June 25, 26 and 27, for the third edition of UPAW. Ten artists from seven countries will be showcasing their talents and performing live. Among the artists present, two are particularly well known and appreciated by locals: Belli and... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents "Skills"
18 May - 13 Jul 2019 This first solo exhibition at the Speerstra Gallery in Paris brings French artist L’Atlas right back to his own beginnings in graffiti, whilst keeping his feet firmly planted in the present. In the background we see his mythical tag in fat cap, as witness to his passion that is still... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Charles Foussard "Translucent Light"
11 May - 22 Jun 2019 Charles Foussard was born with his feet in the sand, to a life shared between Reunion Island and Bordeaux and so has always nourished his soul with nature’s most beautiful gifts: the unexpected, the spectacular, the energy and abundance of forms and colours. From 2000 onwards, he felt the need... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents "Legends"
13 Apr - 11 May 2019 Thirty-five years after their first exhibition in Monaco, the Speerstra Gallery is renewing its original commitment to defend graffiti art, that gave them a pioneer role as an art gallery, with post-graffiti. The gallery has been sponsoring European and American artists ever since then, especially those that established the aesthetic... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Laser 3.14 "Catch a dream and nurture it"
16 Mar - 6 Apr 2019 For the first time in Paris, graffiti artist Laser 3.14 exposes his poetry, sprayed for more than fifteen years now through the city of Amsterdam where he comes from. In total anonymity, this passionate of words likes to be guided by his emotions, his life, the world around him, the... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Swox "Abstrakt Typography"
2 Feb - 6 Apr 2019 To celebrate this new year 2019, the Speerstra Gallery Switzerland is pleased to introduce you to the work of David Weber aka Swox. As a young adult, David Weber scattered these four letters in 1997, inhabited by the graffiti movement that has been sweeping through Switzerland for the last ten... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents MPCEM "Formes en soi"
26 Jan - 23 Feb 2019 Christophe Rotais, also known as MPCEM, is a French sculptor. A self-taught artist, he started creating art in 2008. He lives and works in Brittany. MPCEM, his artistic name, tells us more about his artistic approach. In fact, his name means: Movement for Body and Mind. His artistic approach, through... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Aurel Prevost Aka Rubbish "Vegetal Obsession"
17 Nov - 15 Dec 2018 Aurel Prevost’s exhibition 'Vegetal Obsession' takes its natural place in the harmonious evolutionary line of his art, in continued collaboration with the Speerstra Gallery. Following on from 'Gratia Plena' in 2014 and 'Suggest' in 2016, this young artist continues to develop his work, remaining faithful to his technique of sharp... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Saype "Persistent Impermanence"
10 Nov - 15 Dec 2018 This exhibition presents a new series of artwork using plexiglas, the artist’s favourite medium. The technique is unique, yet remains classical. The structure of the work consists in placing and assembling a sheet of plexiglas on top of a framed canvas. Both the technique itself and the artistic inspiration are... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Stohead "Round Trip"
8 Sep - 13 Oct 2018 Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents 'Round Trip' by German artist Stohead. In his most recent series of paintings, Stohead raises his habitual enigmatic style to new heights in a round trip. Using a specific type of marker with a round, multi-dimensional tip, he produces thick, soft and simple letters, as runny... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Annina Roescheisen "Black and Blue"
1 Sep - 27 Oct 2018 The Speerstra Gallery Paris is pleased to present the exhibition 'Black and Blue' by German multi-disciplinary artist Annina Roescheisen. After an initial impression of pop and directness to the point of naivety Annina Roescheisen’s view of the world reveals hypersensitivity and a profound language coloured with disturbing darkness ; in... Read more
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Urban Painting Around the World - Monaco 2018
18 - 21 Jul 2018 The second edition of 'Urban Painting Around the World', a live urban art performance, took place on the port of Monaco from July 18 to 21. Over three days, ten urban artists from ten different countries expressed their artistic and graphic talents around the theme 'Une planète à croquer ?'... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents COCO144 & SNAKE1 "The Founding Fathers of Graffiti"
5 May - 6 Jun 2018 In the extravagant context of 1970’s New York, saturated with political and cultural contradictions, history teaches us that a handful of students were able to reignite people’s conscience. Carefree and impertinent, the amusing habit of writing on walls and urban fixtures developed to an extent as to become an official... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Flavien aka Mambo "Robot Poetry"
21 Apr - 16 Jun 2018 In 2015, Mambo started a new type of abstract paintings, in his Echo Park studio, Los Angeles. As the approach for these artworks was very different from those he was previously known for, he decided to sign it with his first name, Flavien, instead of Mambo. These paintings are geometrical,... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents DAZE "Portals"
17 Mar - 28 Apr 2018 A key figure in the New York graffiti scene of the 70s-80s, and a free electron among the pioneering generation, Chris Ellis, better known as Daze, was quick to sign his name in all its forms. After graduating from Art Design High School in 1976, Daze took up the challenge... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Alex Kuznetsov "Variations"
3 - 31 Mar 2018 'Variations' is Alex Kuznetsov's third personal exhibition. It seems obvious thats Kuznetsov’s sensibility for calligraphy which comes from his graffiti background and is visible in this new series. Instinctively, it is towards a more resolute abstraction that the artist is now engaged and tells us: 'Do not try to find... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Crash "Life of Icons"
27 Jan - 24 Feb 2018 Crash composes brilliant conversations between colours and forms; he has worked lovingly on canvas, paper and walls since 1980. Born in the Bronx and now a reference in American post-graffiti work, he has exhibited in prestigious collections, both privately and in museums; this prolific artist has extraordinary mastery of the... Read more -
Speerstra Collection @ Fonds Fondation Leclerc "LIBRES FIGURATIONS - ANNÉES 80"
10 Dec 2017 - 2 Apr 2018 Five years after its opening, the Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc in Landerneau welcomed over 850,000 visitors, who flocked to see the exceptional historical exhibitions devoted to the great masters of modern art - Chagall, Dubuffet, Giacometti, Hartung, Miró, Picasso - and the monographic presentations of contemporary artists such as... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery @ 13 Art Fair Paris 2017
12 - 15 Oct 2017 From October 12 to 15, the first edition of 13 Art Fair will be held at the Cité de la Mode et du Design, in the heart of Paris's 13th arrondissement. Dedicated to contemporary urban art, the fair brings together international galleries representing the different currents of this culture: Street... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Henry Chalfant "1980"
7 Oct - 8 Nov 2017 Henry Chalfant is an American photographer and videographer. In the late 70's, he discovered the premises of the New York hip-hop culture and soon became one of the privileged witnesses. He is the man who revealed New York graffiti to the rest of the world by accumulating a photographic archive.... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Sozyone "The Empire"
23 Sep - 3 Nov 2017 History is not written, it reinvents itself unceasingly at the turn of wars and victories. Domination is the builder of the empires that have forged humanity. For this new exhibition at the Speerstra Gallery in Switzerland, the artist Pablo Sozyone Gonzalez presents the exhibition 'The Empire' and is inspired by... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents JonOne & L'Atlas "Names"
2 - 23 Sep 2017 This series of paintings expresses very loudly the complicity that noone would seek to deny, proof of an instinctive, spontaneous, frank and unbridled communication. The joining of their two names also highlights a fascinating triad born several years ago between JonOne, L’Atlas and Willem Speerstra. Willem's first exhibition in Paris... Read more -
Urban Painting Around the World - Monaco 2017
15 - 16 Jul 2017 Devised by Alberto Colman, editor of the Italian magazine Monte Carlo In and director of the events company WSM Events, the exhibition entitled Urban Painting Around the World (UPAW) offered nine artists (Alex Kuznetsov, Blancbec, Etnik, Jazi, John CRASH Matos, Mr Oneteas, Mist, Sozyone and Stohead – who were honoured... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents L'Atlas "Dissolutions"
13 May - 24 Jun 2017 The Speerstra Gallery presents 'Dissolutions' by French artist L'Atlas. 'As a self-taught calligraphist, I am obsessed by a certain idea of perfection, a universal order of things that reaches even into the place of each letter in a word, on a given space, be it a sheet of paper, a... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery @Art Fair Paris 2017
30 Mar - 2 Apr 2017 For more than thirty years, the Speerstra Gallery is dedicated in the dissemination of the graffiti movement. Gallery owners and collectors from father to son since 1984, the gallery is embodied today by Willem Speerstra. His passion for the graffiti movement and for art led him to be the precursors... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Xavier Magaldi "Concrete thoughts"
21 Jan - 17 Feb 2017 'Concrete thoughts' presented by the Speerstra Gallery, reveals the intention of Xavier Magaldi which he discloses this time: the idea of artworks that tend to be abstract, but which, paradoxically, are based on the concrete forms. These discernible shapes interact and clash. The whole picture communicates in its turn with... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Remi Rough "Post"
12 Nov - 17 Dec 2016 Since his first gallery exhibition in 1989, Remi Rough has managed to make a name for himself as one of the most emblematic post-graffiti artists of his generation. 'Post' exhibition in the historic Willem Speerstra Gallery demonstrates the symptomatic evolution of lettering towards abstraction, of which Remi Rough's work synthesises... Read more
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Speerstra Collection @ Istituto Svizzero di Roma
26 Oct 2016 - 21 Jan 2017 While recent developments of online information tools seem to have pushed images to maximum speed of circulation on a worldwide level, this exhibition sets out, through a collage effect, to suggest that this perception of flow and acceleration has already offered interstitial zones, for some time, which artists can legitimately... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Aurel Prevost aka Rubbish "suggest"
10 Sep - 15 Oct 2016 'Suggest' marks a new stage in the complicity between Aurel Prevost and the Speerstra Gallery, after a first individual exhibition in 2013 that did not go unnoticed. With his young and able hands, Aurel Prevost aka Rubbish rekindles his personal memories, whilst revealing astonishing influences; since 2010, he has made... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents "French Connections"
21 May - 25 Jun 2016 With: L’Atlas, Philippe Baudelocque, Antoine Casals, Come, Hobz, Jonnystyle, Mambo, Mist, Nelio, Franck Pellegrino, Sébastien Preschoux, Aurel Rubbish, Scotie et Tanc. 'French Connections', an exhibition that brings together for the second time fourteen French artists for whom graffiti and urban culture is not just a leitmotiv, but the builder of... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery @Stroke Art Fair Munich 2016
4 - 8 May 2016 It all began inside a vault. Several years later it continued with a gallery in Berlin. Eventually pinnacling in 5 years of STROKE Art Fair on April 30. Brothers and STROKE founders Raiko and Marco Schwalbe had a long but successful way to gaining recognition in the contemporary art world.... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery @Art Fair Paris 2016
31 Mar - 3 Apr 2016 For more than thirty years, the Speerstra Gallery is dedicated in the dissemination of the graffiti movement. Gallery owners and collectors from father to son since 1984, the gallery is embodied today by Willem Speerstra. His passion for the graffiti movement and for art led him to be the precursors... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Antoine Casals "Intersections"
10 Mar - 28 May 2016 Antoine Casals, a French artist from Montpellier has based his work on volumes and perspectives since the beginning. Using a combination of different materials such as wood, cardboard and raw material dump he creates a misleading world denouncing human’s place in our consumer society. His approach is fairly unique since... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents STOHEAD "Borders"
5 Mar - 30 Apr 2016 Eternally involved in the art of writing, Stohead raises his abstract calligraphy to a higher dimension in this, his second personal exhibition at the Speerstra Gallery. Ever impregnated by technique, this new series of creations on canvas and paper heralds the perennial accomplishment of his name, despite having worked since... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents "French Connections" in Paris
30 Jan - 27 Feb 2016 With: L’Atlas, Philippe Baudelocque, Antoine Casals, Come, Hobz, Jonnystyle, Mambo, Mist, Nelio, Franck Pellegrino, Sébastien Preschoux, Aurel Rubbish, Scotie et Tanc. 'French Connections' showcases a selection of French artists for whom the graffiti and urban cultures are more than a motto, but the fondation of a confirmed artistic personality or... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents MIST "Black Book Tales"
9 Jan - 20 Feb 2016 Consistency is a prevailing characteristic of Mist’s œuvre. An artist who is so dominant over the contemporary graffiti scene and who is so well known that he needs little further gallery exposure, Mist will reveal today for the Speerstra Gallery a new series of pieces united under the suggestive title... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Nelio "Fragile Equilibrium"
21 Nov - 19 Dec 2015 The work presented in this exhibition depict a state of tangible rupture. A scene in which colours and contrasts play in a world of poetic abstraction. The scene reveals the intention of the artist to convey his vision for an in-between (childhood/adulthood, order/chaos, reality/fantasy, etc.), creating a delicate balance symbolising... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Alex Kuznetsov "Visual Attractions"
26 Sep - 14 Nov 2015 Willem Speerstra is proud to present 'Visual Attractions', Alex Kuznetsov second personal exhibition. After a first successful exhibition called 'Abstractism' in 2013, the Belarusian artist pursues his plastic explorations through a series of new works on paper and canvas. Alex Kuznetsov put’s aside his spray paints for a more sophisticated... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents NadaOne "True Colors"
21 May - 27 Jun 2015 The Speerstra Gallery presents NadaOne 'True Colors', Swiss born graffiti artist exhibits his latest works on canvas. NadaOne is a graffiti artist who creates artistic concepts that are both eye-catching and colorful by reproducing a wide and impressive variety of subjects. Born in Switzerland in 1975, he became one of... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Antoine Casals
10 - 20 May 2015 The Speerstra Gallery is pleased to present, for the first time in Switzerland, French paper cut artist Antoine Casals aka 'The Wizard'. Five of his latest works are displayed on the gallery walls. 'The abstract expression allows me an approach of the existential themes in a less abrupt manner. I... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Raphaël Borer & Lukas Oberer "C’est ça !"
7 Mar - 9 May 2015 'The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.' (Aristotle) 'Das Ganze ist mehr als die Summe seiner Teile.' (Aristoteles) Since the early 90's, Raphaël Borer and Lukas Oberer have been painting graffiti art on walls around Europe and in the rest of the world. In 2007, they started... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents "Kaleidoscope, Optical Sweets for the Eyes"
15 Nov 2014 - 21 Feb 2015 'Kaleidoscope, optical sweets for the eyes', a fabulous group show focusing on new talents from the urban and contemporary art scene: fifteen artists, five countries and over thirty works are presented. With Raphaël Borer et Lukas Oberer (CH), Mambo (FR), Lily Mixe (FR), Defo Dalbino (BE), Zest (FR), Blancbec (BE),... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Thomas Fiebig "Our Happy Home"
13 Sep - 2 Nov 2014 Our happy home exists in a world of contradictions, strangeness and hostility. Our happy home is our castle, our safe haven and sacred territory. Everything here is beautiful, even if outsiders can’t understand why you think it is. The passage of time, however, eliminates the private. The strata of wallpaper... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Aurel Prevost aka Rubbish "Gratia Plena"
10 May - 28 Jun 2014 First French artist to exhibit his paper cut in the streets, Aurel Prevost aka Rubbish presents his latest show titled 'Gratia Plena', in Latin 'Full of Grace', new works on paper and wood. Impregnated by the surrounding nature, Rubbish opens the doors of this abundant flora, paralleling the Art Nouveau... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents "Obey Print Show"
15 Mar - 3 May 2014 The Speerstra Gallery shows for the first time in Switzerland American street artist Shepard Fairey (OBEY). The 'Obey Print Show' presents a selection of fifty prints dated from 2005 until 2013, the show is curated by Jérome Catz. Shepard Fairey is one of the greatest contemporary street artist today. Hailed... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents CRASH "Back to Metal"
7 Feb - 8 Mar 2014 The Speerstra Gallery presents John CRASH Matos in 'Back to Metal' exclusive spray painted works on metal. 'The last several years I have seen new and improved spray paint by different companies, new caps, new technology, but the bottom line, graffiti belongs on the subways, that's the pure history. Going... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Stohead "(R)EVOLUTION"
16 Nov 2013 - 25 Jan 2014 (R)EVOLUTION is inspired by the sign of the times. The show represents the actual stage of the artist and is building a visual bridge between the clean, eye-catching letter pieces and his latest series of abstract works 'DECOMPOSITION'. On the basement of his classic roundtip calligraphy works, the artist is... Read more
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Speerstra Collection @ Spacejunk Art center / France "Graffiti – In the Beginning"
9 Nov 2013 - 11 Jan 2014 Commençons par l’essentiel: Graffiti : In the beginning n’est pas une exposition de graffiti… mais une exposition sur le graffiti. Plutôt que de chercher à capturer entre ses murs un mouvement artistique intimement lié à son environnement (la rue) et à ses conditions de réalisation (dans l’urgence, l’anonymat et l’illégalité),... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Alex Kuznetsov "Abstractism"
14 Sep - 26 Oct 2013 Abstractism is defined as what the artist creates by the actions taken that do not follow any set of rules about painting, sculpture or other forms of the visual arts. It can be said the artist works from his or her imagination or subconcious; what otherwise would be considered the... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents 2013 "Summer Group Show"
1 Jun - 19 Jul 2013 The Speerstra Gallery presents 'Summer Group Show': Stohead (DE) Blancbec (BE) Crash (USA) Shepard Fairey (USA) Hobz (FR) Tilt (FR) Swet (DK) Smash137 (CH) Mist (FR) Remi Rough (UK) Aurel Prevost aka Rubbish (FR) Thomas Fiebig (DE) Pablo Sozyone Gonzalez (BE) Alex Kuznetsov (Belarus) Sigi Dare von Koeding (CH) Benjamin... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents BlancBec "Talkie Walkie"
14 May - 15 Jun 2013 'Echo Echo Charlie Kilo Hotel Alpha Uniform Tango, I repeat, Echo Echo Charlie Kilo Hotel Alpha Uniform Tango just got intercepted for vandalism on train.' It was an afternoon in 1998, graffiti writer VEKS understands that the police agent just communicated his identity through Talkie-Walkie to announce the writers arrest.... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Nicolas Beaud "Strata and offsets to gray"
9 Feb - 14 Apr 2013 The artist accumulates layers of colors lacquered to finally produce a vibrating grey with unpredictable variations. Nicolas Beaud also appears to be an expert of dripping technic. He composes wide canvases where colors and paint's projections are perfectly defined, as if he was letting a track of the time he... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents MIST "Melting Spot"
1 Nov - 17 Dec 2012 After his solo 'Class 88' in 2008 and 'Faux Jumeaux' in 2010 with Tilt, French graffiti artist Mist presents 'Melting Spot' at the Speerstra Gallery. French painter-sculptor, born in Paris in 1972, Mist has a passion for graffiti since his adolescence, which he discovers in 1988 along the... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents John CRASH Matos "The True essence of Graffiti"
23 Sep - 23 Oct 2012 Since the artist's first show at the Speerstra Gallery in 1984, Crash is back for his latest show 'The True essence of Graffiti'. 'Painting is my blog. Painting is my diary. Although I do not paint everyday, I am consumed with creating on a daily bases. For me, there is... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents SMASH137 "Beautiful Struggle"
8 May - 29 Jun 2012 An unusual title for an exhibition and for the new paintings of Smash137. Monochrome areas nestle up against each other, to break up unexpectedly. Multicolored lines bind together to lose and find each other again. Beams like handholds create a structure rich in contrast. A blaze of color, exploding right... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Sozyone "Graffiti is probably scaring you"
10 Mar - 27 Apr 2012 'It's by evolving throught the world of graffiti that I understood the importance of art. By painting the cave walls you understand the reasons of art. We, the vandals, are the Flamenco of contemporay art, the blood of the bull, the enamel under the moon, the fire place of the... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents RosyOne "Too Much is never Enough"
10 Jan - 29 Feb 2012 The large scale works on paper are painted fast, spontaneous and intuitive. This keeps the raw and fresh character alive, that RosyOne is looking for in all of her work. Over the years she developed incredible style skills and her unique world famous characters. She has successfully constructed a perfect... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Group Show "Hall of Fame"
8 Nov - 20 Dec 2011 'Hall of Fame' A passion for graffiti art since 1984. A show including the graffiti all stars from the american and european graffiti art scene. A selection of works on canvas, paper, sculpture and photographies by Crash, Daze, JonOne, Rammellzee, Futura, Sharp, Min One, Dondi White, Henry Chalfant, Martha Cooper,... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Thierry Furger "Fame for a Day"
2 - 29 Sep 2011 'Fame for a Day - Buffed Painting ' this is the title Thierry Furger choose for his first solo show at the Speerstra Gallery. It is the perfect slogan to express what graffiti is all about when caught on a whole-car passing by. This show is about the ephemerality of... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Alëxone "Œdïperies"
7 Apr - 29 May 2011 For his third solo show at the Speerstra Gallery, Alëxone Dizac will temporarily puts aside his classic work on canvas to present his 'Œdïpe' calligraphy, a style he usually works outside and on walls. Meeting in 2009 the godfather of graffiti 'Seen', and his invitation to come and paint in... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Serval "Punchlines"
3 Feb - 28 Mar 2011 After having prepared some book projects this autumn and traveled through Europe to paint, Serval presents 'Punchlines'. 'Just like a memorable line you read on a wall will stay stuck in your mind, 'Punchlines' is about the motions and the trace or impression they leave on you.' For Serval, working... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents "JonOne" "Retrospective 1990 - 2010"
7 Nov 2010 - 27 Jan 2011 JonOne'Retrospective' 20 years / 1990 - 2010 A large selection of works from the collaboration between the artist and galerist Willem Speerstra. Of Dominican origin, John Perello was born in the Harlem district of New York in 1963. At the age of 17, he began tagging 'Jon', initiated by his... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents SMASH137
11 Sep - 30 Oct 2010 Basler artist Smash137 introduces his second exhibition at the Speerstra Gallery. With 'Lost & Found', he commits to the canvas his living experiences in Barcelona, where he has been staying for a year. In this city of emulation in graffiti, he has been doing a huge amount of painting, meeting... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Mambo "Piece of Mind"
8 May - 28 Jun 2010 Flavien Demarigny alias Mambo presents 'Piece of Mind'. The show could be described as one big illustrated brain, full of visions and emotions, using Posca pens, spray and acrylic paint on tarped canvas. Mambo paints as if were writing, creating art that you can read. Everyone can build their own... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Mist & Tilt "Faux Jumeaux"
27 Mar - 26 Apr 2010 'Faux Jumeaux' (fake twins) an exhibition by two of France's well renowned graffiti writers, Mist and Tilt. In this new series exclusively made for the gallery, the duo have worked together on large canvas and drawings exploring new horizons in their calligraphy styles. The works are the result of a... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents JAZI "Eclectik Realism"
23 Jan - 20 Feb 2010 International renowned Swiss graffiti-artist for over twenty years, JAZI is a unique spraypainter with a hyperrealistic style. For his first exhibition at the Speerstra Gallery, Jazi conveys the visitor towards an emotional journey, sharing with us his imaginary world, and it's graffiti writer's chosen moments. His work on canvas is... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Thomas Fiebig "Yeah, the future is the future"
7 Nov - 20 Dec 2009 'In these new series of works on canvas I express my subjectively view of the world. Broken landscapes of aesthetic perfection. Chaos and destruction in harmonious balance. The world as a collage. Painting like sampling. Even more than in the ancient paintings I use different styles and techniques. The objective... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Geneva Switzerland presents JonOne "Close up"
15 Oct - 29 Nov 2009 JonOne’s work has evolved since the early days of graffiti in New York. His style goes beyond the traditional codes of graffiti. Whether in his black and white series, colour series or “graph” series, JonOne’s style in motion is the missing link between the great masters such as Kandinsky and... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Geneva Switzerland presents Sigi DARE von Koeding "Plan D"
18 Jun - 18 Jul 2009 'As a writer, I have always been confronted with city maps while travelling abroad for graffiti painting reasons. It was all about finding the best and most seen spot. Cities, free improved, like I improve my graffiti styles. There's no city that can be compared with my plan. It's my... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Geneva Switzerland presents SHARP "Magical Radical Renegades"
12 May - 17 Jun 2009 'Magical Radical Renegade - Assassins of the Golden Age', invites us to reinterpret the United States’ history through a focus on black people todays status and evolution, low culture, and judaic spirituality. Using silkscreen, posters, lobby cards and photographs of civic rights activists. Besides, the artist takes a new direction,... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Geneva Switzerland presents Smash137 "Karambolage contemporary typography"
6 Mar - 28 Apr 2009 The Geneva gallery will show Swiss born artist from Basel, Smash137, for the very first time. He is one of the most active writers worldwide today. 'Karambolage contemporary typography', a show not to be missed for all those in appreciation of the art of 'Writing'. 'When I used to study... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Geneva Switzerland presents DAZE "While the city sleeps, reflections on the 3rd rail"
10 Feb - 28 Mar 2009 'These paintings will be a real document of that period in New York which is now lost forever. It's real hard to convey the rush one had when suddenly their name went by on the side of a speeding subway car. It was a spontaneous rush and at the same... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Geneva Switzerland presents Alëxone "Gros comme une Maison"
9 Nov - 20 Dec 2008 French born graffiti artist Alëxone has been working since the early 90’s in Paris. In 1995, he starts to develop his calligraphic work on walls all around Europe under the name of 'Œdipe'. In the year 2000, he starts to introduce characters in his work and becomes Alëxone. For his... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Geneva Switzerland presents Jean Moderne aka RCF1
8 - 30 Oct 2008 For over fifteen years, RCF1 stays loyal to his unconventional graffiti aesthetic. The originality of his work comes with no doubt from his alternative rock background, from an interest for the cultures of transgression, but also from a great sensibility to social context that surrounds him. In 1990, he founded... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents JonOne "Follow the Sun" & "Brut Graffiti"
10 Jun - 22 Jul 2008 Brut Graffiti / Paintings JonOne was born in 1963 in New York. Aged of 17, he started to spray his name around his neighborhood , and very early, he used experimental and abstract forms on trains and walls and later on in his paintings and works on paper. For his... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Mist "Class 88"
2 May - 27 Jun 2008 For his first exhibition at the Speerstra Gallery, MIST will exhibit, as a preview, a sculpture taking his name, bringing together in one piece all the mediums he likes to use: painting, sculpture, graffiti lettering and toys. This sculpture reflects his gently diabolical universe with its own color palette. The... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Crash "Art of the line"
1 - 29 Mar 2008 'I always love working on paper, drawings, watercolors, sketches and collages are what I call the heart of my work. This is where I explore my mind, my soul and everything around me. It is such a luxury to be able to share such candid work with the public. I... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Sigi "DARE" von Koeding
21 Jan - 21 Feb 2008 'Dare to be Different' is the first collaboration between the Speerstra Gallery and the artist. His latest works can be interpreted as written self-portraits, every letter is unique and has it’s own expression, reflecting the artist's daily feelings and representing his name. Dare induces his own writing style, punctuated by... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents Thomas Fiebig "Temporal forms of timelessness"
21 Nov - 21 Dec 2007 Destruction as a constructive principle. This could be the best way to describe Thomas Fiebig’s work. Meticulously drawn scribbles and over paintings, messages in large letters which, in the painting, are reduced to absurdity, or meaningful infant characters: contents and aesthetical design are constantly counteracted. Even the development of the... Read more
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speerstra collection @ "Graffiti Stories" Musée Paul Valéry à Sète & Fondation de l’Abbaye d’Auberive / France
13 Oct 2007 - 28 Jun 2008 Organized jointly by the Musée International des Arts Modestes, the Musée Paul Valéry in Sète and the Abbaye d'Auberive, the Graffiti Stories exhibition offers a non-exhaustive reading of graffiti, taking stock 30 years after the phenomenon first appeared. Today, graffiti is recognized as both a social phenomenon and a major... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents ALS and ADP Crew "Authentik"
3 Sep - 24 Oct 2007 The Speerstra Gallery presents two graffiti crews from Switzerland: the ALS and ADP ('Avec Le Sourire' and 'Avalanche De Peinture' from the Valais). A show prepared at the last minute, just like the way they paint when out at night. Artists: Asme, Skor, Demes, Inok, Wax and Ten ASME Asme... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Switzerland presents JonOne "Art of Living"
8 May - 29 Jun 2007 'The Speerstra Gallery welcomes me for my first solo exhibition in Switzerland, and it's with great pleasure that I'm going there for the month of May. The paintings I've created for the occasion reflect exactly the idea I had of Switzerland when I was still living in New York in... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Honet "Ceremony"
8 Nov - 2 Dec 2006 Wherever it takes place, the ritual is always the same: 'initiates' meet, slip on their gloves and borrow the mask of Hadès, i.e. the capacity of invisibility, to become one night Persée defying the gorgones. The rite is regulated, fixed and codified: to dissimulate, and hide from the cameracyclope, to... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Henry Chalfant "Burners"
2 - 28 Oct 2006 After 'Art is not a crime' in 2004, Henry Chalfant is back in Paris for 'Burners', his new exhibition at the Willem Speerstra Gallery. Is it necessary to introduce the artist? Co-author of Subway Art [Henry Chalfant & Martha Cooper, Subway Art, Thames & Hudson, 1984] and Spray Can Art... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents JonOne "Serigraff"
3 - 27 Jun 2006 JonOne presents a portofolio of ten different serigraphs on paper inspired by the cut out works on paper by Henri Matisse. 'When Willem Speerstra asked me two years ago to work on a portfolio of seriegraphed drawings I saw it as an opportunity to challenge my work. I have already... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Alëxone "C'est quoi ton blaze ? Je tague ass"
2 - 27 May 2006 Finally: the immense Alëxone is back in Paris. Another good news: it is at the Willem Speerstra Gallery that he will appear. The gallery owner continues his carefully controled open mindedness towards other horizons such as American post-graffiti by introducing an artist whose fame could catch up with that of... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Thomas Fiebig "Where is the joke"
4 - 29 Apr 2006 The work of Thomas Fiebig is about destruction, in a creative process in order to propose something completely new. The paintings exist within the interface, the old is being transformed into a new and fragile state between dissonance and harmony. A balance between chaos and order; the simultaneousness of sense... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Jean Moderne aka RCF1 "Jour après Jour"
2 - 29 Mar 2006 'One can’t consider the graffiti art territory without mentioning the tag. The signature, the tag, as a daily exercise along ambulations in the city. Urban Tom Thumb. Into repetition, disproportion and sometimes in scorn, as long as one bombs one feels alive. Spraycan tags; marker tags; various inks and pigments... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents CRASH "The Lucky Strike Diaries"
2 Feb - 2 Mar 2006 'I was very honored when I was approached by Lucky Strike to create a special commissioned painting for their collection. I recalled Keith Haring and pop artist Mel Ramos' had created pieces using the Lucky Strike logo, and thought this would be great. So, as artists do, I had to... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents SCANDAL "Emergency Graffiti Box CS 400"
4 - 30 Jan 2006 CS 400 'Emergency Graffiti Box, reserved for the exclusive use of graffiti'. An emergency station, a box containing one real can of spray paint, and four logos: 'Break the glass', 'Take the can', 'Shake well', 'Tag'. In its origin, SCANDAL results from a simple intuition. A long-lived energy and a... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Marke Newton "Sweet Barbarians"
5 - 30 Nov 2005 For Marke Newton’s new exhibition of paintings, the British artist has created a fictitious rock/pop band called 'The Sweet Barbarians'. Each work is a portrait of one of Newton’s fictitious band members: friends or acquaintances are portrayed as famous icons gracing covers of album covers. Newton’s concept aims to capture... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents JonOne "Urban Calligraphy"
1 - 31 Oct 2005 'Urban calligraphy' is the first series of tags by American graffiti artist JonOne. 'It all started for me with handwriting, writing was my first introduction to art! Urban Calligraphy. Style was handed down by urban-legends such as BAN 2, MACKIE, RASTA, ZEPHYR, MINONE, OE3. Trains provided the ultimate black-board for... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents WOSHE
9 - 28 Sep 2005 Twenty years after its arrival in France, graffiti art is still too often reduced to its pseudo social character. The concept of 'Blackbook' is to break with this largely restrictive approach by presenting the personal work of French graffiti writer and artist, Woshe, and the universe in which he has... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents DAZE "Mulheres Perfecto"
21 Jun - 21 Jul 2005 A part of this new 'body' of work lies in the reality of sharing a certain space of time with someone that can happen either in the space of 24 hours or several years. In fact, I tried to represent in some subconscious way all the things that went through... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Maï Lucas "Tatoos, 125th Street"
5 - 28 May 2005 Photographs of young Americans giving themselves tattoos for life and for a few dollars, to bear witness to their existence. It's an investigation into the body, personality, intimacy, representation, what we give to be seen. Tattoos have only been permitted under New York law since 1996. Since then, they have... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents SHARP "Romance of Innocence"
24 Feb - 9 Apr 2005 Ten paintings relate the US penitentiary system, Rikers Island - the New York jail which holds the sad record to be the world's largest penal colony - and its block C76. And above all, the story of those who live there. 'This series of paintings were inspired by the reflections... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents JonOne "Night and Day"
16 Oct - 27 Nov 2004 Leonard da Vinci said 'Pintura es una cosa mental'. JonOne’s work goes that way and also in its contrary. On his canvas, JonOne puts all his anguish, his souvenirs: from the thin streak of light of New York trains to the shimmering colors of his Dominican origin. At first, the... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Jean Moderne aka RCF1 "Black Market"
16 Jun - 29 Jul 2004 RCF1 presents a series of spray painted works in the same style as its street graffiti’s. The black market are tags, throw-ups and works on truck’s in Paris between Barbès and Ménilmontant. A form of survival in a urban environment made by do-it-yourself and fiddlings. It is the ambient electricity... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents CRASH & Hervé Di Rosa "À Quatre Mains"
24 Apr - 12 Jun 2004 The Speerstra Gallery presents a collaboration on canvas, between the American graffiti artist John Crash Matos and the French artist Hervé Di Rosa from the art movement 'figuration libre'. This colorful collaboration between Crash and Di Rosa is another wonderful example of artists showing us how exciting and fun our... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Henry Chalfant
1 - 29 Dec 2003 'I started to take pictures of graffiti in 1976 when I could no longer contain my curiosity and my enthusiasm for the flourishing and rapidly evolving art that I was watching on the NYC subways. I was a sculptor, unknowingly on the verge of a career change. Art critics were... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Maï Lucas "New York City Ghetto Shine"
3 - 29 Sep 2003 Maï Lucas, a young photographer from Paris, grown up in the middle of the Parisian hip hop culture of the 80's. Since 1992, she has invested herself in a vast documentary project on the urban culture of the multiple ethnic communities of the United States and in particular from New... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents JonOne "Talking to walls"
6 Jun - 26 Jul 2003 'Since the 'Black Diamonds' exhibition last year, my work has evolved, the details for which I am known have disappeared and appeared in the form of broader lines and strokes, less blurred but more precise. Working for the last five months within the four walls of my studio in Belleville... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents DAZE "elevation"
5 Mar - 26 Apr 2003 'Intervale Avenue was my favorite spot. The station on the 2 and 5 line in the Bronx is perfectly situated with respect to the morning sun. It is located on a trestle that once soared over a valley of burned out buildings, the ruins of the Ghetto Brothers clubhouse and... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents CRASH "The Train Paintings"
21 Nov - 28 Dec 2002 American old school graffiti artist from New York City presents his early works on trains, thirty photographs taken by himself between 1976 and 1982. 'From early morning, till late at night, all I could do is think about trains. Trains, the way they move, the sounds they made, the smell... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents SHARP "The Reeducation of Sharpy Butters"
20 Sep - 31 Oct 2002 A series of works on paper, canvas and wood all inspired by the movie 'The Education of Sonny Carson' filmed in New York in the early 1970's, this movie tracks the youth of Sonny Carson. The gang culture of New York City is very similar to the underground movement of... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents jonone "Black Diamonds"
17 May - 30 Jun 2002 JonOne leaves New York in 1987 with his colors and his energy to settle in Paris in the waste grounds and writes his name all over the city. In 2002, between nostalgia and the vital need to paint, JonOne produces “Black Diamonds”, a show which reflects his emotions and his... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents CRASH "Notes of the West Side"
8 Mar - 20 Apr 2002 “After the Twin Towers felt down, New York has changed, me too. Why? Well, we are no more completely free and able to make what was natural for us. But is that such bad thing? For me, it is first of all a return to reality... The New Yorkers have... Read more
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Speerstra Gallery Paris presents DAZE "The Agenda Paintings"
17 Jan - 20 Feb 2002 'These paintings began with the daily routine of listing. Slowly over the years a pattern immerged where these 'lists' became more revealing, i.e. ; as a kind of unveilment of what I was thinking at that particular moment. Subconsciously, I think I was inspired somewhat by the Warhol diaries which... Read more -
Speerstra Gallery Paris presents Richard Di Rosa "Sculptures"
8 Nov - 29 Dec 2001 On November 8, 2001, Richard Di Rosa opened Speerstra Gallery at 4/6 rue du Perche in the Marais district of Paris. This new gallery already shares a history with Richard Di Rosa. Indeed, Willem Speerstra's approach follows in the footsteps of Galerie B5 in Monaco, where in the 90s he... Read more -
Selection of exhibitions from 1989 to 1999 organized by Speerstra Gallery and Gallery B5
5 Apr 1989 - 5 Apr 1999 Selection of exhibitions from 1989 to 1999 organized by Speerstra Gallery and Gallery B5 1989 'Crash' John Crash Matos / Speerstra Gallery ( B5) Monaco 1989 'Daze' Chris Daze Ellis / Speerstra Gallery ( B5) Monaco 1990 'New works' Futura 2000 / Speerstra Gallery ( B5) Monaco 1990 'Daze' Chris... Read more -
Opening of the Speerstra Gallery / 1984
5 Apr - 20 Jun 1984 Opening of Speerstra Gallery in Monaco, April 5, 1984. 'Artists from New York in Monte-Carlo'. Live performance by Rammellzee. With works by Futura 2000, Rammellzee, Noc 167, Quik, Zephyr, Dondi White, Crash, Daze, Blade, Bill Blast, Seen, Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper. On April 5, 1984, overlooking the heights of... Read more
