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If you have any questions, general enquiries, artwork sales, need some info or just wanna get in touch then drop me a mail and ill do my best to get back to you asap.
Artwork can also be found at:
London - www.artrepublic.com
Bristol - www.upfest.co.uk
Chicago - www.verticalgallery.com
Copyright decided to study photography and video production at his local college. It was here he discovered a seemingly limitless supply of art materials he could ‘borrow’ to create his own paintings. It was soon after he had his own eureka moment when he realised he could turn his photographs into paintings by creating stencils. When his source of free supplies finally dried up he turned to the streets as a new free canvas. It was in this very public domain that his work began getting noticed and it wasn’t long before his first showing at a gallery. Many years later with no formal art training or qualifications he is continuously experimenting and pushing his work forward, mixing new materials and techniques with his trademark style with the resulting paintings being as much fine art as street art.
Over the last decade Copyright has been invited to show his work worldwide including sell out solo shows in London and Tokyo and most recently his Precious Damage show which saw him sell all 50 works in 3 hours. He was asked to design the cover of Reload Magazine to go alongside a feature about his art, as well as pieces in Harpers Bazaar, Teen Vogue and Modart amongst others. He was featured on Series 8 of the BBC show ‘The Apprentice’. His highly stylised work and unique style has proven popular with both national and international collectors including a number of celebrities and Premier League footballers.
Bio...
2004 ‘Legends in their own spare time’......Joint Show Somerset with Jim Starr.
2005 ‘Leeky’................................................Group Show Bristol
2006 ‘Rebelo’..............................................Group Show Newcastle
2006 ‘Kill your Heros’ .................................Group Show Newcastle
2007 ‘Inspire’ ..............................................Group Show Newcastle
2008 ‘Romance Fiction’ .............................Joint Solo Show London with Hush.
2008 ‘Kounter Kulture’................................Group Show London
2008 'Christmas Show’ ..............................Group Show London.
2009 ‘2000AD’ ...........................................Group Show London
2009 'The Show Must Go On’ ...................Group Show London.
2009 ‘Fight of the Paper Tiger’ ..................Solo Show Tokyo
2009 ‘Never Forever’..................................Solo Show London
2009 'Dont Believe the Type' ....................Group Show London
2009 'Christmas show'................................Group Show Bristol
2010 'Equal Opposites' ..............................Solo Show London
2011 'Precious Damage' ............................Joint Show London with Numskull
2011 'BBC Apprentice' ............................. Joint Show London with James Jessop
2011-2012 'Dead Roscksars' .....................Group Show USA
2012 'Union' .............................................. Joint Show Bristol with Gemma Compton
2012 'First Cut' ...........................................Group Show London
2012 'Pop Lives, Pagan Hearts' .................Solo Show London
2013 'Thirteen' ............................................Solo Show London
2014 'One Red Rose Forever'.....................Solo Show London
2014 'Miami Basel'.......................................Group Show Miami USA
2015 'Paste Modernism'..............................Group Show Australia
2015 'Big Bang'............................................Group Show London
2015 'Records'.............................................Group Show Bristol
2015 '2 for 2'................................................Group Show Chicago USA
2016 'FABLES'.............................................Solo Show Chicago USA
Contact...
Past Shows...
copyrightdesign@hotmail.com
