Martin Whatson (b.1984) is a Norwegian street artist best known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids. Over the past decade, Martin has developed an unmistakable aesthetic combining abstract movement with figurative stencilled compositions. His works can be seen to mirror the rise and fall of the streets, as he symbolically recreates the urban environment, then vandalises it to reveal his vibrant transformations.

Martins work features with festivals, projects and walls globally. His original work can be found in private collections and institutions with solo exhibitions featured in cities from Tokyo to LA, London to New York.

Martin Whatson

Norwegian

Pierre Yves Riveau, known as Pez, creates surrealistic, finely detailed drawings of American cartoon characters in extreme states of neglect and decomposition. Mixing pop culture and street art, Pez’s illustrations recall the deconstructive Pop art of Matt Gondek and Nicolas Rubinstein and the street aesthetics of Etam Cru and Robert Proch. Pez’s works are distinguished by their technical precision as well as by the many layers of embedded narrative; the Homer Simpson portrait from his acclaimed 2013 series “Distroy” showed a Duff beer can emerging from Homer’s disintegrating head instead of a skull. Known for his pencil drawings, Pez also makes mixed-media paintings, including the record-breaking piece Alter Ego (Pixel series) (2017), which sold for 63% above the upper auction estimate in 2017. Pez has shown in solo exhibitions in Paris and London, and in group shows in Los Angeles and Seattle.

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