UK-based Vincent Artist is a Conceptual Artist and Post Pop Artist who is best known for his abstract use of repetitive vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines superimposed with four-letter words forming a playable word search.
“The idea or concept [Conceptual Art] is the most important aspect of the work, and I use any medium [painting, digital, printmaking or sculpture] to convey the idea to the piece of Fine Art”
The Artist is interested in the "Duplicity of Life", the interaction between opposites, yin & yang, war & peace, love & hate, rich & poor, life & death. The Artist juxtaposes these contrasts with the innocent of Toys and Games used in our youth.
Vincent Artist's most recent body of work includes the "Berry Series" influenced by textiles and cloth of “Plaid” or tartan one of the most widely used patterns in history. The work used a combination of vertical stripes and horizontal stripes with transparency to the underlayer. The stripes follow a sequence or order from dark to light, known as Conceptual Art.
The previous body of work includes "Flags of the World" which communicates with viewers through linguistics, semiotics, and cryptography. The series includes English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and American Flags superimposed with four-letter words of their respective language forming a playable word search from A to Z.
His previous works include, "Retro Celebrity Stars", which is a homage to Celebrities of our past from the films of the Hollywood Golden Era, to the present day. Every one of these individuals helped create the world we live in today, and though we know of their names, their actual image might be fading from our memory.
"Disasters of War", which is a homage to Heroes and Villains from World War I & II, by the use of humorous and tongue-in-cheek language to explore the more serious issues of the past to the present day. Heroes and Villains are portrayed in life, death, and immortality by the use of toys of our innocent youth. The toys are used as a satirical look at the “Disasters of Wars” revealing shock and truths of war and violence in a playful way.
“Liberty X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge” 3ft x 4 ft, 2012 Inspired by the collapse of the World Trade Centres during 9/11, New York, USA and features a word search of simple Four Letter Words taken from Poetry made by Heroes from the front line, of the Wars (Soldiers, Army, Navy), and the contrasting Poems by Villains from Prisoners of Wars.
These works have been influenced by the Pop Art movement with simple outline drawings, infill textures, and comic text, with hidden messages, with playable word search, such as the work by Michael Craig-Martin, Julian Opie, and Angela Bulloch, and he has been influenced by other art movements such as Cubism, Pablo Picasso, Dadaism, Marcel Duchamp, Neo-Plasticism, Piet Mondrian, Sensationalism Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Luke Jerram and Chapman Brothers and Conceptual Artist Sol LeWitt.
Exhibitions:
2022 Bronze Award for "Hidden Figures" digital art featured in "Black and White IX" Virtual Exhibition,
Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
www.camelbackgallery.com
2021 Avatar Retro Exhibition, Second Life, Canary Wharf, London
2021 Textile Patchwork for Eisteddfod at Llangollen, Wales
2019 Shortlisted for Octopus Energy Prize in UK
2018 Group Exhibition: Miami Art Week - "The Water Between Us" D A Concepts, Miami, FL 33138 USA
2016 Solo Exhibition: Pop-Up Post-Pop
2014 Solo Exhibition: Drawing Master
2012 Group Exhibition: Disasters of War
2010 Group Exhibition: Sketch Drawings
2008 Group Exhibition: Print Etchings
Publications:
2018 Artwork "Disasters of War: Liberty’s X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge” (2015) featured in British Magazine, Aesthetica, October issue 2018, circulation in excess of 300 000 readers
List of featured in Online Publication:
Liberty’s X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge, 2015, Digital
Part Detail of Liberty’s X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge, 2015, Digital
Falling Stars, Stripes and Lady Liberty with Binary Code, 2015, Digital
The Great Escape, Escape to Victory, 2016, Digital Do you speak English? 2018
Do you speak American English? 2018
Parlez-vous Français? Do you speak French? 2018
Parli Italiano? Do you speak Italian? 2018
¿Hablas Español? Do you speak Spanish? 2018
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Do you speak German? 2018
2017 Artwork "Disasters of War: Liberty’s X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge” (2015) selected and featured in French Magazine, Artmajeur, Spring issue 2017
Projects
- Octopus Energy art: Portraits from the precipice CompetitionOctopus Energy art: Portraits from the precipice This art is about to be displayed on billboards throughout the UK to tackle climate change with a renewable energy company, Octopus Energy. We'll donate our commission on all sales from this collection to charity, Renewable World
Work history
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Fine ArtistVincent Artist
London, United KingdomFreelance
Skills
- Fine Art
- Concept Artist
- Illustration
- Adobe Illustrator
- Digital Arts
- Art Criticism
- Painting
- Drawing
- Sculpture
- Mixed Media
Awards
Artwork "Disasters of War: Liberty’s X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge” (2015) featured in PublicationAesthetica Magazine
2018 Artwork "Disasters of War: Liberty’s X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge” (2015) featured in British Magazine, Aesthetica, October issue 2018
List of featured in Online Publication:
Liberty’s X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge, 2015, Digital
Part Detail of Liberty’s X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge, 2015, Digital
Falling Stars, Stripes and Lady Liberty with Binary Code, 2015, Digital
The Great Escape, Escape to Victory, 2016, Digital Do you speak English? 2018
Do you speak American English? 2018
Parlez-vous Français? Do you speak French? 2018
Parli Italiano? Do you speak Italian? 2018
¿Hablas Español? Do you speak Spanish? 2018
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Do you speak German? 2018A
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Artwork "Disasters of War: Liberty’s X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge” (2015) selected and featured in French Magazine, ArtmajeurArtmajeur
2017 Artwork "Disasters of War: Liberty’s X Escape by Brooklyn Bridge” (2015) selected and featured in French Magazine, Artmajeur, Spring issue 2017, circulation in excess of 400 000 reader