FLEKS is a Dutch artist. He started doing graffiti at the age of 12. He has developed his graffiti style through travelling expansively, and now his studio is based in Taipei. FLEKS’s work focuses on futuristic theme, machines, cyber-punk, and the mixture of old and new.
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"The more I see the less I know."
FLEKS, an international street artist from the Netherlands. As a teenager he started doing graffiti in the late 1990's developing a style of traditional graffiti letters combined with his fantasy rich backgrounds and futuristic land and cityscapes.
FLEKS is dedicated to leave his mark in the world through art. In 2011, he initiated the world tour "In Search of Freedom" to explore a deeper understanding of life. He travelled expansively to merge in different cultures, he has worked on several projects worldwide over Europe, America, Australia and Asia.
FLEKS is dedicated to leave his mark in the world through art. In 2011, he initiated the world tour "In Search of Freedom" to explore a deeper understanding of life. He travelled expansively to merge in different cultures, he has worked on several projects worldwide over Europe, America, Australia and Asia.
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Based in Taipei where the past and future visually merge and blend into a cyberpunk mix of architecture and infrastructure, FLEKS gets his daily inspiration from depicting his visions of the future or simply adding colour and art to the city itself to take away some of it's grey and gritty texture. jumping back and forth to other parts of the world he has developed his aerosoul art as a trade for commisioned work while he is working hard to merge his commisioned works with his personal ever evolving style.
「 街頭藝術,是當代很純粹的空間與時間的流動。」
FLEKS,來自荷蘭的國際塗鴉藝術家,從1998年起還是孩提時期即投身於街頭塗鴉圈中,來自街頭的表現語言,從地下藝術形式躍上檯面,FLEKS的作品揉粹多年街頭經驗,以奔放的對比色彩、高端的噴繪技巧與細膩視覺性見名於台灣塗鴉界。曾與各領域品牌合作,包含Audi 奧迪、Marriot 萬豪集團、SAMSUNG 三星、NIKE、MLB Korea、Jordan、Converse、KLOOK 客路、MTN94、Monkey Shoulder 三隻猴子威士忌、寶舖建設、緯德建設、35線上賞屋、大嘻哈時代、ART FORMOSA、 ART KAOHSIUNG、Whaaaaat's、POW WOW TAIWAN、HK WALLS、MEETING OF STYLES、STEP IN THE ARENA、荷蘭 Can Gallery等,多次受邀參與國際街頭藝術節與展覽,並有多項公部門合作實績。
街頭藝術,是打破疆界的一種自由藝術,2011年FLEKS開始以「In Search of Freedom 尋找自由」為命名,從他的國家荷蘭出發,展開橫跨四大洲的世界創作旅行。從歐洲、美洲、澳洲到亞洲,FLEKS的創作讓他發現街頭藝術就像是在世界中尋找畫布,喜歡街頭藝術真實的本質,他的藝術創作能讓想像力的衝擊成真。
FLEKS的作品風格和字體充滿向美式紐約風格 (Old School) 致敬的精神,擁護經典之外,更擅長結合野性風格 (Wild Style)、未來科幻與太空銀河主題,用塗鴉穿梭地球城市的過去與未來,反映出多年在世界各地創作的創作涵養,一手創造出充滿能量的場域,靈活地運用色彩和塗鴉字型,鮮明、奔放、主題意境來創作圖像,藉由未來圖像反推探討人類的現在,帶動塗鴉藝術的時間感,震撼的能量不能被平面所侷限,是FLEKS對塗鴉藝術最深沈的偏執。