Mural painting commissioned by Tradestars Hackney Wick.
Size of the wall: 6.5 x 3.4 meters
Visual explorations for Emeli Sandé’s new album ‘How were we to know’
The final version chosen by the artist is the last, a black and white photograph of the singer with a bold black font.
Wicked is a series of collage art paying tribute to some of Hackney Wick's most iconic street art and architecture. Over the past 6 years, I took urban photos of the Wick and have then added cut-out elements to create surreal worlds and stories.
There is 90 metres of hoarding panelling along the walkway between Hackney Wick train station and Wallis Road. This pathway cuts through the Stone Studios development by Telford Homes.
In February 2022 Telford Homes commissioned Creative Wick to produce a mural event to create artwork to feature on the hoardings. The artists murals told a story of the history of the site.
Stone Studios is built on the site of a family-run architectural metalwork business, first set up by Solomon Spegelstein back in 1923. Solomon’s company is still going strong today, in the capable hands of his great-grandson James Stone. But while the original factory has passed into history, the spirit of the Stone Brothers lives on. They used to lease unused space to around 100 artists, creating affordable studios for the new generation of makers and crafters – this project follows in these footsteps.
The mural project engaged seven artists that either lived, worked or had strong connections to Hackney Wick and Fish Island including myself and @gyallrini, @zaki_dee, @iamfakeblood, @Epod3000, @demi.fh, @_squarms
During the summer and autumn 2022 I worked for Co-Creative Connection, and had the opportunity to assist the awarded mural artist Rose Hill in a series of workshops at the Teviot Centre, Poplar, where the community designed a mural to celebrate the past, present and future of the estate. Taking inspiration from a range of sources, including the recent Platinum Jubilee, the Scottish heritage of Teviot’s original owner, and African and Islamic artwork. I have worked a few days helping out Rose with the painting of this mural, which has been another great collaborative work.
This report focuses on the A12 Undercroft in Hackney, London E9. The aims of the report are to distil prior work and research conducted at the A12 Undercroft, and consider the site’s importance as a social wealth asset within the wider context of Hackney Wick’s changing cultural landscape. To this end, the report intends to identify opportunities and barriers to progress at the site, inform the ambition for local community engagement, and shape future strategic directions. This research piece arose from the regular meetings of the A12 Undercroft Steering Group and has been funded by the Canal & River Trust.
Launched in 2011, the Adidas Terrex brand blends sustainability with performance - encouraging people to step outside and be with nature. The Terrex consumer is Connected, Conscious and an Adventurer, and there is a focus on building a community. Always focused on the next step.
Adidas launched its Spring/Summer Terrex campaign XPLORIC MTN TO CITY with 2 hero jackets, one jacket for the mountains and one for the city.
Collage art adds authenticity to this campaign while the various digital elements, shapes and fluid gradients represent the digital world our target audience lives in.
The next-gen creators are faced with a lot of prejudice. Growing up in a fully digital world they are constantly redefining themselves. The Adidas XPLORIC range empowers them to go out(the)doors and explore the world around them, feeling confident and safe.
1/ 2D WINDOW TAKEOVER CONCEPT
2-3/ IN-STORE LIGHTBOX GRAPHIC
4/ TECH POSTER
5/ GRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF XPLORIC LOGO
Collage art for The Picnic Proms at the Powderham Castle
Artwork created in collaboration with illustrator and printmaker Jess Wilson for a leading vaping brand.
Doodles are the core of any creation so we decided to base our artwork around shapes we drew, and incorporated screen printing and acrylic pouring to connect our ideas.
The campaign was advertised on digital billboards and bus stops all across the UK and followed by a recorded live painting in BoxPark Shoreditch.
Collage Art for Spring Break Amsterdam
Milgo Awad is a jewellery brand designed and made in South London. I had the opportunity to work with this fashion stylist turned self-taught designer on two collages featuring her jewellery. The name of each jewellery is inspired by African goddess, mythology stories, and Somali/Arabic language.
The two artwork have been used for social media and as thank you cards sent to customers with their orders.
I have been in charge of the visual identity of the Glow Yoga, Glow Yoga is an immersive experience in an illuminated and inspiring space by The Dopamine Project.
Combining music, movement and light to uplift and promote positive mental health and wellbeing.
Event cover, posters and social media content for ‘The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight’, Festival of The Dead’s brand-new show, 90-minute set-list, featuring the biggest rock and metal of all time, performed by a chamber orchestra in stunning candlelit surroundings all across UK, Spain and France.
I had the opportunity to learn mural painting with the award-wining graphic artist Rose Hill during this community based projects in Tower Hamlet / Hackney London.
Better than a theory course, working with Rose Hill has gave me the right skills, techniques, and the confidence to be able to work on my own mural projects.
Experimentations
After a first mural painting experience in September, I had the opportunity to volunteer again in December 2021 for the award-wining graphic artist Rose Hill on a community based mural project in Lewisham on the topic of climate change, an important subject that is close to my heart.
Leaflet Design & Illustration for social media
Series of editorial illustrations for Your Juno, a financial education platform for women and non-binary people.
In May 2020, I co-created Repot, a local online plant shop founded in Hackney Wick during the first UK lockdown.
After realising how much living surrounded by plants was having a positive impact on our wellbeing and mental health, we decided to use our love of plants, DIY and art to create Repot.
We offer a wide range of house plants, all coming with hand-painted terracotta pots. 🌱
I created the logotype, business cards, illustrations, gifs, pot design/painting, photography and website design.
Rusé is an audiovisual platform based in Miami.
I worked on a package of logotypes representing the brand for their various events.
I created a monochrome moodboard for Rusé’s brand identity. The concept is inspired by optical art and impossible shapes, which I believe represents beautifully the word Rusé - artful, smart, deep,..
Struggling to focus on one single medium, I decided to use this trait as a strength by mixing media in this series of artworks.
Mixing traditional photography from my trips around France, The Netherlands, and my neighbourhood Hackney Wick (London), collage art and photo-manipulation.
This collaboration was presented at Picknik Of Art in Stour Space, a multi-disciplinary exhibition showcasing 18 emerging and established international artists.
The event was part of The Victoria & Albert's "V&A Friday Late".
Girl Gang is a minimalist illustration of my optimistic vision of the world, embodying colours, togetherness and sorority.
Girl Gang was featured in SSSHAKE’s pop-up art fair in Shoreditch, London from Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th of December 2019 at Cobalance cafe.
Mixing printing ink and acrylic paint on recycled paper made in Britain's oldest paper mill, this artwork was inspired by Matisse, Yves Klein, and a song from Vendredi Sur Mer "La Femme à la Peau Bleue".
40 x 50 cm
Each artwork is unique, framed and available in the shop.
model: Alexandra Guerain
shot in Spare Studio E3
Illustration exhibited currently at The Coffee Tree in Camden Town.
Print on sale on the shop.
I have been working for the past 6 months as Lead Graphic Designer at GogoPrint, a printing company that’s been expanding its digital services this past year.
I have set up an e-commerce website for the company and I am in charge of creating all the products and services they offer from branding to poster and printed canvas design, stickers, vinyl decals for retail as well as social media content and management.
Logo design, press shot photography and album cover template design
In September 2019, I had the opportunity to do something I'd always dreamt doing: work with music and travel for my work. I had the pleasure of being invited by Inside Electron to their beautiful city The Hague, Netherlands, to be in charge of the art direction for their new EP “Favourite Dream”.
I took pictures of the Hague and used photo-manipulation to create an abstract building out of existing architecture from the band's hometown where the band was born and the album was created.
You can listen to the album on Spotify.
Minimal Asymmetry is a series of digital illustrations exploring human connection through shapes, colours, symmetry and asymmetry.
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This collection is available to purchase on the print shop.
Album cover for a French rapper
I had the pleasure to work on this commission, a minimalist illustrated representation of a wedding photograph for a client in Copenhagen.
These 2 illustrations (50x70cm and A3) were printed by The Print Space on Hahnemühle fine art archival paper using Giclée printing techniques.
Get in contact if you would like a personalised illustration.
Graphic design inspired by quotes from the french podcast L'atelier intérieur on France Culture radio.
Picknik of Art is an event where emerging and established artists share one space, bringing together musical, visual and physical art. Picknik of Art latest edition took place at Stour Space in the beating heart of Hackney Wick.
I had the pleasure to work with Picknik of Art on the re-branding of their visual identity (logotype, stickers, brand guidelines) as well as the communication of the event (flyer, social media gifs and posts, social media banners, leaflet of the art fair, after-movie of the event and timelapse of Rose Hill’s art installation)
Cherry Blossom Girl is my entry to Charly Clement’s Draw This In Your Style (second picture)
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Available on the shop
Design District is a new creative district emerging in London.
I have been commissioned to illustrate my interpretation of creativity and the feeling that being creative evokes to me for the launch campaign of the Design District on Instagram with Dazed Digital.
#KeepLondonCreative
A poster commissioned for a perfume passionate and collector.
Stop Motion for the Government’s Travel Aware social media accounts
Mixing traditional photography and digital manipulation, Floating is a series made of photographs of architecture I took during my travels around the world, from London to Istanbul, Paris to Cairo, or Copenhagen, creating surreal floating buildings.
Video shot on iPhone for London Business Forum
Using melting crayons as a metaphor for ideas.
Design of ZoomFoodie website, using Le Murmure font by Velvetyne Type Foundry
Logo design and Illustration for "Les Aventures de Martin Avril", french classes and theatre for children starring Martin Avril, a french puppet travelling between France and London.
Exploring analog photography
Flyers and social media content for various underground parties in Lyon and London.
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