Mr. Woodland

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Wildlife - facade painting by Mr. Woodland in Erding for the ARTDING Festival

Mr. Woodland (* 1981 in Dachau , actually Daniel Westermeier ) is a German urban artist and graphic designer from Erding .

Career

Westermeier grew up as the older of two children in Erding. Fascinated by the colorful pictures on the train line and the hip-hop culture, he painted his first graffiti in 1993 at the age of 12 at the Herzog-Tassilo-Realschule in Erding. At that time he used the pseudonym MONO . In 2004, through a joke dedicated to his stature, he adopted the pseudonym Woodland . The addition Mister, or Mr. for short, followed about two months later.

He studied graphic design from 2012 to 2014 in Munich, after having worked as a trained retail salesman for nine years, but never saw any point in it. He has been working as a freelance artist worldwide since 2014.

style

Who is listening - facade picture by Mr. Woodland in Giessen

His style is a mixture of realistically painted figures in combination with graphic elements and fragments. His works always tell a story or convey a message, which often arises from his carefully chosen colors.

His pictures are mostly kept in dark tones, which creates a lot of tension. He likes to deal with non-typical graffiti motifs and tries to differentiate himself from the classic mainstream of graffiti . He draws his inspiration from classical painting, nature and graphic design.

Technically, he works with a brush, paint roller and spray can.

Projects

  • Westend Stories - In 2014, Mr. Woodland organized and curated a one-month open-air gallery in the Westend district of Munich , financed by HBB (Hanseatische Betreuungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH), on over 1,200 square meters at the old XXXLutz building, to which he invited international artists. It was considered one of the largest open-air galleries in Bavaria.
  • Artding - from June 10 to June 16, 2019, Mr. Woodland organized and curated the Mural Art Festival Artding in Erding, which was the first of its kind. His goal was to create a free outdoor gallery that is open 365 days a year. Other artists included TELMO MIEL (Netherlands), ZOER (France), GEORGIA HILL (Australia) and the ATE crew (Germany). The project was financed and supported by the city of Erding and the social urban development subsidy. The festival is to take place annually with different artists.

Exhibitions

BOUNDARIES - work on canvas - part of the exhibition BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS in Freiburg
HOPE in Berlin. This 21 meter high picture was created for the BERLIN MURAL FESTIVAL 2018 in Rigaerstrasse 98
  • TEN YEARS IN BETWEEN - Group exhibition of the Kunstverein Erding (2019)
  • BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS - Solo exhibition at Galerie Hilda 5 in Freiburg (2018)
  • RESTART Collective - group exhibition in the gallery Tales of Art in Imola (2018)
  • THE HAUS - the world's largest temporary gallery in Berlin (2017)
  • PLATE PROJECT - group exhibition by URBAN NATION in Berlin (2017)
  • The OUTLANDERS - group exhibition at the GRISK gallery in Aarhus (2017)
  • CALLE LIBRE - Group exhibition in the Museumsquartier Wien for the accompanying Mural Art Festival in Vienna (2016)
  • AARHUS CONVENTION ART - Group exhibition of gallery GRISK on grounds Godspanen in Aarhus (2016)
  • STROKE - Urban Art Fair, Gallery Art Avenue in Munich (2016)
  • BEHANCE - group exhibition for Behance in the ARS24 gallery in Munich (2015)
  • ART AVENUE - Pop UP - Group exhibition at the Art Avenue gallery in Munich (2014)
  • BLUE BALLS FESTIVAL - Live painting on the MTV stage and exhibition in Lucerne (2014)
  • ANIMAL SPIRIT - group exhibition in Sofia (2014)
  • MONO & NIMO - group exhibition in the Frauenkircherl in Erding (1998)

Movie

  • 5Minutes with Mr. Woodland on Arte Creative (5-minute documentary about the beginnings, career and goals of the artist - by Fabian Klein, ilovegraffiti.de and Red Tower Films, 2018)
  • The walls - graffiti. Street Art. Mural Art (18-minute documentary on graffiti, street art and mural art and its development - by Andre Maier and Sebastian Narbutas, 2017)
  • The Globetrotter (5-minute documentary of the four-story painting The Globetrotter in Erding - by Mike Roza, 2016)
  • Checker Tobi - the color check (24-minute series on the topic of colors and their effect - by Megaherz GmbH - runs on KIKA and ZDF, 2016)
  • Kinder Einspruch - Graffiti (25-minute talk show on pro and contra graffiti - SAT1, 1993)

literature

  • Martin Arz: Munich Walls - Urban Art on Munich's walls . Hirschkäfer Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-940839-44-2 .
  • Amaelle Mischler: Behind the Wall . 2017, France / Switzerland.
  • Christian Hundertmark: The Art of Rebellion IV - Masterpieces of Urban Art . 2016, ISBN 978-3-939566-49-6 .
  • Chemistry Magazine - Step in the Arena . Chemistry Publishing, 2017.
  • 25 Pages - Masters of Paint . Get Inspired Magazine, 2016.
  • Street at More 9 . SAM Magazine 2016, ISSN  2352-1953 .
  • TF-Magazine - "Artist Special" - magazine from Kraków / Poland 2015, ISSN  1897-3655 .
  • Ostile - Magazine 4 - "Artist Special" by Ostile Publishing 2014.
  • “Street Art Munich” - by Martin Arz / Hirschkäfer Verlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-940839-21-3 .
  • Down by Law Magazine 11 - "Artist Special" by Downbylaw Graffiti Magazine / Sven Schmidt 2012.

Web links

Commons : Mr. Woodland  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Woodland, Mr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westermeier, Daniel (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German street art / graffiti artist and graphic designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Dachau