Seak

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Graffiti on Bonnstrasse in Huerth
Graffiti back on Bonnstrasse in Hürth

Seak (* 1974 in Cologne ; passport entry SEAK Claus Winkler ) is a German painter with roots in the early graffiti scene from 1989 in the Rhineland.

Act

Seak has been working as a freelance artist in the Cologne area since 1991 and worldwide after being invited. He produces murals and pictures on canvas and paper, partly in a futuristic biomechanical 3-D style as his trademark. He took part in many important graffiti exhibitions such as the three Urban Discipline exhibitions in Hamburg, Graphicalogistics in Australia and the "Canvars", the horizon of the documenta in Kassel. Together with DAIM he designed the exhibition “DAIM & Seak” in the Defiance Gallery in Chicago and with Dare the exhibition “Dare and Seak” in Hamburg. He had his international breakthrough in 1998 with a portrait in the New York scene magazine "The Source".

In 2005 he received the culture award of the city of Hürth for his work in the Cologne and Hürth area .

In 2009, SEAK Claus Winkler was commissioned by the Thalys company to represent the city of Cologne by creating a train section for the Germany - Paris crossing on the new high-speed line. For this he was transported with the artists from France, the Netherlands and Belgium at Paris Gare du Nord with the Thalys and press support to Paris, where he met the requirements with the artists in just over 3 hours, which corresponds to the travel time Cologne Paris Gare du Nord Realizing a picture in his style on the train was successful. This premiere is so far unique for all artists worldwide. Thalys boss Olivier Pointrenaud signed the Thalys with the artists under the motto "At high speed into 2010".

The spray can company Molotov dedicated the color # 143 SEAK future-green to him.

reception

Seak is one of the most famous graffiti artists and the stars of the scene. Stefan Krulle says in the newspaper Die Welt that the thesis comes from Germany with pioneering techniques and styles that are now setting standards everywhere and would be confirmed by the works of art by SEAK.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1999 "Graffiti between illegality and gallery", University of Giessen
  • 2000 "Seakone", Siemens AG, Essen
  • 2001 "Progress - Logo - 3D", Kunstverein Bonn-Hardtberg
  • 2003 “Aircrafts, Letters, Lifeforms”, Galerie 68elf, Cologne
  • 2004 "Open Rooms", studio exhibition, Hürth
  • 2004 "Urban Typography Pt. 1 “, Vibes store, Cologne

Group exhibitions

  • 1996 "Gorillas in the Fog", Museum Koenig , Bonn
  • 1998 “Stay In Motion”, Fronte 79, Ingolstadt
  • 1999 “Crazy Colors”, KFZ, Marburg
  • 1999 "Annual Exhibition", Artists' Forum Liblar
  • 1999 “Art instead of property damage”, Dortmund City Hall
  • 1999 "Graffiti-Art", Gut Dargast Art Courtyard, Rügen
  • 1999 cultural center, Bonn-Hardtberg
  • 2000 "Graffiti-Art", Phonodrome, Hamburg
  • 2000 "Graffiti-Art", Gut Dargast Art Courtyard, Rügen
  • 2000 "750 Years of Erftstadt", Erftstadt district building
  • 2000 " Urban Discipline 2000 ", Hamburg
  • 2000 "Graffiti 2000", Nirot / France
  • 2000 “Z 2000 - Positions of Young Art and Culture”, Akademie der Künste , Berlin
  • 2000 “Wow123”, Pro Art Gallery, Bremen
  • 2000 “Art on the doorstep”, Hachenburg Art Week
  • 2001 " Urban Discipline 2001 ", old mail sorting hall on Stephansplatz, Hamburg
  • 2001 "Rockin 'Da North", National Museum of Modern Art ( Kiasma ), Helsinki / Finland
  • 2001 "Gamble Can", Gera
  • 2001 " Graphicalogistics ", Revellys, Perth / Australia
  • 2001 "Graphicalogistics 2", Blue Room, Sydney / Australia
  • 2002 "Intervention", Birmingham / UK
  • 2002 “Worldspray Exhibition”, Milan / Italy
  • 2002 "Canvars", horizon of the documenta, Kassel
  • 2002 “Symbol Of Live”, Edinburgh / UK
  • 2002 "Urban Discipline 2002", Hamburg
  • 2002 “Beside The Wall”, Hall 02, Heidelberg
  • 2002 “Meeting Of Styles”, Schlachthof, Wiesbaden
  • 2002 "Codeak - Smatik - Besok - Seak", artrium, Bad Birnbach
  • 2002 “Galeria Graffiti”, Lodz / Poland
  • 2002 “Galeria Graffiti”, Warsaw / Poland
  • 2003 “Still Crazy”, Klingspor Museum , Offenbach / Germany
  • 2003 “Abstract Letters”, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles / USA
  • 2003 “Battle Arts 01”, Portland-Oregon / USA
  • 2003 “Global Domination”, Liminal Gallery, Oakland / USA
  • 2003 “East-West”, Startsoma Gallery, San Francisco / USA
  • 2003 “Young Primitives”, Groeningemuseum , Brugge / Belgium
  • 2003 “DASELO”, Municipal Gallery, Montpellier / France
  • 2003 “Ill Communication”, Urbis Museum , Manchester / UK
  • 2003 “Hype3”, Ontario State Gallery, Ontario / Canada
  • 2003 “ DAIM & Seak”, Defiance Gallery, Chicago / USA
  • 2003 “Construction Urbaines”, Taxie Gallery, Paris / France
  • 2003 “Seasonal Hysteria”, The Area / La Gonda House, Auckland / New Zealand
  • 2004 “ Dare and Seak”, Galerie Elbchaussee Acht, Hamburg / Germany

swell

Web links

Commons : Seak  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernhard van Treeck : The large graffiti lexicon. Lexikon-Imprint-Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-292-X , p. 341.
  2. ↑ a b c There is no mercy for graffiti sprayers. general-anzeiger-bonn.de
  3. ↑ Britta Havlicek: Books and sprayed pictures . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. December 16, 2005.
  4. ↑ Vanesa Borbas: Hürther Sprayer artist Claus Winkler enchants the world. In: express.de. November 7, 2007, accessed October 7, 2019 .
  5. ↑ rp-online.de
  6. ↑ Sprayer Seak: The world star from Hürth. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung .
  7. ↑ Hürther sprayer artist Claus Winkler enchants the world. In: Express .
  8. ↑ Fine can paintings . In: The world . accessed October 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ Off the Wall offthewall05.de
personal data
SURNAME Seak
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winkler, Claus (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graffiti artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne