A painter, illustrator and designer, Nick Dahlen is an emerging artist inspired by the classics. His style is an arresting distillation of the artists who influenced him, including Picasso, Kandinsky and Le Corbusier. He is clearly one to watch.
Based in Minneapolis, Dahlen’s style flowed from his early time in graffiti, when he was arrested for tagging at age 16, but he soon moved on to painterly exploration. Now, he does editorial and music industry work as well.
It’s easy to get lost in Dahlen’s sites, for the colour alone and also the elegant styling.
Nick Dahlen’s website, here.
On Tumblr, here.
On Instagram, here.
To purchase, here.
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[…] Dahlen’s chess game painting, and the smaller pieces near it, are part of an exhibition just ended in Los Angeles at The Landing gallery. The images above are from his solo show in Taipei earlier this year. This is major recognition for an illustrator-designer and one-time-tagger who less than a decade ago was showing work strung up with duct tape on outdoor walls (see the earlier Art Junkie post, here). […]
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