WK - WK Interact

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Descripción del Artista

WK (aka WK Interact) was born in 1969 in Caen, France. He has lived and worked in New York since the early 1990s. WK is interested with the human body in motion, his paintings of figures frozen in a flight of movement reflects this infatuation. The artist’s unique process involves a technique of twisting an original drawing or photograph while it’s being photocopied, resulting in the monochromatic palette and streamlined moment-in-time appearance of his finished work. WK site-determines his placements by finding an appropriate location first, then his imagery is chosen specifically with a concern for encounters in an urban environment or “interactions” (as the artist indicates in his pseudonym). In the late 1990s his images began appearing on building facades in downtown Manhattan, complimenting the constant stir of bodies and the perpetual motion of contemporary urban life in the fast-paced city. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Gallery BLACK BOOK GALLERY exposition 2017 CROSS THE STREET museum MACRO Roma installation 2017 WK/exit at DE-RE GALLERY Los Angeles 2015 WK/KALLENBACH gallery Kallenbach Gallery Raamstraat 7-9 1016XL Amsterdam Amsterdam 2013 WK-360 mid-career survey documenting 25 years at Jonathan Levine Gallery NYC 2009 How to Blow Yourself Up. Subliminal Projects. Los Angeles, CA 2009 Motion Portrait. Jonathan LeVine Gallery. New York, NY 2008 Aqua Art Fair. Jonathan LeVine Gallery exhibitor booth. Miami-Wynwood, FL 2007 WK/MXLT. Maxalot Gallery. Barcelona, Spain 2007 The Trail. Espies Archetype Gallery. Brooklyn, NY 2006 Impact, in collaboration with Kobe Bryant. Nike Showroom. Los Angeles, CA 2005 Medicom Toy Life. Logos Gallery. Tokyo, Japan 2002 Installation. BLK/MRKT Gallery. Los Angeles, CA 2002 Sony Installation and Outdoor Gallery. Sydney, Australia 2002 Techniques. Studio 101. New York, NY 2001 Installation. Dazed and Confused Gallery. London, UK 2001 Installation. Patricia Dorfman Gallery. Paris, France 2001 Art Works of WK Interact. Parco Museum. Tokyo, Japan 2001 Opening. Studio 101. New York, NY 2001 Tool Man. Studio 101. New York, NY 1998 17-Painting Installation. Colette Gallery. Paris, France 1998 3-Painting Installation. Yohji Yamamoto Gallery. New York, NY 1997 11-Painting Installation. Cooper Hewitt Museum. New York, NY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 URBAN-NATION museum group show 2014 ART Alliance Chicago 2014 SCOOPE Kallenbach gallery 2014 West 12th NYC WK/KLINIK collaboration installation 2011 The Emergence of the Pop Imagist. Campo de la Madonna de L’Orto. Venice, Italy 2010 Urban Alchemists. Curated by Jonathan LeVine and Tony Goldman. Wynwood Walls. Miami, FL 2010 Five Year Anniversary. Jonathan LeVine Gallery. New York, NY 2010 Re:Form School. Lets Redu project promoting education reform. St. Patrick’s School. New York, NY 2008 2 person show with Anthony Lister. Elms Lesters Painting Rooms. London, UK 2006 Beautiful Losers. Agnès B. Galleries. Paris, France 2004 Streetwise 3. The LAB 101 Gallery. Los Angeles, CA 2003 Backjumps. Kunstraum Kreuzberg. Berlin, Germany SELECTED PROJECTS 2016 LIVING COMPUTER MUSEUM Seattle full installation interior 2016 WK/lumine japan interior installation store elevator 2015 exterior mural JERSEY CITY Race 2015 WK/REEBOK Boston CROSSFIT 2015 WK/NIKE Widen kennedy agency SHANGHAI Marathon 2015 WK/AMSTERDAM mural installation RACE 45 meter 2014 Belgium 25 meter high BIRDY exterior 2014 D-DAY 70 anniversary Paris Geode 130 meter 2014 METS/Citibank – Time square and subway 2014 Hunger games POSTER and exterior facade in WEST COAST 2014 DANCE the monopoly game STOP PLAY REWIND poster 2012 project installation (40 years anniversary) for TBWA 2012 Oscar Pistorius installation for OAKLEY at the Olympic UK 2011 Project Brave. Collaboration with NYC Firefighters, commemorating 10th Anniversary of 9/11 (100 meters wide). Brooklyn, NY 2011 Black Palace. Mural commemorating 100th Anniversary of Mexican Revolution (200 meters wide). General National Archives. Mexico City, Mexico 2010 Mural representing immigration, coming by boat (300 feet wide, 40 feet high). Ancona, Italy 2007 East vs. West Propaganda Project, Obey Giant vs. WK Interact. Agnès B. Galleries. Paris, France 2007 East vs. West Propaganda Project, Obey Giant vs. WK Interact. Tokyo Wonder Site. Tokyo, Japan 2005 Project Fox. Fox Hotel. Copenhagen, Denmark. 2004 Window Display, interior and subway station. Galeries Lafayette. Paris, France 2004 Kitty Kit Spy, collaboration for Hello Kitty. Tokyo, Japan 2004 Installation. JFK Airport. New York, NY 2002 Rescue 2002. Lafayette and Prince St. New York, NY 2000 24’ x 12’ Canvas Window Installation. Henry Bendel Store. New York, NY 1999 Adidas 154-meter outdoor billboard featuring Prince Naseem. London, UK 1999 Visionaire Magazine Opening, 65-meter murl featuring Kiara. Visionaire Gallery. New York, NY SELECTED PUBLICATIONS WK-Gear 148 pages Publisher Drago 2016 Graffiti art Magazine 14 pages french magazine Plus 81 street creative issue Japan Magazine 16 pages and cover WK/ACT 4 book 320 pages publisher DRAGO 25 years, 2014 WK/360 mid-career survey, 2013 WK Interact-2.5 New York Street Life. Published by Drago, 2009 WK Interact: Exterior – Interior Act 2. Hardcover. Published by Gestalten Verlag, 2005. WK Interact: Act 1. Published by Little More. Japan, 2001.

Exposiciones en las que ha participado como artista

From the World, Made in Lisboa

Colectiva

WK – Act and Process

Individual

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