Photo courtəsy of Jazz Bəauliəu
“words arə thə ənəmy.” – əl cəlso
The Art Newspaper described his most recent show, “Art Burn,” an International contemporary art expo & immolation, as a “bonfire of the art vanities” and the Miami Herald declared it “a funky Basel sideshow.” The New York Times described his previous exhibition, “Post No Bills,” a street art gallery installation in Long Island City as “audacious.” The Brooklyn Rail describes El Celso as “a street artist with a taste for experimentation, a knack for making things happen and a predilection for drawing colorful naked women.” His figurative drawings, paintings and original works on Plexiglas were also the subject of a documentary series, “The Streets of New York,” which was broadcast on NHK in Japan in 2008. His work is also featured in numerous publications, street art books, web sites and blogs.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
January 2010 Follin Gallery, New York
December 2009 Art Burn, Miami, Florida (artist/curator)
November 2009 Brooklynite Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
September 2009 AK-57Gallery, New York (artist/curator)
August 2009 Gawker Artists, New York
May 2009 Artbreak Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
November 2008 Factory Fresh, Brooklyn, New York (artist/curator)
July 2008 Gallerie Pulaski, Queens, New York (artist/curator)
June 2008 Lumenhouse, Brooklyn, New York
May 2008 Woodward Gallery, New York
April 2008 chashama ABC Gallery, New York (artist/curator)
April 2008 Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn, New York
March 2008 ABC No Rio, New York
January 2008 Ad Nauseum, Harlem, New York
February 2007 SCOPE, New York
June 2007 Kingsborough Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (artist/curator)
March 2007 Pure Project, New York (artist/curator)
December 2006 11 Spring Street, New York
November 2006 Artists Space, New York
October 2006 Flux Factory, Queens, New York
PUBLICATIONS: Bonfire of the Art Vanities, The Art Newspaper (LONDON: 12/04/09); Precious Works Go Up in Flames for Art’s Sake, Miami Herald (FL: 12/03/09); Peep-o-rama, Time Out NY, (NY: 09/08/09); Construction Zone: Beware of Audacious Art, The New York Times (NY: 07/02/08); The Very Public Life of Street Art, The Brooklyn Rail (NY: May 2008); Street Art in Alphabet City, Village Voice (NY: April 2008 –online); The Vandalism Vandal, New York Magazine (NY: 06/04/07); Don’t Hate, Collaborate!, Peel Magazine (NY: 06/1/07); The Street Art Show, Juxtapoz.com (NY: 06/05/07); The Alien Invader, Village Voice (NY: 03/13/07); Small, but fierce, art, Metro (NY: 11/10/04); Lies, New York Press (NY: 10/27/04); Mano a Mano, Hoy (NY: 4/2/04); Soho’s Bold & Beautiful, Daily News (NY: 4/1/04); Adbusters Quarterly: Summer 1995, Vol. 3, No. 4.
BOOKS: Untitled. I &II. Street Art Counter Culture, Gary Shove (2009); Going Postal, Martha Cooper (2009); Street Art Cookbook, Benke Carlsson/Hop Louie (2009); This Means Nothing, Le Bijoutier (2008); Brooklyn Street Art, Jaime Rojo/Steven P. Harrington (2007); NYC BCN Street Art Revolution, Louis Bou (2006)
FABRICATIONS: October 2004 Jenny Holzer & Lady Pink, Munich, Germany; August 2004 Jenny Holzer & Lancome, Paris, France; May 2004 El Museo del Barrio, New York
E-MAIL ME: celso [at] elcelso.com
