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NIELS „SHOE“ MEULMAN (1967, THE NETHERLANDS) Niels Shoe Meulman (a.k.a. Shoe) is an internationally known artist and graphic designer. He is born, raised and based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Meulman began tagging ‘Shoe’ in 1979 and became a graffiti legend by the time he was 18. In the eighties, he met New York artists like Dondi, Rammellzee, Haze, Quik and Keith Haring. He then formed the Crime Time Kings with Bando from Paris and Mode2 from London. To get h er they gave graffiti in Europe its own distinctive style. In the nineties, he furthered his technique by apprenticing under the Dutch graphic design master Anthon Beeke. In the years after, he ran his own design company, Caulfield & Ten s i n g and was partner in advertising agency Unruly, which he later turned into a brand for silk scarves and a gallery. Niels Shoe Meulman revolutionized the art of writing with Calligraffiti, an art form that fuses calligraphy and graffiti. He launched this movement in 2007 with a successful solo exhibition in Amsterdam. Since then, his Calligraffiti pieces (signed NSM) have been shown in various international exhibitions and are part of several museum collections. His recent painting style can be described as abstract expressionism with a calligraphic origin. Homepage: http://nielsshoemeulman.com (SELECTED) SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Unidenticals and Reverse Paintings, Galerie Droste, Wuppertal, DE 2016 Uncontrolled Substances, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, NL Nissa la Bella, GCA gallery, Nice, FR 2014 Shoe at Flow, Make Your Mark gallery, Helsinki, FI Shoegazing, A4LW gallery, Soest, DE The Unearthly Paintings, White Walls gallery, San Francisco, US The Shoe Must Go On, Amsterdam, NL 2013 Unbelieve, Unit 44 gallery, Newcastle, UK Unism, White Walls gallery, San Francisco, US Directors Lounge 43, Ewerk, Berlin, DE 2012 Justified Scriptures, 941 Geary gallery, San Francisco, CA Oesh, Black Rainbow gallery, Paris, France Upside Down, Saatchi & Saatchi gallery, Auckland, NZ 2011 Calligraffiti, Arty Farty Gallery, Cologne, DE 2010 Throw-Ups, Arkitip project space, Los Angeles, US 2009 Le Miroir Vivant, Tenue de Nîmes, Amsterdam, NL 2008 Different Strokes, Rush Hour, Amsterdam, NL 2007 Calligraffiti, Post BG, Amsterdam, NL (SELECTED) GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 art is where the heart is, Galerie Droste, Paris, FR 2016 Brick to Canvas, Tinney Gallery, Nashville, US Work in Progress, St+Art, New Delhi, IN 2015 New York Meets The Dam, The Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, NL Abstract Vandalism, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, NL Surface, Allouche Gallery, New York, US 2014 Crime Time Kings, Unruly Gallery, Amsterdam, NL Alphabet Show, White Walls gallery, San Francisco, US Mural Project in Rome, IT Wall/Therapy, a mural project, Rochester, US An Even Eleven, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, US Urbanism, Moscow Museum, Moscow, Russia 2014 Wu Tang is for children, Londonnewcastle Project Space, Shoreditch, UK 2013 Caleidoscoop, Dutch pavilion in Wynwood, Miami, US Blooom art fair, Cologne, DE TEDxBrussels:’Ex Nihilo’ painting performance on stage, Bruxelles, BE Adobe XD: talk and workshop, San Francisco, US Trimachri, international design conference: lecture and mural, Mar del Plata, AR Graff-ik’Art festival: live painting with Mode2, Prat One, Jay One and others, Lyon, FR Bricks & Pieces – The New Politics of Imagination, Able & Baker gallery, Cologne, DE Calligraffiti 1984/2013, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, US Live broom painting on Spui Square, Amercian Book Center, Amsterdam, NL Unit 44: exhibition, Newcastle, UK Lyrics, Galerie Hélène Baily, Paris, FR MESS, Paris, FR Repeatclub 02, Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, NL White Walls 10 years anniversary exhibition, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, US 2012 Miami Art Basel, Miami, US Pop – Up, Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, FR The Name Game, Hotel De Goudfazant, Amsterdam, NL Moniker art fair, London, UK Nuart festival: in/outdoor installation, Stavanger, NO Te a m Rex, London, UK &friends, Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris, FR Shoe/United Nude collaboration, Selfridges & Co, London, UK Pop – Up, Graphic Design Museum, Breda, NL Comma, Pallazo della Penna, Perugia, IT 2011 Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, FR Off Canvas, Beijing, CN 2009 Where On Earth Have You Been, Bright trade show, Frankfurt, DE Salon de l’Amitié, Arti, Amsterdam, NL Imagining Mozambique, Maxalot Gallery, Amsterdam, NL Group Show, Salamatina Gallery, Manhasset, US 2009 Imagining Mozambique, Mass Market, Gallery space, New York, US SPEAKER at TEDxBrussels, European Parliament, Brussels, BE Flying Eyeball, London, UK.
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