In the late 70’s and early 80’s, graffiti moved from the gritty train yard to posh galleries of New York, Los Angeles and Europe. A handfull of artists were involved in this movement : SEEN was one of them. At this time, the art world was looking for a change and many people questionned what would come next. Some thought graffiti would be the answer…
Since then, the value of canvases produced by graffiti artists began to rise to prices only few could afford.
Today, SEEN decides to put things back into context by making artwork available for everybody, at reachable prices. Returns to the roots of graffiti, only the medium has changed.
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 - « Sign of the Times », Stolen Space, London, England
2007 - « SEEN City », Make Your Mark, Paris, France
2006 - « End of an Era », Outside Institute, London, England
2005 - « Stencil this », Prosper Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2003 - « What Makes a Subway Car Run ? », STIP Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2001 - « Breaking Ground », Twenty Four Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1983 - « SEEN : New Works », Stellweg, Seguy Gallery, NYC
1982 - Galerie Yaki Kornblit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Seen was involved in more than 100 groupshow between 1980 & 2009.
here few of them :
2009 - "Le tag au Grand Palais", Grand Palais, Paris, France
2003 - « Graffiti Art », Fred Siegel Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2001 - « SEEN & CES : The Bronx Bombers », Pacifico Fine Art Gallery, NYC
1991 - « Paris Graffiti Exposition de 24 peintres », 14, rue Chapon, Paris, France.
1988 - « American Graffiti Artists : SEEN & QUIK », Deboterhal, Hoorn, Netherlands.
1988 - « SEEN & QUIK », Gallery Christ Delaet, Antwerp, Belgium
1985 - « New York Graffiti », Sigmund Wenger Gallery, San Diego, CA
1984 - « Graffiti, High Artists & Classical Artists », Galerie Thomas, Munich, Germany
1983 - " Post-Graffiti », Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC
1981 - « New York, New Wave », The Institute for the Arts and Urban Resources, P.S.1, NYC
SELECTED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
1999 - « Urban Mythologies : The Bronx Represented Since the 1960’s », The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NYC
1999 - « 1980’s Graffiti Art », Withney Museum of American Art Part II, 1950-2000 of the American Century – Art and Culture 1900-2000.
1999 - « Groninger Museum Exhibition », Groninger Museum, Groninger, Netherlands
1998 - « New York Graffiti », Museum Der Stadt Ratingen, Germany
1996 - The Stedelijk Museum, RoeRmond, Netherlands
1996 « On Subway Trains and Gallery Walls », Museum of the City of New York, included a 3 ½ hour verbal interview with SEEN, kept for permanent records in the archives of the city of New York.
1996 - « Art of the 80’s and 90’s », Groninger Museum, Groninger, Netherlands
1995 - « Beeldende Van De Kunst », Groninger Museum, Groninger, Netherlands
1992/1993 - « Coming from the Subways, History and Development of a Controversial Movement, New York Graffiti Art », Groninger Museum, Groninger, Netherlands
1992 - Gemeenter Museum, Helmond, Netherlands
1992 - « SEEN, QUIK & BLADE », The Stedelljk Museum, Helmond, Netherlands
1991 - « Graffiti Art : Américains et Français », Musée National des Monuments Français, Palais de Chaillot, Paris.
1989 - « At the Wall », Kunstverein Weisbaden, West Germany and Gemeente Museum Helmond, Netherlands.
1989 - The Stedelijk Museum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands
1988 - Stedelijk Kunstcollectie, Helmond, Netherlands
1988 - « De Horizon Voorbu », Gemeente Museum, Helmond, Netherlands
1986 - The Stedelijk Museum, Helmond, Netherlands.
1986 - Leopold-Hoesch Museum Duren, West Germany
1985 - « New York Graffiti », Gemeente Museum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands.
1985 - The Stedelijk Museum, Helmond, Netherlands
1984 - The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1984 - « New York Graffiti », Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humleboek, Denmark
1983 - "Graffiti », Gronginer Museum, Groningen, Nertherlands
1983 - « Graffiti », Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Selected Book Publications
2009 - "Vandal Squad Book" Edition Power House (Cover by SEEN)
2000 - « New York City, Graffiti », author : Michiko Rico Nose. Cover art by SEEN. Tokyo, Japan
1987 - « Spray Can Art », author : Henry Chalfant and James Prigoff, NYC
1984 - « Subway Art », author : Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper, NYC
Selected Documentaries
1982 - « Style Wars », Henry Chalfant and Tony Silverman.
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° Praised by the documentary film Style Wars (1982), and books Subway Art (1984) and SprayCan Art (1987), Seen has became a real icon of the graffiti movement.
He is certainly the one who most influenced it. Native of Bronx, Seen comes for the first time in Paris to presente his most recent artworks.
The exhibition "Seen City" will take place close to the Sacré-Coeur, in the heart of Montmartre, from 14th to 30th September 2007. No doubt, you don’t have to miss this exhibition!
Live performance at Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton
Interview for "Paris Dernière", french tv program :
Style Wars outtakes :
Interview for "Riding Zone" :
"SEEN CITY", Paris show, 2007 :
SEEN THE GODFATHER OF GRAFFITI's Friend Space (Top 29)
God bless u seen i met u one time back in 2003 in havenmayer and south 2nd in brooklyn with lase...by the way i also peeped ur seen fillin and pj fillin in the small montana shop in mataro spain..keep up the good work bro :)
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