Laurence Gartel

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Laurence Gartel
Born (1956-06-05) June 5, 1956 (age 67)
C. W. Post College[1]
Known forDigital art
Notable workArt cars

Laurence Gartel (born June 5, 1956) is an American artist, considered a pioneer of

Who's Who in the World.[citation needed
]

Education

Born and raised in New York City, Gartel attended the High School of Music & Art.[3] He went to School of Visual Arts,[1] along with graffiti artist Keith Haring, where he earned his BFA degree, majoring in graphics, and started his electronic career working side by side with Nam June Paik at Media Study/Buffalo in upstate New York. He had the opportunity to teach Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga computer.[1]

Career

His work has been exhibited at the

Bibliotheque Nationale
.

Gartel has had many associations with musicians, including

Wendy O Williams (Plasmatics). Gartel has created artwork for such pop culture stars as Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. He was the official artist of the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. Gartel was the artist on the NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) launch at Kennedy Space Center on March 12, 2015. He was also the artist of the Newport Jazz Festival 2015. Gartel has created the official art for the Angel Awards, Monaco International Film Festival
2015.

One of Gartel's most memorable campaigns was the one he designed for

Walt Disney Company, Forbes magazine, Coca-Cola, Philip Morris
, and many others.

Gartel was recently the Visionary of the 3D Print Conference in Santa Clara, California.

Art cars

Gartel has spent the last several years creating "art cars," the first one being commissioned by

Art Basel Miami Beach, 2014. Gartel created the first National State Art Car at the Capitol Building in Concord, unveiling with New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan
in the summer of 2015.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Cotroneo, Nicole. "Mouse Almighty", The New York Times, November 4, 2007. Accessed November 27, 2007. "...he grew up in North Shore Towers, on the Queens-Nassau County border, and after receiving his bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he studied photography at C. W. Post."
  2. ISBN 1-58115-281-7
  3. ^ Yari, Ethel. "Cyber Artist," Sun-Sentinel (February 9, 2001).
  4. ^ Vital. p. 69.

Sources

  • Vitali, Julius (2003). The Fine Artists Guide to Marketing and Self Promotion. Allworth Press, New York.

External links

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