“Play is one of the most important foundations of our practice together,” they stressed in an interview with Art of Choice. “Play is a tool for working together within a loosely structured arena,” they add. “When we play, we enter into a realm that acknowledges reality and knowingly diverts it. Play forces us to constantly shift our perception into a realm that brings to light the wondrous, the magical, and the humorous in the everyday. Play questions what’s possible and explores new potentials.”

It’s this experimental attitude that drives their work, making room for new discoveries. “We take our play very seriously, and we apply a rigor and a focus to playful ideas that help projects realize a different potential,” say the artists.

Symbolically, play was also what brought the two together. “When we met, part of getting to know each other was through playing drawing games and doing craft projects together,” they recalled. “We started to take this play more and more seriously, and realized that there was an audience for what we were doing.”

With more than 35k fans on Instagram, there is, indeed, an audience for what they’re doing.

The post It’s Always Play Time with CHIAOZZA appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Besides her love for diversity, each medium has its own special qualities which Richter’s interested in bringing out, mixing those later together with other mediums. Apart from art, she also has a passion for underground electronic music, which she explores by working as a DJ and initiating underground club events. In other words: she treats life as her own personal playground.

Nevertheless, she admits she sees herself primarily as a painter. “I love oil painting and it is what I do most,” she told Art of Choice. “But I also create mostly all of my works in different mediums from the point of view as a painter. So, I would say I see the definition of ‘painting’ in a very wide range. When I do an installation, bringing all my works together in a setting, it’s like composing a huge room painting to me.”

Based in Hamburg, Germany, her works were exhibited in numerous solo and group shows. But you can also follow her online, through her Instagram page:

The post Grit Richter’s Art Shows True Grit appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

In one series – called the Portals Series – he creates stunning installations (which he calls Portals or Icosahedrons) out of titanium, LED lights, and transparent mirrors. According to James, he was greatly inspired by the historical cosmology of Plato. “The Icosahedron is the highest and most beautiful geometric shape of the five platonic bodies and is associated with the element water,” he said. “Water is all about flow, movement, and unity.”

“Anthony James’ work takes up the concepts of the universal and transcendental in order to demonstrate the impossibility of their representation,” art historian Rachel Baum went on to explain. “The historical cosmology of Plato is a primary inspiration, both for the sculptures of icosahedrons and for the silhouette of Baroque architecture Francesco Borromini’s dome for Sant’Ivo in Rome.”

Exhibited internationally in galleries, museums, and art fairs, James’ art is best experienced live. But you can catch some sprinkles of magic online, through his Instagram page.

The post Let There Be Art: Anthony James Works with Light and Mirrors appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

“In the lineage of drag and carnival, I re-claim these materials and let them take up space and ritual significance,” she explained in an interview with Art of Choice. “My main exploration has been around how I can have flamboyant material objects produce the ephemeral lighting conditions under which that object is seen. Sequin refracts video content into illegible constellations, mirrors bend white light into rainbows.”

Currently attending the Yale School of Art for an MFA in Painting and Printmaking, her artwork incorporates drawing, installation, and performance – all are blended together in a happy (if sometimes overflowing) mixture of color and texture.

“Material experimentation is a big part of how I begin, and most of it doesn’t amount to anything I would want to show people,” she jokes. “But I’ve learned that I have to do it. A lot of listening to music and trying to make rainbows in the dark.”

Take a look at some of her rainbows in the dark:

The post This Artist Reclaims Disposable Materials appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

“Since we graduated from Central Saint Martins we have always been searching for new challenges and new types of work,” they told The Association of Illustrators. “We did not want to specialize in one technique or style but to always develop ourselves and to be creative. We wanted to be a team that could solve problems, come up with ideas and concepts as well as visuals.”

“Creativity is a great skill to have when running a business, and it’s useful to have an analytical mind,” they add. “We complement each other well in our studio and discuss where new opportunities lie ahead. We believe planning and strategic thinking has to be a part of every business and life in general. Once we make a list of what we want to achieve we make spider diagrams to map out how to get there, and who could be our future commissioners.”

With a strong belief that their creativity can help communicate important issues, they have also been involved in many educational projects. “It is exciting to research, collaborate, and to create programs that are challenging and that make the audience think,” says Cecile.

“Every time we meet a new group of students or professionals we have to analyze how we are doing things. What are our procedures? What is creativity? How do we run our studio? How do we get ideas across? Going through all these questions regularly helps us to make potential changes within our practice as well as discuss with others how they work. I always learn as much as I teach.”

Their work will add a pop of color (and inspiration) to your feed:

The post Gilles & Cecilie Spread Kindness Through Their Art appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

“Honestly, I always wanted to be an artist but it somehow felt like an impossible dream,” she admitted in an interview with Playground Detroit. “It wasn’t until I worked at a big agency in a windowless cubicle designing ads for s**t that people don’t need and perpetuating a culture of needless consumption that I realized I would rather fail at being an artist than succeed in advertising.”

That realization and discomfort gave her the motivation she needed to commit to her art practice. “I wanted to quit right then and there but instead worked tirelessly during every hour spent outside of that cubical until I was able to support myself independently,” she says.

She has since exhibited her multi-layered work at MOCAD, PLAYGROUND DETROIT, Red Bull Arts Detroit, Heron Arts, and has painted murals are featured in cities like Detroit, New York, Chicago, Canada, and France. She also amassed quite a fan base on Instagram, with more than 30k followers and counting.

“Art feels like my whole life because through art I am able to envision a world that doesn’t yet exist,” Rutt says. “I’ll admit I am not great at the work/life balance and if an artist’s job is to notice, if you’re awake, you’re on the clock.”

We highly recommend you follow her progress on her Instagram page (and elsewhere).

The post Ellen Rutt’s Art Is All-Encompassing appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Her vulnerability seems to have paid off, with collaborations with clients in music, fashion, technology, including Adidas, Samsung, New Yorker, and Dr. Martens. But though successful in her field, she admits she’s still scared of the finished product, with every project she starts.

“I think way too much about the output, and that’s something that I need to pull away from because I think a big part of being a creator is the process,” she says. “You’re tapping into your inner child, your inner demons, your inner fairy godmother. A lot of times, especially with social media, you just see the output, and so people strive for the output more than the process, and I think I have fallen into that as well.” Her way of combating her inner demons? Not comparing herself to others, only to herself. “I do think fears hold you back from being productive,” she reflects.

Most of her projects revolve around cultural identity, the modern creative process, and analytical commentaries on social stereotypes. “I mostly enjoy the pre-project,” she admits, “going into nature, listening to music, reading graphic novels, going to shows or otherwise distracting my mind so it’s completely void of work and just focused on simple pleasures. You need to have a space for yourself to rejuvenate before you dive into any project, because chances are, you’re exerting your creative energy, and also your emotional energy for whatever work you will be doing.”

Take a look at some of her vibrant creations in the gallery below.

The post Shawna X’s Art Is In Your Face appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Known around the world for her unique approach, she makes large scaffold structures adorned with neon geometric patterns and shapes often incorporating positive messages that are hand-painted onto plywood.

But with all that, it’s hard to put a finger on what exactly is it Myerscough does. “I’m not a graphic designer, illustrator, architect or a sculptor, but maybe I’m all of those things,” she considered in an interview with Elephant. “It’s about mindset and trying to create something for people to feel they are part of. My mantra is the Chinese proverb ‘Make happy those that are near and those that are far will come.'”

Mostly working based on commissions, she admits she prefers having big projects (quite literally). “But, I wouldn’t want to do it all the time: it’s manual work,” she adds. “I don’t like repeating things. I do repeat symbols and motifs in my work but I don’t like the idea of repeating projects. I am obsessed with the paint being really flat and the color to be really deep and the edges being really perfect. People ask why I don’t use vinyl, it’s just that I like doing mechanical things by hand.”

Enter her magical worlds:

The post The World Is a Brighter, Happier Place Thanks to This Artist appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Beginning as a street artist she soon exhibited her works around the world, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Turkey, France, Italy, Poland, and Costa Rica (among others). Using her art as a call for action, she doesn’t shy away from politics or activism and is an avid supporter of women’s rights, equality, and freedom of expression.

“When I was a little girl, there was nothing in the department stores,” she recalled her love story with crochet in an interview with Spear’s Magazine.

“As a kid I learned to crochet a little. It was something to do when I was growing up; we had to reinvent what we had, to make something out of it. I spent a whole week collecting the tin caps from the milk we got every day to make art. I would collect the shiny paper when we had chocolate and make something out of it. I really hate it when artists say, ‘I can’t work because I don’t have materials.’ Find your own materials! Find your own!”

“It wasn’t my dream to be an artist,” she admitted. “My dream was to have a different life. In Poland I wouldn’t have the chance to have my own life. By moving here I could write my own life, the story that I want to have.”

Take a look at some of her incredible artwork.

The post Meet The Artist Who Crochets Everything Around Her appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

The artists now spread out in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, large-scale experiential installations, live performances, and more recently, virtual reality and animation, making FWY an artistic movement more than anything.

Their sculptures and paintings, inflatables, and objects are meant to trigger playfulness, laughter, and inquisitiveness, with an end result of feeling connected. Influenced by the simple happiness found in everyday life, FWY’s work is designed to be accessible to all. Sounds like a plan!

Take a look at some of their playful creations in the gallery below and prepare to be hooked.

The post Artistic Duo Makes Playful Art That Provokes Laughter appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

“Play is one of the most important foundations of our practice together,” they stressed in an interview with Art of Choice. “Play is a tool for working together within a loosely structured arena,” they add. “When we play, we enter into a realm that acknowledges reality and knowingly diverts it. Play forces us to constantly shift our perception into a realm that brings to light the wondrous, the magical, and the humorous in the everyday. Play questions what’s possible and explores new potentials.”

It’s this experimental attitude that drives their work, making room for new discoveries. “We take our play very seriously, and we apply a rigor and a focus to playful ideas that help projects realize a different potential,” say the artists.

Symbolically, play was also what brought the two together. “When we met, part of getting to know each other was through playing drawing games and doing craft projects together,” they recalled. “We started to take this play more and more seriously, and realized that there was an audience for what we were doing.”

With more than 35k fans on Instagram, there is, indeed, an audience for what they’re doing.

The post It’s Always Play Time with CHIAOZZA appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Besides her love for diversity, each medium has its own special qualities which Richter’s interested in bringing out, mixing those later together with other mediums. Apart from art, she also has a passion for underground electronic music, which she explores by working as a DJ and initiating underground club events. In other words: she treats life as her own personal playground.

Nevertheless, she admits she sees herself primarily as a painter. “I love oil painting and it is what I do most,” she told Art of Choice. “But I also create mostly all of my works in different mediums from the point of view as a painter. So, I would say I see the definition of ‘painting’ in a very wide range. When I do an installation, bringing all my works together in a setting, it’s like composing a huge room painting to me.”

Based in Hamburg, Germany, her works were exhibited in numerous solo and group shows. But you can also follow her online, through her Instagram page:

The post Grit Richter’s Art Shows True Grit appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

In one series – called the Portals Series – he creates stunning installations (which he calls Portals or Icosahedrons) out of titanium, LED lights, and transparent mirrors. According to James, he was greatly inspired by the historical cosmology of Plato. “The Icosahedron is the highest and most beautiful geometric shape of the five platonic bodies and is associated with the element water,” he said. “Water is all about flow, movement, and unity.”

“Anthony James’ work takes up the concepts of the universal and transcendental in order to demonstrate the impossibility of their representation,” art historian Rachel Baum went on to explain. “The historical cosmology of Plato is a primary inspiration, both for the sculptures of icosahedrons and for the silhouette of Baroque architecture Francesco Borromini’s dome for Sant’Ivo in Rome.”

Exhibited internationally in galleries, museums, and art fairs, James’ art is best experienced live. But you can catch some sprinkles of magic online, through his Instagram page.

The post Let There Be Art: Anthony James Works with Light and Mirrors appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

“In the lineage of drag and carnival, I re-claim these materials and let them take up space and ritual significance,” she explained in an interview with Art of Choice. “My main exploration has been around how I can have flamboyant material objects produce the ephemeral lighting conditions under which that object is seen. Sequin refracts video content into illegible constellations, mirrors bend white light into rainbows.”

Currently attending the Yale School of Art for an MFA in Painting and Printmaking, her artwork incorporates drawing, installation, and performance – all are blended together in a happy (if sometimes overflowing) mixture of color and texture.

“Material experimentation is a big part of how I begin, and most of it doesn’t amount to anything I would want to show people,” she jokes. “But I’ve learned that I have to do it. A lot of listening to music and trying to make rainbows in the dark.”

Take a look at some of her rainbows in the dark:

The post This Artist Reclaims Disposable Materials appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

“Since we graduated from Central Saint Martins we have always been searching for new challenges and new types of work,” they told The Association of Illustrators. “We did not want to specialize in one technique or style but to always develop ourselves and to be creative. We wanted to be a team that could solve problems, come up with ideas and concepts as well as visuals.”

“Creativity is a great skill to have when running a business, and it’s useful to have an analytical mind,” they add. “We complement each other well in our studio and discuss where new opportunities lie ahead. We believe planning and strategic thinking has to be a part of every business and life in general. Once we make a list of what we want to achieve we make spider diagrams to map out how to get there, and who could be our future commissioners.”

With a strong belief that their creativity can help communicate important issues, they have also been involved in many educational projects. “It is exciting to research, collaborate, and to create programs that are challenging and that make the audience think,” says Cecile.

“Every time we meet a new group of students or professionals we have to analyze how we are doing things. What are our procedures? What is creativity? How do we run our studio? How do we get ideas across? Going through all these questions regularly helps us to make potential changes within our practice as well as discuss with others how they work. I always learn as much as I teach.”

Their work will add a pop of color (and inspiration) to your feed:

The post Gilles & Cecilie Spread Kindness Through Their Art appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

“Honestly, I always wanted to be an artist but it somehow felt like an impossible dream,” she admitted in an interview with Playground Detroit. “It wasn’t until I worked at a big agency in a windowless cubicle designing ads for s**t that people don’t need and perpetuating a culture of needless consumption that I realized I would rather fail at being an artist than succeed in advertising.”

That realization and discomfort gave her the motivation she needed to commit to her art practice. “I wanted to quit right then and there but instead worked tirelessly during every hour spent outside of that cubical until I was able to support myself independently,” she says.

She has since exhibited her multi-layered work at MOCAD, PLAYGROUND DETROIT, Red Bull Arts Detroit, Heron Arts, and has painted murals are featured in cities like Detroit, New York, Chicago, Canada, and France. She also amassed quite a fan base on Instagram, with more than 30k followers and counting.

“Art feels like my whole life because through art I am able to envision a world that doesn’t yet exist,” Rutt says. “I’ll admit I am not great at the work/life balance and if an artist’s job is to notice, if you’re awake, you’re on the clock.”

We highly recommend you follow her progress on her Instagram page (and elsewhere).

The post Ellen Rutt’s Art Is All-Encompassing appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Her vulnerability seems to have paid off, with collaborations with clients in music, fashion, technology, including Adidas, Samsung, New Yorker, and Dr. Martens. But though successful in her field, she admits she’s still scared of the finished product, with every project she starts.

“I think way too much about the output, and that’s something that I need to pull away from because I think a big part of being a creator is the process,” she says. “You’re tapping into your inner child, your inner demons, your inner fairy godmother. A lot of times, especially with social media, you just see the output, and so people strive for the output more than the process, and I think I have fallen into that as well.” Her way of combating her inner demons? Not comparing herself to others, only to herself. “I do think fears hold you back from being productive,” she reflects.

Most of her projects revolve around cultural identity, the modern creative process, and analytical commentaries on social stereotypes. “I mostly enjoy the pre-project,” she admits, “going into nature, listening to music, reading graphic novels, going to shows or otherwise distracting my mind so it’s completely void of work and just focused on simple pleasures. You need to have a space for yourself to rejuvenate before you dive into any project, because chances are, you’re exerting your creative energy, and also your emotional energy for whatever work you will be doing.”

Take a look at some of her vibrant creations in the gallery below.

The post Shawna X’s Art Is In Your Face appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Known around the world for her unique approach, she makes large scaffold structures adorned with neon geometric patterns and shapes often incorporating positive messages that are hand-painted onto plywood.

But with all that, it’s hard to put a finger on what exactly is it Myerscough does. “I’m not a graphic designer, illustrator, architect or a sculptor, but maybe I’m all of those things,” she considered in an interview with Elephant. “It’s about mindset and trying to create something for people to feel they are part of. My mantra is the Chinese proverb ‘Make happy those that are near and those that are far will come.'”

Mostly working based on commissions, she admits she prefers having big projects (quite literally). “But, I wouldn’t want to do it all the time: it’s manual work,” she adds. “I don’t like repeating things. I do repeat symbols and motifs in my work but I don’t like the idea of repeating projects. I am obsessed with the paint being really flat and the color to be really deep and the edges being really perfect. People ask why I don’t use vinyl, it’s just that I like doing mechanical things by hand.”

Enter her magical worlds:

The post The World Is a Brighter, Happier Place Thanks to This Artist appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Beginning as a street artist she soon exhibited her works around the world, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Turkey, France, Italy, Poland, and Costa Rica (among others). Using her art as a call for action, she doesn’t shy away from politics or activism and is an avid supporter of women’s rights, equality, and freedom of expression.

“When I was a little girl, there was nothing in the department stores,” she recalled her love story with crochet in an interview with Spear’s Magazine.

“As a kid I learned to crochet a little. It was something to do when I was growing up; we had to reinvent what we had, to make something out of it. I spent a whole week collecting the tin caps from the milk we got every day to make art. I would collect the shiny paper when we had chocolate and make something out of it. I really hate it when artists say, ‘I can’t work because I don’t have materials.’ Find your own materials! Find your own!”

“It wasn’t my dream to be an artist,” she admitted. “My dream was to have a different life. In Poland I wouldn’t have the chance to have my own life. By moving here I could write my own life, the story that I want to have.”

Take a look at some of her incredible artwork.

The post Meet The Artist Who Crochets Everything Around Her appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

The artists now spread out in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, large-scale experiential installations, live performances, and more recently, virtual reality and animation, making FWY an artistic movement more than anything.

Their sculptures and paintings, inflatables, and objects are meant to trigger playfulness, laughter, and inquisitiveness, with an end result of feeling connected. Influenced by the simple happiness found in everyday life, FWY’s work is designed to be accessible to all. Sounds like a plan!

Take a look at some of their playful creations in the gallery below and prepare to be hooked.

The post Artistic Duo Makes Playful Art That Provokes Laughter appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.