Mr Brainwash News
Since his first art show in Los Angeles, Mr Brainwash’s style has often been compared to the one of Andy Warhol.
TRAINSPOTTING 2 ON THE COVER OF EMPIRE MAGAZINE
December 28, 2016
In December 2016, to commemorate Trainspotting 2, Danny Boyle’s highly-anticipated sequel, Empire Magazine commissioned Mr Brainwash to create a unique cover featuring the main characters of the movie.
To end a very eventful and successful year, in December 2016, Mr Brainwash was a special guest at the White House and met with the US president at the time, Barack Obama.
Mr Brainwash returned to Art Basel Miami once again, bringing 2016 to a close by giving the SLS Hotel’s facade a makeover just in time for the city’s biggest art event.
Mr Brainwash and longtime friend Rick Ross came together in collaboration once more for the artwork of Ross’ ninth album, Rather You Than Me.
This was the first gallery showing of Mr Brainwash’s work in the Netherlands, housed by Wanrooij Gallery.
The opening of the show was on November 10th, 2016 and the show ran until December.
In honor of the 49 victims of the mass shooting at Pulse Night Club in Orlando, Fl., Mr. Brainwash in collaboration with Nats Getty (founder of Strike Oil) and The Girls Lounge created and unveiled a mural dedicated to the victims at the location of the tragedy.
It was the first time that Pulse Night Club opened its doors to the public since the massacre earlier in June. The community was invited and encouraged to add final contributions to the mural, with a performance by DJ Kim And and Brendan Reilly during the ceremony.
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A new major collaboration took place in August when soccer superstar Pelé met Mr Brainwash in Rio de Janeiro during the Summer Olympic Games.
For their meeting, Mr Brainwash created limited edition artworks, depicting Pelé in the middle of one of his iconic bicycle kicks – in an explosion of color and motion.
Throughout an entire afternoon and over a soundtrack of Brazilian music selected by the former soccer player, the two painted large canvases together and added splatters of paint to the artworks previously created.
Pelé even took the time to sign and stamp his thumbprint on each piece.
This is the second Olympic Games for Mr Brainwash; in 2012, during the Summer Olympic Games in London, the artist made his UK debut by invading The Old Sorting Office, a colossal space, steps from the British Museum.
One of the most popular installation was the famous Olympic rings, dripping their colors, arranged with old spray cans.
June 2016 marked the debut of Mr Brainwash’s spectacular solo shows in Asia.
He opened his first exhibition in South Korea at The ARA Modern Art Museum in Insa-dong in Seoul.
Large mixed media murals were on display showcasing Mr Brainwash’s iconic artwork and larger than life scope.
Some of the highlights include a massive 15ft tall wooden AT-AT from the Star Wars movie franchise, a room full of hanging vintage cameras, and a white room splashed with pink paint.
Mr Brainwash collaborated with musicians from the entertainment group YG, the label-home of K-Pop artists Big Bang and 2NE1 to name a couple, to create one of a kind artworks.
