DECYCLE / Unknown
Urban Art, Street Art, Graffiti, Stencil
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Dylan Cuddy
DECYCLE is an anonymous street artist. He was interested in art since he was a child, especially Graffiti, but never had any formal art education. His beginnings in Street art were developed at home, on his apartment wall with a stencil and a spray paint. Soon his walls were filled, so he decided to try his luck on the streets.
Art as Social Benefit
DECYCLE works with templates that he prepares at his home, and then hangs them in the streets. For him, this is a good alternative to spraying, as paste-ups do not constitute property damage, but only a misdemeanor. He even uses organic glue so that the images can be quickly and easily removed. He considers his art to be a general social benefit, because he believes that he is presenting art to everybody, even to the people who never visit museums or galleries. Even though his art takes after that of Banksy's, politics is not what drives DECYCLE's artworks. "In contrast to stencils, street art or art in general, my paintings don't necessarily convey any message, neither artistically nor politically or socially. The primary purpose is to create pictures I personally like. A welcome side effect is to reach people without any interest in art, confronting them with art in places where they wouldn't expect." About his art, and his process of creation, he adds: "Sitting in front of my cutting mat and creating stencils from the pictures in my mind is my way of meditation."
DECYCLE – StreetArtMeeting, 2014
A Man with a Rope
DECYCLE has also worked on a public buildings. He has done a paste-up of a man wearing a suit and a rope binds instead of a tie around the neck (titled Down to Business), and taped it to a bank. It was removed the very next day, but he succeeded in his intention of making a statement. His art has become increasingly popular in recent years. His paste-ups that were formerly barely noticed, are now constantly photographed wherever they appear, and photographs are sold for considerable sums of money.
Left – DECYCLE – Down to Business, Cologne, 2013 / Right: DECYCLE – Down to Business, Berlin, 2012
DECYCLE has also collaborated with other street artist's. He has worked in Berlin with Plotbot, and in other cities with the artist Kurznachzehn. He has participated in numerous shows and most prestigious art festivals in Berlin and Düsseldorf. His works have been exhibited all over Germany, but also in Norway and Indonesia, as well.
DECYCLE currently resides and works in Ruhr, Germany.
2014 Dirty Works V 30works, Cologne, DE Group
2014 Streetart Cologne: Show & Book Release Die Kunstagentin, Cologne, DE Group
2014 Urban Art Clash Berlin, DE Group
2014 Street Art Meeting - Winter Edition Urban Spree, Berlin, DE Group
2014 STROKE 2014 Munich, DE Group
2013 Cityleaks Cologne, DE Group
2013 Cityleaks 30works, Cologne, DE Group
2013 40° urban art Düsseldorf, DE Group
2013 Stroke artfair Munich, DE Group
2013 Stencils only PrettyPortal, Düsseldorf, DE Group
2013 Dirty Works IV 30works, Cologne, DE Group
2013 Pencil & Stencil Sold Out Gallery, Bochum, DE Group
2012 Major Razor Gardu House, Jakarta, ID Group
2012 Prints & Editions PrettyPortal, Düsseldorf, DE Group
2012 Street Smart Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen, NO Group
2012 N.A.T.U.R.-Festival Urban & Ecological Festival, Bochum, DE Group
2012 Silence is a lie SEZ Berlin, DE Group
2012 Artbase Urban Art Festival, Berlin, DE Group
2012 Urban Expo PrettyPortal, Düsseldorf, DE Group
2012 Paint & Beer Amsterdam, NL Group
Stencils Only
Sanja Lazic
Street art has come a long way since its beginnings in the 70s in the USA. Today, graffiti and street art permeates every part of people's lives, it's on every corner, in homes and galleries.
Ana Bambic
Celebrating a small jubilee of five years, 30works Gallery from Cologne is having a group exhibition of the street art finest.