Dimensions: 150 x 95 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'BLACKBIRD | Berlin 2022'
Biography
Chernobyl is a self-taught, highly talented Polish patternmaker who has been living and working in Berlin since 1993. He is known for his intricate cyber-punk patterning. He has been cutting stencils since 1990, and today is considered one of Berlin's best pattern artists. His mixed style, which combines rough backgrounds with multi-layered grayscale stencils, results in captivating works of meticulous and precise images depicting strange, nostalgic figures, cyborgs and abstract patterns that look like hallucinations of a dystopian future. These biotech visions of mutants and outsiders are meant to warn us of our possible and not-so-bright future that humans are heading towards, with our technological advances and unsustainable over-consumption.