BEZT & JOSHUA SMITH
Bezt's work is already loved by many citizens in Aalborg because of his large mural 'Meeting her Parents', where a boy standing with a bouquet of flowers on his back, which already has been half-eaten by a rat, nervously waiting in front of the door of the home of his parents-in-law.
Like on the mural the themes in the work of Bezt, are often full of contrasts. Beauty versus ugliness, order versus disorder ..
At the same time Bezt work bridges the gap between fine- and urban art, visually, technically and concept wise, often with conflicting issues on his mind.
Bezt’s solo works are inseparable from his activity within a duo called Etam Cru, which he formed with the artist Sainer, Bezt soon became a successful commercial artist and freelance designer.
The artist handles several media at once, but primarily he’s an illustrator, muralist, and painter. The employment of floral motifs, animals and woman portraits is interwoven with metaphors and symbols often borrowed from local folklore. Although his works strive for realism, they are still maintained in a characteristic style sourced from graffiti.
Regardless of the media, Bezt invests tremendous efforts in creating strong narratives which should deliver the certain message. Fantastical, perhaps mythical or even dreamy, his works can certainly be perceived as images from another world.
Bezt was born in Turek in 1987, Poland, and graduated of Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz.
EXHIBITIONS

Up The Wall, KIRK Gallery, Denmark, 2019
"Beautiful Mistakes", Spoke art / Thinkspace Gallery, New York, United States 2017
"Ride for Mongolia" New York, United States 2017
"Urban Art Fair" Paris, France 2017
"Welcome back" Colab Gallery, Weil am Rhein, Germany 2016
"Galimatias" Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, United State 2015
"LA ART SHOW" Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, United States 2015
"Bedtime Stories" Varsi Gallery, Rome, Italy 2014
"Ugly Heroes" Montana Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2014
"A Major Minority" 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, United States 2014
"Not High Enough" Artifex Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium 2013
"POW! WOW!" Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 2013
"Mind Trip" Inoperable Gallery, Vienna, Austria 2012
"Urban Art 2" Galeria Rempex , Warsaw, Poland 2012
"Stroke 6" Intoxicated Demons Gallery, Munich, Germany 2012
"4560 - Urban Art Show" Stadtgalerie Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken, Germany 2012
"ARTUR-Exposicaon De Arte Urbana" LAC, Lagos, Portugal 2012
"Unfrisierte Gedanken" Intoxicated Demons Gallery, Munich, Germany 2012
"Primaprilis" Sfinks, Sopot, Poland 2011
"Urban Art" Galeria Rempex , Warsaw, Poland 2011
"Stroke Warmup" Intoxicated Demons Gallery, Lipsk,Germany 2011
"Stroke 4" Intoxicated Demons Gallery, Munich , Germany 2011
"Public Provocations" Carhartt Gallery, Weil am Rhein, Germany 2011
"Stroke 5" Intoxicated Demons Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2011
"Street art vs Graffitti" Lipowa13 Gallery, Lublin, Poland 2011
"Double Trouble" Galeria BARAKA, Krakow,Poland 2010
"Die Neue Avantgarde" Intoxicated Demons Gallery, Berlin, Munich Germany 2010
"Stroke 2" Intoxicated Demons Gallery, Munich, Germany 2010
"Stroke 3" Intoxicated Demons Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2010
JOSHUA SMITH

Joshua Smith is a miniaturist and former stencil artist based in Norwood, South Australia.
As a self taught miniaturist. His miniature works primarily focus on the often overlooked aspects of the urban environment such as grime, rust, decay to discarded cigarettes and graffiti perfectly recreated in 1:20 scale miniatures.
His sculptures are all miniatures of urban houses and scenes from famous big cities like Sidney, Los Angeles or Hong Kong that he has become enthralled with. Everything down to the graffiti on the walls, the lights within the house, and the newspapers or dirt found on the streets is recreated in immense detail, but at a fraction of the size.
The attention to detail and the patience he needs to reconstruct his urban scenery make Joshua Smith both a storyteller and an archeologist of the present time. Working at a small scale invites viewers into a personal and intimate relationship with the piece, while at the same time keeping him at a distance, unable to fully “enter” the work.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018
Baronian Xippas, Rue Isidore Verheyden ,Brussels, Belgium

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019
Small Works 2019 ,Beinart Gallery ,Brunswick, Australia
Sky Every Day ,projects+gallery ,Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
2018
The Erskine Pledge: a gift to Newcastle ,Newcastle Art Gallery ,Newcastle, Australia
Through That Which Is Seen ,Palo Alto Art Center ,Palo Alto, California, USA
2017
New Realities ,Muriel Guépin Gallery ,New York, USA