梵・雷
b. 1984 德國
德國街頭藝術家 梵・雷 (Van Ray)
不以簡潔、工整的方式呈現作品，保留古董歷經百年後的種種，並以純粹且誠實的樣貌帶給觀者最直接的感受，每個划痕都講述一個故事，而每個瑕疵的斑點使它更加完美。如同我們的缺陷和無能造就一個更好的自己，而不是完美本身。
梵・雷
的創作除了融合街頭藝術、波普藝術、當代藝術，及他獨特藝術風格的基本元素之外，不遺漏自身對的社會批評的意圖與初衷。
藝術家近期更嘗試突破過去之創作，嘗試於鐵皮、壓克力玻璃、木板或老舊的自動販賣機上使用多種不同之技術創作，例如氣溶膠塗料、壓克力、拼貼和各種不同媒材之裝飾。
德國街頭藝術家 梵・雷 (Van Ray) 自小於八十年代的巴黎“ Pochoir運動”的影響下長大。“Pochoir運動”是暗示藝術是公眾對社會批評的一種表達，由於深受藝術影響，藝術家開始借助塗鴉來表達自己對社會的看法。2007年，由於個人發展計畫以及“Pochoir運動”在科隆逐漸興起，梵・雷借此機會創立藝術家合作計畫“fancyroom”，努力嘗試為設計與街頭藝術製造共同創作之機會。其合作更成為跨界合作，與多家公司聯名製作成為服飾商品。同時期，藝術家梵・雷展出多件版畫作品，以多種不同樣貌在藝術圈逐漸深根。
「在接觸藝術的過程我覺得我別無選擇，我所知道的一切就是塗鴉。它沒有規則因此能保有全部的真實。」-
Van Ray
梵・雷不以簡潔、工整的方式呈現作品，保留古董歷經百年後的種種，並以純粹且誠實的樣貌帶給觀者最直接的感受，每個划痕都講述一個故事，而每個瑕疵的斑點使它更加完美。如同我們的缺陷和無能造就一個更好的自己，而不是完美本身。梵・雷 的創作除了融合街頭藝術、波普藝術、當代藝術，及他獨特藝術風格的基本元素之外，不遺漏自身對的社會批評的意圖與初衷。 藝術家近期更嘗試突破過去之創作，嘗試於鐵皮、壓克力玻璃、木板或老舊的自動販賣機上使用多種不同之技術創作，例如氣溶膠塗料、壓克力、拼貼和各種不同媒材之裝飾。活躍於歐美藝術圈的梵・雷，2020年於GIN HUANG Gallery田奈藝術台中空間舉辦亞洲首場個展。
CV
2022
- Art Tainan 2022, Gin Huang Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
- Korean International Art Fair, Pigment Gallery, Seoul
- To The Moon And Back, Neue Kunst Gallery, Karlsruhe
- AAF Stockholm, Neue Kunst Gallery, Stockholm
- Only Time is Ours, Gallery Jeon, Seoul
- Meet The Mix, Venet-Haus Gallery, Ulm
- Art Karlsruhe, Neue Kunst Gallery, Karlsruhe
- Galleries Art Fair, Gallery Jeon, Daegu
- AAF Brussels, Venet-Haus Gallery, Brussels
2021
- Art Taichung 2021, Gin Huang Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
- One Offs NFT international art fair, Gin Huang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- WHAAAAAT'S art fair 2021, Gin Huang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- ONE ART Taipei, Gin Huang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- Group show”LES EXPLORATEURS”, Knokke, Belgium
2020
- Van Ray Solo Show, Gin Huang Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
- Contemporary Istanbul (VR), virtual Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul
- X-Change, Venet-Haus Galerie and Galerie Hegemann, Ulm/Munich
- Sympathy (feat. Patrizia Casagranda), Neue Kunst Gallery, Karlsruhe
- Art Busan, Art Busan Korea, Busan
- Fair for Art Vienna, Kunstmesse Wien, Vienna
- Popeye No3, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg
- Queens;Vandals(feat. Patrizia Casagranda), Art Gallery Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
- Wikam, Neue Kunst Gallery Wikam, Vienna
- Art Karlsruhe, Neue Kunst Gallery Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
- London Art Fair, Venet-Haus Galerie London Art Fair, London
2019
- Dare, 30Works Gallery, Cologne
- AAF, Venet-Haus Galerie AAF, Hamburg
- Art Bodensee, Neue Kunst Gallery Art Bodensee, Dornbirn
- Popeye No2, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg
- Metronome Festival, Live Performance, Prague
- Art Karlsruhe, Neue Kunst Gallery, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
- Urban Works, Galerie Hegemann, Munich
- London Art Fair, Venet-Haus Galerie London Art Fair, London
2018
- Never Let Idiots Ruin Your Day, 30Works Gallery, Cologne
- 5 Years, Venet-Haus Galerie, Ulm
- Fair for Art Vienna, Neue Kunst Gallery, Kunstmesse Wien, Vienna
- Art Bodensee, Neue Kunst Gallery, Art Bodensee, Dornbirn
- Art Karlsruhe, Neue Kunst Gallery, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
- Rusted Reflections, Neue Kunst Gallery, Karlsruhe
- London Art Fair, Venet-Haus Galerie, London Art Fair, London
2017
- One Dollar Bill, 30Works Gallery, Cologne
- Sympathy for the Rebel, Museum of Bergkamen
- Oxidated Optimism, Ahoy Gallery, Palma
- Art Bodensee, Neue Kunst Gallery, Art Bodensee, Dornbirn
- Fuck Boring, Venet-Haus Galerie, Ulm
- Wikam, Neue Kunst Gallery, Wikam, Vienna
- Art Karlsruhe, Neue Kunst Gallery, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
- London Art Fair, Venet-Haus Galerie, London Art Fair, London
2016
- Diamonds Rust, 30Works Gallery, Cologne
- Art.Fair, 30Works Gallery, Art.Fair, Cologne
- Wikam, Neue Kunst Gallery, Wikam, Vienna
- Art Bodensee, Neue Kunst Gallery, Art Bodensee, Dornbirn
- Not Limits, Galerie Hegemann, Munich
- The Rust of Rebellion, 30works Gallery, Cologne
- Limits are made to be broken, Neue Kunst Gallery, Karlsruhe
- Art Karlsruhe, Neue Kunst Gallery, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
2015
- GrossArtig, Galerie Hegemann, Munich
- Art.Fair, 30Works Galerie, Art.Fair, Cologne
- What if it's all a lie?, 30Works Gallery, Cologne
- Stroke Art Fair, 30Works Gallery, Stroke Art Fair, Munich
- Urban Beauty, Urban Art Gallery, Stuttgart
- Stealing graffiti is a crime, Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf
2014
- Urban Art Festival, KuFa, Luxembourg
- Fuck You, 30Works Gallery, Cologne
- Urban Art, Gallery Hegemann, Munich
- Street Art, Gallery am Dom / Kulturamt Wetzlar, Wetzlar
2013
- Van Ray, Gallery Wagner+Marks, Frankfurt
- Dirty Works #04, 30Works Gallery, Cologne
2012
- Expo for Mattia, Palazzo Filangieri, Naples
- to wild to die, Gallery Alexandra Grass, Bielefeld
- Dirty Works #03, ATM Gallery Berlin, Berlin
2011
- City Leaks, 30Works Gallery, Cologne
- Van Ray, Plum Gallery, Shanghai
- Dirty Works #02, 30Works Gallery, Cologne
