ARTRIUM2019

"ARTRIUM", an open-air contemporary art gallery in the center of Moscow. Today the project includes works of such street art legends as Shepard Fairey, Felipe Pantone, Tristan Eaton, Ben Eine, PichiAvo, Okuda San Miguel, Pokras Lampas, Faith47, Drew Merritt, Rabi (Cyrcle), 1010, Bond TruLuv, Fanakapan, INTI, Monkey Bird, WK Interact, Faust, Haculla.

"You're going to notice this building like when everybody's complete their paintings or their posters or their stencils or whatever I think you're going to notice this building a lot more than you would have noticed it before. Potentially it could be one of the largest that kind of outdoor art museums in the world. Hopefully it's going to inspire somebody to do something. So yeah this is the beginning." - Ben Eine

"Everything is fair game. Any tools, any techniques. It just has to be something that's uniquely your voice as an artist. Vladimir Mayakovsky was a big fan of the quote: Art is not mirror to reflect society, but a hammer with which to shape it. And that is my philosophy in a nutshell." - Shepard Fairey

"I've been doing this work for 29 years and it's just my passion. I'm all based to motion, interaction and kind of like interacting on the scale of interior or exterior project. So i mean my work it's not necessarily to create a piece of art on any surface of wall, what i really like is to create something motion connected to the scale of the building and this is what i did in Moscow." - WK Interact

The BEGINNING

The walls of Moscow's Atrium Mall were transformed into a sprawling canvas of unbridled artistic expression. As a result, the location has now become Moscow's primary street art destination, drawing thousands of spectators and art lovers on a daily basis.

The gallery is available around the clock.

Artrium: the largest street art destination in the center of Moscow

(Obey, Felipe Pantone, Pichiavo & more)

ART IS NOT A MIRROR TO REFLECT SOCIETY, BUT A HAMMER WITH WHICH TO SHAPE IT, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT MY PHIOLOSOPHY IS ABOUT, IN A NUTSHELL."

SHEPARD FAIREY

OBEY

"I'M PROUD TO SEE SO MANY STRONG ARTISTS WHO HAVE COME TO MOSCOW, BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE HUGE WORK TO CHANGE THE CITY AND TO CHANGE THE MIND OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY"

Pokras Lampas

"YOU CAN'T REALLY PREDICT WHAT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO THINK WHAT I TRY IS TO CREATE ART THAT BELONGS TO THE PRESENT TIME I DON'T CARE IF I'M IN TOKYO, ARGENTINA... I TALK TO A GENERATION, THAN JUST A LOCATION."

FELIPE PANTONE

"THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE, WHAT IS IT? EXCITED? SOME OF THE OLDER GENERATION ARE KIND OF LIKE AMERICAN GRAFFITI WRITERS ARE COMING TO DESTROY THE CITY, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE IT?"

Ben Eine

"THE MURAL I DID AT ATRIUM IS THE FIRST TIME I DID A PIECE THAT WASN'T IN ENGLISH AND TO WRITE IN RUSSIAN FELT LIKE IT WAS MORE FOR THE PEOPLE HERE, AND NOT AS MUCH OF AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE."

FAUST

Frank "Shepard Fairey" is a very famous graphic artist, muralist, and overall artist. He was born on February 15, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina in the United States. In 1988, the artist graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy in Palm Springs, California. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island in 1992.

Born in L.A. in 1978, Tristan Eaton started pursuing street art as a teenager, painting everything from billboards to dumpsters in the urban landscapes of the cities where he lived, be it London, Detroit, or New York. After forming his Creative Agency Thunderdog Studios in New York City in 2004, Eaton become a leader in the advertising and commercial-art spheres, and is regularly commissioned by a roster of clients that includes Nike, Versace, and even Barack Obama.

Born in (1986) is an Argentinian-Spanish artist. He started doing graffiti at the age of 12. He graduated with a Fine Art degree in Valencia (Spain) where his studio is based. Felipe travels the world ceaselessly with his art. His work has been exhibited all over Europe, America, Australia, and Asia. Felipe Pantone is the spearhead of a renewed street art scene, which is not confined to outdoor spaces and enchains projects: majestic frescoes, paintings, sculptures or monumental installations.

Okuda is one of the most prolific public art artists of our time, known for his unique polygonal technique in the form of multi-colored geometric shapes and patterns. His work can be found around the world and not only on walls. Okudaworks a lot with entire buildings and interiors, complementing the painting with his own sculptures. One of his most large-scale and famous works is the abandoned Spanish church named the Temple of Chaos, which has become a new icon of modern art. For Artrium Okuda created a massive corner piece entitled: "Free Love".

Spanish based artist duo, are recognized for their ability to ignite relationships between art, sculpture, architecture, space and social contexts. Their style adopts a focus which is both beautiful and performative, firm in its discussion and totally the perfect deconstruction of classic art and contemporary urban art, in order to create a new fusion, which whilst faithful to its classic heritage, creates a new and exciting vision of art.

Ben Eine is most notable for his alphabet lettering on shop shutters in London's Shoreditch, Brick Lane and Broadway Market areas. Some of these letters have been mapped for ease of finding. He has also taken his lettering to the streets of Paris, Stockholm, Hastings and Newcastle upon Tyne...

Russian artist Pokras Lampas was born in 1991, and today is one of the most distinguished modern calligraphy representatives. He started creating graffiti in 2008 and soon after was inspired by the Calligraffiti movement; hence he turned his focus to street calligraphy. Later, he was invited to become an official Calligraffiti ambassador while he was also working on and representing the self-developed Calligrafuturism style.

Faith XLVII is an internationally-acclaimed visual artist from South Africa who is currently based in Los Angeles. Through her work she attempts to disarm the strategies of global realpolitik, in order to advance the expression of personal truth. In this way, her work is both an internal and spiritual release that speaks to the complexities of the human condition, its deviant histories and existential search.

Professional skater and fashion designer, Haculla, the most traditional and most brutal street art artist in theArtrium collection. His style of "keep going till they catch you" is literally imbued with the spirit of the streets of New York, and the work is performed according to the classical laws of the genre. Today, his creations and paintings are sold in the most elite areas of world megacities, and you can see his painting in Moscow on the exit of the underground parking lot of Atrium.

A New York based, French artist who adheres to the status of incognito and does not advertise his real name. One of his most famous works —Brave—is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11 in the United States. As part of Artrium, WK Interactcreated the mural of 4 PEACE

Faust is an innovative and influential graffiti artist from New York. He became recognizable by integrating classic design elements into modern urban aesthetics, challenging how most people see and perceive graffiti.
Faust was named one of the top 20 graffiti artists you need to know right now, according to Juxtapoz magazine, New Yorker's published his works in Stars of Calligraphy, and Paper Magazine named him among the most influential young artists in New York. For Artrium, Faust created his first work in Russian, it reads: Держи Слово, "Keep Your Word."