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  • Bio

    Brian Elstak (Zaandam, 1980) is your friendly neighbourhood artist. Armed only with a pencil as sharp as his wits. He is a visual artist, illustrator, painter, children's book writer and connector between all sorts of creatives and storytellers. He is also part of art collective Lowrey Foley McClane (LFMC).

    Clients Include:
    Adidas, Amsterdam Museum, CBK Zuidoost, Daily Paper, Das Mag, De Correspondent, De Groene Amsterdammer, De Volkskrant, EYE Film Museum, Green Paper Boys, Het Nationale Theater, Hip Hop Huis, ICON Magazine, Museumnacht Amsterdam, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Noah’s Ark, RIGHTABOUTNOW INC, Robey Sportswear, Rose Stories, Scotch & Soda, Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, TENT Rotterdam, The New Originals, The Black Archives, Toneelmakerij, Tropenmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Vondelgym, VPRO GIDS, WAR Child and WeTransfer.

    Awards:
    The Best Dutch Book Designs for FRANKLIN (2019)
    Zilveren Penseel for TORI (2018)

  • Contact

    My agent:
    Visionary Agency
    Tweede Weteringdwarsstraat 58 sous
    1017 SX Amsterdam
    The Netherlands

    Phone +31 20 895 00 36
    Mobile +31 6 46 15 02 28
    monique@visionary-agency.com

    My book publisher:
    Das Mag
    Phone +31 6 44 55 66 36
    info@dasmag.nl

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  • Exhibitions

    • 2020

      'HIER' at Museum Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam

    • 2020

      'Vincent Op Vrijdag' at Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

    • 2020

      'Zwarte Bevrijders: Afro-Amerikaanse Soldaten In Nederland' at Vrijheidsmuseum (Groesbeek),Theater aan het Vrijthof (Maastricht) and NIOD, Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies (Amsterdam)

    • 2019

      'Mental!' at CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam

    • 2019

      'Stad In Zicht' at Stadsarchief, Amsterdam

    • 2018

      'Who Do You Think You Are?' at TENT, Rotterdam

    • 2018

      'Penselen' at Rijksmuseum (de Teekenschool), Amsterdam

    • 2018

      'TROBI' at OBA, Amsterdam

    • 2018

      Zwart & Revolutionair at The Black Archives, Amsterdam

    • 2017

      M54 at Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam

    • 2017

      De TorenkamerEXPO 2017 at VondelCS, Amsterdam

    • 2017

      LFMC at CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam

    • 2016

      BELL Invites at Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam

    • 2015

      Wat Gaat ie Doen Dan? at Quartier Putain, Amsterdam

    • 2015

      RIGHTABOUTNOW INC, Amsterdam

    • 2014

      LOWREY at Via Henri, Amsterdam

    • 2012

      Zwart Als Roet at Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

    • 2011

      DOOVOO at BTheCity, Rotterdam

    • 2011

      Memories of Axel Foley at Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

    • 2010

      VICE & Nalden’s One Night Stand, Amsterdam

    • 2009

      De Ark De Triomf at Vyssotski & MC Theater, Amersfoort & Amsterdam