Metropolink’s Artworld

Falk Lehmann better known as AKUT was born in 1977 in Schmalkalden, Thuringia. In the early 90s he was one of the first to embellish his city – at that time still untypical in the graffiti scene – with figural works in a photorealistic style.

As an artist trained by the Bauhaus University in Weimar in the fields of visual communication and graphic design, his work also includes impressive photo series that address numerous social issues. Whether homeless in Hawaii, child labor in Nepal, studies of abandoned prefabricated buildings or refugee shelters as the new home of thousands of people from the Middle East, AKUT documents life on his numerous trips around the world.

In the early 2000s, he became known around the world as a co-founder of the legendary graffiti collective Ma’Claim. The use of electronic aids as an integral part of the design phase and the mixture of graphic elements with photorealism within the work set new standards in the scene.

As part of the street art duo HERAKUT, he was also internationally successful with artist colleague Jasmin Siddiqui aka HERA from 2004 on. Not only did the two Alias merge within the formation, but also their artistic styles. HERA, with fleeting lines and rough structures, and AKUT, with photorealistic precision work, impressed with gigantic murals, intimate room installations, canvases and sculptures in galleries, at trade fairs and in museums. Together with humanitarian aid organizations, they worked on art programs for children and disadvantaged youth around the world.

1992 in Griechenland geboren, begann Stathis Tsavalias 2007 mit dem klassischen Graffitiwriting. Insane51 hat eine formale Ausbildung an der Athens School of Fine Arts absolviert und sowohl angewandte als auch grafische Kunst studiert. Insane 51 ist für seine komplizierte und innovative Sprühmalerei bekannt. Seine populäreren Werke sind  Overlay-Murals die weltweit bekannt sind.

Seine früheren Arbeiten konzentrierten sich zunächst auf die Verwendung von Farbe und Form, um mit verschiedenen Techniken zu experimentieren, im weiteren Verlauf seiner Karriere spezialisierte er sich auf Fotorealismus und überlagerte Bilder. Er ist bekannt für seine Street Art in 3D, eine Kunst die sich „Double Exposure 3D“ nennt. In der Tat wird es je nach Lichtfarbe eine Figur oder eine andere sein. Insane fügt zwei Bilder in Rot und Grün hinzu und überlappt die beiden, um so einen dreidimensionalen Illusionseffekt zu erzeugen.

Für das METROPOLINK malte er 2021 eine Wand in der Mönchofstr. 27 in Neuenheim.

Born in Greece in 1992, Stathis Tsavalias began classic graffiti writing in 2007. Insane51 completed formal education at the Athens School of Fine Arts, studying both applied and graphic arts. Insane 51 is known for its intricate and innovative spray painting. His more popular works are overlay murals that are known worldwide.

His earlier work initially focused on using color and shape to experiment with various techniques, later in his career he specialized in photorealism and overlaid images. He is known for his street art in 3D, an art called „Double Exposure 3D“. Indeed, depending on the color of the light, it will be a figure or another. Insane adds two images in red and green and overlaps the two to create a three-dimensional illusion effect.

For METROPOLINK he painted a wall in Neuenheim in 2021.

Jan Paul Müller, born in Wiesbaden in 1988, is currently one of the hottest young designers in the field of club culture, posters and advertising in Frankfurt/ Offenbach.. Since 2009, Müller studied at the School of Design and Visual Communications in Offenbach. Already in his early youth, Jan Paul Müller was interested in different styles of the New York Street Art scene. In addition to the creation of a fashion label in 2014, the trained signmaker gained notoriety in the design scene, mainly through various commissions for Ata Macias/ Robert Johnson, Offenbach.

We are therefore delighted to present the artistic side of Jan Paul Müller in pronounced form. Through large-scale works as well as a direct design of the interior walls, Müller exposed art-works during his exhibition in June 2015 in the new BANANA Gallery/ Mannheim.

Furthermore, we are pleased to introduce Jan Paul Müllers art-work to the #01. METROPOLINK. The artist designes the festival-map, a variety of electricity-chests and takes part in 2 workshops.
We´re happy having him here …

Limow combines studio works and urban projects, abstract and figurative stuff in an extraordinary line of work. Artworks made of staples, filters or pins play with material, size and optical effects in a minimal-barroque style; drawings and paintings mix alluring and dark, past and future, tracking uncanny relationships and stories between animals and humans in a characteristic and powerful style.

“Italian artist Francesco Camillo Giorgino, known as Millo, paints large-scale murals that feature friendly inhabitants exploring their urban setting. He uses simple black and white lines with dashes of color when necessary, and often incorporates elements of architecture into his multi-story paintings.” C. Jobson, Colossal.

He took part to several street art festival and NGO art event all around world. He has been painting in USA, Russia, China, Australia, Thailand, Argentina, Chile, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Uk, Netherland, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ucraine and of course Italy.
His works have been exhibited in Los Angeles, Chicago, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Milan, Rome, Florence and more.

In 2014 he won the B.Art competition that enabled him to paint 13 multi-story murals in the city of Turin (IT).

“Sometimes coyly surreal, other times borderline terrifying” K. Brooks, Huffington Post