Christophe Szpajdel Logo artist/illustrator

Caedes

Sweat Lodge Guru

Unison logo

Violation Domain logo

Eschaton

Ruins Of Earth

New Zealand poster

Malacite

Seven Year Kismet, other variant

Seven Year Kismet

Fountains

Richmanelite logo

Unison

Centralia DC

Plague Of Ashitaka logo

Oskryf logo

Sunset in Paignton

Fire clouds in Paignton

Smoke logo

Dizziness logo

Christophe Szpajdel was born in 1970 in Gembloux, Belgium and started drawing since the age of 3.
Already in his early years, fascinated by both nature and the dark side of this world, CS forged his vocation in art, despite the orientation of his studies, which were initially Biology and Forestry.
In the beginning of the 80's, inspiration flew and upgraded with the acquaintance of heavy metal and dark wave. In 1989, when started studying Biology/Agronomy/Forestry , Christophe joined a fanzine called Septicore, which put out 6 issues between 1989 and 1991. It is by these time Christophe got in touch with a lit of bands when taking care of Thierry's corrspondence. That was the time when he did the Emperorthat will accompany every Emperor release ,Apart completing such important logos like Moonspell, Desaster, Old Man's Child, and many...many more, Christophe spent a lot of time on travelling and visited quite a lot of parts of Europe like Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal (incl. The Azores) and the USA (California, New Jersey, Oregon...) where he made most of it starting with connections through the internet.
2007 came as a breath of fresh air in his creativity, leading to the diversification of his art through the re-visitting of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Moderne....what infused a noticeable spark in Christophe's ceativity. That also knocked down a lot of barriers and stereotypes, allowing Christophe to explore new direction and venture into themes never trodden before....some examples are such logos recently created as In The Wake Of Tragedy, Starless Night, Spheres, Nocturn Deambulation, The Green Evening Requiem....
That enlargement of interests and styles allowed Christophe to reach a wider public, not only restricted to the metal circle but also to the para-musical universe, which allowed him to gain interests and take commissions from clothing companies and other businesses which are not related with music.
In 2008, Christophe is offered to take part in Mark Riddick's compendium book "Logos From Hell", displaying 17 of his artworks alongside with Chris Moyen, Kris Verwimp, Medan Savamhel (Ba'al Graphics), Daniel Desecrator, Lou Rusconi, Rob Smits...
In 2009, several Art Deco oriented logos were selected to be part of an Art Deco themed Exhibition curated by Stephan (www.artdecosociety.com/stephanartist or www.myspace.com/stephanartiste which occured in Newport, Oregon
January 2010, release of the long awaited book "Lord Of The Logos" on Gestalten , www.gestalten.com
January 2010: Mini-exhibition (solo show) at the Exeter Central Library
October 25-30th 2010, Music and Image Festival, Rotterdam . Speech at Cinerama about the dynamics of creating a logo and exhibition at Roodkapje, Downtown Rotterdam
December 2010, creation of the Official Website
September 2011: Devon Open STudios, Exeter
September 2011 Magnum Opus Tattoo Gallery, solo show
October 2011: Little Krimminals, Studio krimm, berlin, Germany
October-February 2011: Graphic Design-Now in Production- Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA
January -March 2012: Black Thorns in the White Cube - Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO and Western Exhibitions, Chicago USA
May -September 2012: Graphic Design-Now in Production- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, USA
September 2012-???: Graphic Design-Now in Production- Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, USA
February 18-March 1st, Trerise Gallery, The Hoe, Plymouth
March 16-April 1st, Fish factory Arts Space, Falmouth
June 2013: Santa Maria Summer Fest, Display of 8 logos on A3 format at the Casa da Cultura. Beja, Alentejo, Portugal
As of today, Currently employed as Retail supervisor in a convenience store Christophe continue his passions like Travelling, Discovering nature...and producing quality logos on a very regular basis, as you can look through his pages
www.flickr.com/christopheszpajdel
www.myspace.com/christopheszpajdel
www.facebook.com/christophe.szpajdel

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