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Wall of Fame Gallery
The industrys best known artist are showcasing their weird and wonderful designs and giving an insight into lifestyle/themes for this season and next.
And theres the opportunity to express your artistic side by creating your very own snowboard topsheet; if its judged to be the best at the show, then you'll be the lucky recipient of a unique Salomon snowboard made with your design.
Design Your Own Board Competition - RESULTS
Winners of the 2008 Salomon Design your own board comp:
Design Your Own Board Comp
WIN A SALOMON SNOWBOARD WITH YOUR OWN DESIGN PROFESSIONALLY AIR BRUSHED ON. YOUR DESIGN MUST BE 100% DRAWN BY HAND.
NO COMPUTER TRICKERY!
How to enter the competition:
- Download the template here
- Design your board
- Send it to Salomon or bring it with you at the show
RULES:
1) Your design must be completely drawn by hand.
2) You must enter your age and contact details.
3) Last Entries will be taken on Nov 21st 2008.
3) Winners will be announced on Dec 1st 2008 on www.metrosnow.co.uk
There are 3 age catagories (under 13, 14-19, 20+). with one winner in each. Salomon Snowboards will get the winning designs proffesionally printed onto a Salomon snowboard of their choice.
Check out last year's winners below:
Artists Details
Nick Walker - Option Snowboards
Bristol born artist Nick Walker emerged from the now infamous & ground breaking Wild Bunch/Bristol Sound scene of the early 1980’s. It was from the artistic element that spawned Nick aka Ego.
It was over two decades ago, when the baby faced B-Boy was in his mid teens, he walked into the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol and walked out with an agreement with them to host a group graffiti show. He conceptualized, co-curated & exhibited work within this breakthrough exhibition, simply titled ‘Graffiti Art’ and featured the work of 3D, Z- Boys, Fade, Jaffa, Pride & The Bomb Squad. This was one of the first times in the UK that street work had been given a legitimate showcase from the outside in.
This elevated Nick from ‘Vandal’ (a recurring theme in his work to date) to Artist and created the opportunity for him to paint the film sets of movies ranging from Judge Dredd to Hackers, B-Monkey and Stanley Kubrick's, Eyes Wide Shut. It was during this brief move away from street work that he shed his infamous EGO tag and re-emerged as Nick Walker the Apish Angel.
As a forerunner to Banksy and the now mainstream British stencil/graffiti phenomenon, he has always been a pioneer of his field. Constantly evolving and pushing the boundaries of traditional graffiti by combining intricate stencil images with his conventional freehand methods, his work has always been without fear of being pigeon holed and always remains artistically landscaped, constantly innovative and thought provoking. In more recent years his distinctive style has effortlessly made the transition from world streets to gallery walls leading to him show his work worldwide by taking part in solo and group shows in London, Canada, Tokyo, Berlin, Taiwan and numerous venues in the US.
His highly acclaimed 2006 Bristol show titled ‘The Art of Nick Walker’ took a retrospective look at his work from 1994 to present. This was quickly followed up by the release of his piece titled ‘The Moona Lisa’ which stole the show at POW’s annual shin-dig, ‘Santa’s Ghetto’. The old girl even getting her ‘cheeks’ out on the BBC’s coverage of the event for News Night. Having conceived and cut this the latest of subversions of the ‘worlds most famous portrait’, Nick painted the image for the first time at the Nuart, music and Art festival ’06 held in Stavanger, Norway each September. The execution of the piece was caught on film and has received over 40,000 views on You Tube.
The driving force behind ‘Nuart’ Martin Reed recently commented “ Though he's not really aware of it, Nick is a founder member of Nuart, had he not responded with the enthusiasm he did back in 2005, then it's doubtful we'd have continued to develop it in the direction we have”.
This years festival saw him once again drop two of most talked about works of the event, a hand painted version of the ‘London Morning After’ & “Rapunzel” which again can be found on YouTube & Flikr respectively.
As well as the sold out ‘To have and To Hold’ show at The Wonderful Workshop in Bristol, 2007 has also seen his editions sell out at the Randall-Scott Gallery in Washington DC and feature ‘Found’ show at the Leonard Street Gallery, London. Autumn 2007 will see him exhibit what he himself has referred to as his ‘hardest & most time consuming body of work to date’ in London. 2008 sees Nick kicking off with his first solo show in Los Angeles at the Carmichael gallery in February.
Nick continues to be hugely popular in the UK and worldwide.
The true gent of the street art scene (yes, way before it went showbiz!); ladies and gents, I give you Nick Walker aka The Apish Angel and man of many hats!
