Marshal
Between street and screen: human, animal, machine — or something in between. Stencils, paper, paint and generative AI give rise to figures between the familiar and the strange, humour and seriousness. Their stories stay open.
Work
From wall to screen. Choose a field to explore the work.
- Murals Large surfaces, inside and out. From sketch through colour concept to the finished wall. 01
- Paste-ups Sprayed, cut and pasted by hand. Every paste-up is an original — series in the city and for clients. 02
- AI art Generated motifs, curated and reworked. Characters, series, editions. 03
- Design Artwork for brands, covers, merch and print. One style, several formats. 04
A digital idea meets paper, paint and a wall. As the material changes, so does the way we look. What stays with an image when it changes places?
Characters
Figures between wall and screen
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Ronin
One eye, patched streetwear. Between digital draft and paste-up.
Wall
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Relay
An antenna, a possible connection. On screen and on the wall.
Wall
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Grumpy Monkey
Hand-illustrated paste-up. Shown at Urbanshit Gallery.
Wall
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2Can
Bright plumage on grey concrete. A familiar form, an unfamiliar encounter.
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Robbit
ROBots + raBBITS. Still in study — salvage build, lens eyes, worn streetwear.
Screen
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Static
A figure in the digital news noise. Between closeness and distance.
Screen
To keep the gallery work tied to the street, I paint on surfaces found discarded out there — retired traffic signs, old wood.
About my work / Philosophy
BETWEEN WORLDS
BETWEEN ANALOG & DIGITAL
No fixed boundaries. No final state. No prescribed interpretation.
A loop in both directions
My art moves between opposites without having to choose a side.
Between human and machine. Between past and future. Between the raw reality of the street and the almost limitless possibilities of digital space.
My creative process is not linear. It is a loop.
An idea can emerge digitally and take physical form through hand-cut stencils, spray paint and paper. Equally, an analogue artwork can become the starting point for a digital transformation – including animations in which my characters develop a new life of their own.
The analogue becomes digital. The digital becomes analogue. And sometimes it all starts again.
Mistakes as a starting point
Perfection is not what interests me.
The unpredictable results of artificial intelligence meet running paint, shifted stencils and weathered surfaces. What first looks like a mistake can become the basis for a new idea.
In this constant movement, I recognise ideas from metamodernism: both-and thinking, the oscillation between apparent opposites.
Yet my art is not intended to illustrate a philosophical theory.
Open interpretations
My characters move between human, animal and artificial identities. They can feel familiar and strange at once, humorous and unsettling, nostalgic and futuristic.
I do not want to prescribe what they mean.
For me, an artwork does not end when it is finished. It changes through the eyes of the people who encounter it.
Interpretation does not belong to the artist alone. It belongs to you too.
MARSHAL ARTS — ART IN BETWEEN.
Editions and series
- Exhibitions 44 shows since 2012, 5 of them solo — Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Leipzig, New York, Tel Aviv. Since 2012
- Signs Retired traffic signs stripped and repainted. Regulated metal, unauthorised content. 7 pieces
- Mr. Banana Mixed media on a retired traffic sign, 74 × 84 cm. Sign City Edition 2026. Sign
- Studies Unfinished drafts. Robbit, and whatever has no name yet. Process
- Kitsune Nine tails, eight drafts. Between a digital shortlist and a cut stencil. Series
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Contact / Commissions
Want one on your wall?
Murals, painted signs and custom characters. Tell me the wall, the size and roughly when — I'll come back with a plan and a price. Single pieces are available without a wall too.
studio@marshalarts.cloud- Artworks on request Not only prints — the pieces themselves. Every one an original, hand-signed and hand-finished. No shop, no basket: tell me the motif and the size, I'll tell you what is possible. Originals on salvaged signs go through Urbanshit Gallery, Piependreiherweg 6, Altona. Enquire
- Free wallpapers Ronin in four sizes — phone, tablet, desktop, square. Take what fits. Get them
- DJ Reedu The music project, under its own name. Unreleased tracks straight off the drive — they play here in the browser, no streaming service in between. Listen