Laurence Gartel

Laurence Gartel (born June 5 1956) is considered a pioneer of Digital Art [Vital, Julius. "The Fine Artist's Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion", p.70, Watson-Guptill, ISBN 1-58115-281-7] . His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, USA, Joan Whitney Payson Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, Princeton Art Museum, PS 1, Norton Museum and in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History and the Bibliotheque Nationale.

Born and raised in New York City, Gartel had the opportunity to teach Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga Computer, went to School of Visual Arts [Cotroneo, Nicole. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/04artsli.html "Mouse Almighty"] , 'The New York Times", November 4, 2007. Accessed November 27, 2007. "...he grew up in North Shore Towers, on the Queens-Nassau County border, and after receiving his bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he studied photography at C. W. Post."] , with fellow art student, graffiti artist Keith Haring, where he earned his BFA degree majoring in Graphics, and started his electronic career working side by side with Nam June Paik at Media Study/Buffalo in upstate New York. Gartel had many associations with musicians such as Debbie Harry (Blondie) Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols), Stiv Bators (Dead Boys) Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls), Ace Frehley (Kiss) and Wendy O Williams (Plasmatics). Gartel has created artwork for such Pop Culture stars such as Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears.

One of Gartel's most memorable campaigns was the one he designed for Absolut Vodka in 1990, joining world famous artists such as painter Andy Warhol and glass artist Hans Godo Frabel. These ads are considered to be the first digital art ads. [Ibid. p.69] For more info, see the [http://absolutad.com/absolut_gallery/singles/?l=F&f=24&n=24 Absolut Vodka Artists website]

His biography is included in "Who's Who," "Who's Who in the East," "Who's Who in America," "Who's Who in American Art," and "Who's Who in the World."

Monograph Books

*"Laurence Gartel: A Cybernetic Romance" published by Gibbs Smith, (c) 1989 Utah. Introduction to the book is written by video guru Nam June Paik.
* "GARTEL: Arte & Tecnologia" published by Edizioni Mazzotta, (c) 1998 Milano, Italy. Introduction to the book is written by noted art historian and critic Pierre Restany. 250 pages over 400 colour plates.
* Mr. Gartel was recently included in the Italian Art History Textbook: "La Storia Dell Arte" published by Editions Giunti (c) 2001, Firenze. Michelangelo at the front of the book and GARTEL being the last page representing "NEW VISUAL LANGUAGES."

Notable Speaking Engagements

* [http://www.notacon.org/archive/2004/speakers.html#gartel 30 Years of Digital Art: A personal highway experience] at Notacon (2004)

References

External links

* [http://www.internationaldigitalart.com Art based trance DVD in partnership with Steve Danzig]
* [http://dam.org/gartel/comm_absolut.htm Gartel Absolut campaign ad]
* [http://www.autotrucktoys.com/300/Gartel-Chrysler-300300C-Signature-Series-Dash-Art-P13242C1315.aspx Gartel Chrysler 300C Dash Kit Art]