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U N K A D E L I K
Immersed in street culture since he was six years old-skateboarding, snowboarding
and aspiring to professional-level extreme sports-Punkadelik entered the
techno scene in 1992. But a quick look at his background and artistic inspirations
distinguishes him from the average skate-punk-turned-artist. In their home
of Reims, France, Punkadelik's father worked as a professional designer
for thirty years, and is also a watercolor painter. Like him, Punkadelik
draws inspiration from a wide spectrum of visual artists, and also from
nature and architecture. Punkadelik's perspective and color balance are
heightened by his sheer technical wizardry.
Specializing in "Fluo paintings," mural-size works that require black light
to be seen in their entirety, Punkadelik's work appears at clubs, raves,
and music festivals throughout Europe and Asia.
He incorporates both normal and U.V. light into his work, mixing matte and
fluorescent paints to vary shades and luminosity.
The moment he discovered fluorescent paint was one of several artistic watersheds
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