Dirty Hans

Biography:

Dirty Hans is an original painter and illustrator who specialises in high impact contemporary urban art.

A self-taught artist born and raised in Liverpool, England, Dirty Hans started painting after discovering the calming effect it had on him as a hyperactive child. However, it was only after viewing Roy Lichtenstein and Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec’s work that creating art became a serious all consuming career.

Hans battles against concepts of high art by utilising images of popular iconography such as Audrey Hepburn, comic book characters, musicians, fictional film characters, politicians, and even the Royal Family. Tapping into the endless supply of Western visual cultural history Hans turns these tropes on their head to fit his personal narrative and twisted sense of humour.

Dirty Hans creates artwork with acrylics and spray paint on canvas and is now branching out into ‘Digital Art Media’. Hans’ artwork has been heavily influenced by his travelling experience, and his inspiration for his artwork comes from 1950’s culture, movies, comic books, pulp-magazines and studying more traditionalist contemporary artists.

He is going from strength to strength with his creative artistic ability. He has attracted collectors worldwide and within the UK. His work can be found in galleries throughout the UK and is now proving competitive force in the new media art world.