SOGOshow is an artist duo consisting of Sophia den Breems and Gordon Meuleman from The Hague, Netherlands.
As two seperate artists in a relationship, working individually; it proved near impossible to not be of influence on each other's art. After being given the chance to make their first mural together there was one important realisation. However much fun this was to do, there is no added value if it remains a sum of two artists; one on the left, one on the right. What followed was a battle of paints, lines and patterns.
Embracing and emboldening but also destroying and remixing each other's styles to form something bigger than the separate ingredients.
And thus in 2018; SOGOshow was born.
Half of SOGOshow's time is spent in the studio. Experimenting, playing and painting. Expanding their universe through creating new characters and techniques.
Believing titles are both crucial and useless at the same time SOGOshow decided to every year invite a new literary artist to title their artworks.
SOGOshow asks them to come up with a title just by looking at the image they created. They give no explanation the work or it's intention. The titular art should live only between the imagery and the artist titling our work.
Giving the viewer a first step in their exploration of the work from a beautifully artistic but nonetheless ignorant point of view. Altering the work through the stories invoked by their titles.
A defining feature throughout SOGOshow's work is the use of stencils and patterns. The eyes are always a reoccurring element, based on the eyes of Sophia and Gordon, essentially making every character a self-portrait of an element within their personalities.
SOGOshow's birthplace is on the streets of The Hague, Netherlands. Murals will forever stay a favourite canvas for this duo. For example: the static vibrancy in the colours from a distance revealing themselves to being intricate patterns in multiple colours and shapes. But also the
humbling privilege of being able to bring art to the people and bring more colour to our planet's urban landscapes.
SOGOshow is an artist duo consisting of Sophia den Breems and Gordon Meuleman from The Hague, Netherlands.
As two seperate artists in a relationship, working individually; it proved near impossible to not be of influence on each other's art. After being given the chance to make their first mural together there was one important realisation. However much fun this was to do, there is no added value if it remains a sum of two artists; one on the left, one on the right. What followed was a battle of paints, lines and patterns.
Embracing and emboldening but also destroying and remixing each other's styles to form something bigger than the separate ingredients.
And thus in 2018; SOGOshow was born.
Half of SOGOshow's time is spent in the studio. Experimenting, playing and painting. Expanding their universe through creating new characters and techniques.
A defining feature throughout SOGOshow's work is the use of stencils and patterns. The eyes are always a reoccurring element, based on the eyes of Sophia and Gordon, essentially making every character a self-portrait of an element within their personalities.
SOGOshow's birthplace is on the streets of The Hague, Netherlands. Murals will forever stay a favourite canvas for this duo. For example: the static vibrancy in the colours from a distance revealing themselves to being intricate patterns in multiple colours and shapes. But also the
humbling privilege of being able to bring art to the people and bring more colour to our planet's urban landscapes.
Believing titles are both crucial and useless at the same time SOGOshow decided to every year invite a new literary artist to title their artworks.
SOGOshow asks them to come up with a title just by looking at the image they created. They give no explanation the work or it's intention. The titular art should live only between the imagery and the artist titling our work.
Giving the viewer a first step in their exploration of the work from a beautifully artistic but nonetheless ignorant point of view. Altering the work through the stories invoked by their titles.