2022
Mr. Brainwash is a French street Pop artist and videographer known for his large-scale installations and prints of celebrities like Madonna, Kate Moss and Marilyn Monroe. His practice of subverting cultural iconography and appropriation borrows from Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Bansky.
Fellow street artist Alec Monopoly has said that he considers Mr. Brainwash a mentor. He is perhaps best known for his role in Banksy’s documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010), which features Mr. Brainwash’s rise to success in the street art scene. Much like Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, Mr. Brainwash's popularity in Pop art happened almost overnight after the premiere of the film, in which he remarks, “Banksy captured me becoming an artist. In the end, I became his biggest work of art.”
Born Thierry Guetta, Mr. Brainwash moved to Los Angeles when he was 15, where he attended high school before dropping out. The artist later ran a successful vintage clothing store in the city. His interest in street art was spurred by a visit to France in 1999, where he learned that his cousin was the famed graffiti artist Space Invader. Having developed a knack for filming, Mr. Brainwash started to record the nightly escapades of Invader and other street artists such as Shepard Fairey.
In 2013, Mr. Brainwash was included in the exhibition “Art Wars” at Saatchi Gallery in London. He has since developed an exceptional international reputation beyond hype-culture; his followers are captivated by his use of positive messages, an uplifting outlook and a retrospection of life through street and contemporary art alike, of which his global growing fan base can't get enough.
In the present day, Mr. Brainwash's international fan base of collectors has propelled his blue-chip artwork into the upper tier of desirability where he has joined the ranks of contemporary Pop art masters such as KAWS, Roy Lichtenstein and Jeff Koons.
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(Biography provided by Arton Contemporary)
Love is the Answer
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph on BFK Rives papers Edition 12 of 50 Signed and numbered in pencil and with artist's fingerprint
Lithograph
Love is the Answer
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Toronto, ON
17/79 Artist thumb
Giclée
$3,860
H 29.93 in W 22.45 in
Mr Brainwash -- Love Is The Answer - MC2 (Pink), Hand Signed
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Mr Brainwash Love Is The Answer - MC2 (Pink), 2012 Screenprint on BFK Rives wove paper, 2012 Hand signed in pencil, dated in red crayon and signed with the artist's inky fingerprint...
Screen
$37,384
H 37.8 in W 50.01 in D 0.79 in
Juxtapose Mixed Media Artwork on Paper, Pop Art, 2023, Unframed
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Porto, 13
“Juxtapose” (2023) by Mr. Brainwash is a striking silkscreen and mixed-media original on paper, measuring 96 x 127 cm (38 x 50 in). This artwork features a dynamic pink heart at its ...
Paper
$6,295
H 36.75 in W 29.25 in
Mr Brainwash Street Art Screenprint, 2018, Signed, Happy Birthday Einstein!
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Mr. Brainwash Title: Happy Birthday Einstein! Medium: Screenprint in colors on archival paper Date: 2018 Edition: 96/100 Image Size: 28" x 20" Sheet Size: 30" x 22 1/4" Frame...
Screen
$3,680
H 29.93 in W 22.45 in
Mr Brainwash -- Love Is The Answer - MC2 (Blue), Hand Signed
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Mr Brainwash Love Is The Answer - MC2 (Blue), 2012 Screenprint on BFK Rives wove paper, 2012 Hand signed in pencil, dated in red crayon and signed with the artist's inky fingerprint...
Screen
M=BW(2)
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Toronto, ON
36/79 Artist thumb print and signature Certification of authenticity from artist
Giclée
$2,250
H 32 in W 23 in
Where There Is Love There Is Life Offset Print, Pop Art, Signed, 2010
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Draper, UT
Controversial L.A. “street artist”, Mr. Brainwash takes to the New York City art scene with the opening of his “Icons” show in the meat packing district on Sunday February 14th. First brought to the public eye when LA Weekly profiled the artist in a cover story, Mr. Brainwash continues to be a much-discussed figure as the star of infamous street artist Banksy’s documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop”, which premiered last month at the Sundance Film Festival. Thierry Guetta or “Mr. Brainwash” jam packed his massive art Icons show into two floors of a 15,000 square foot space. The show features portraits of pop culture icons; Madonna, Obama, Michael Jackson, James Brown and the Beatles, among many others, all interpreted through old broken records placed on canvas and silk screens with touches of spray paint. Wether you love him or you hate him, Art Icons is sure to be one of the largest and most lavishly funded art shows of the decade. Mr. Brainwash: Icons is ran from March 31 at 415 West 13th Street between Ninth Avenue and Washington Street in the Meatpacking District...
Offset
With All My Love, Mr. Brainwash
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Draper, UT
Ten color screenprint on hand torn archival paper. Dimensions of 20.5×22.5 in. Released in 2016 from a sold out edition of 125. Mr. Brainwash is an icon and a great investment. Pri...
Archival Paper
$6,295
H 36 in W 28.25 in
Mr Brainwash Street Art Screenprint, 2012, Signed, Keep a Child Alive (Blue)
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Mr. Brainwash Title: Keep a Child Alive (Blue) Medium: Screenprint in colors on archival paper Date: 2012 Edition: 3/150 Image Size: 28" x 20" Sheet Size: 30" x 22 1/4" Frame...
Screen
Chaplin
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Mr. Brainwash Chaplin, 2023; Executed in the famed style of the famous graffiti artist Banksy, this composition fuses historic pop images with present day icons. Mr. Brainwash, a pse...
Paper, Mixed Media, Screen
Campbell's
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Mr. Brainwash Campbell’s , 2009 takes the world-famous image of Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup cans and transforms it into an equally iconic, eye-catching, and surprising object: a pain...
Canvas, Screen
Karl Lagerfeld
By John Baldessari
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2015, this color screenprint is hand signed by John Baldessari (National City, 1931- Los Angeles, 2020) in pencil in the lower right margin and is from the edition of 50. ...
Screen
Untitled, 1975
By James Rosenquist
Located in Palo Alto, CA
James Rosenquist Untitled, 1975 is an enthralling work created by the artist as a study for a lithograph of the same title. Rosenquist, alongside artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lic...
Mixed Media
Nemrik, from The Near East Series
By Frank Stella
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Frank Stella Nemrik, from the Near East Series, 1999 is a chaotically vibrant work that encapsulates Stella’s abstract style so poignantly. Using a mix of bright, neon colors, Stella...
Handmade Paper, Etching, Screen, Engraving, Lithograph, Stencil
Andy Warhol, NYC, 2019
By Russell Young
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2019, this screenprint with diamond dust is hand-signed by Russell Young Russell Young, British (Northern England, 1959- ) in pencil on verso. This is a unique and origina...
Screen
