Laurence Gartel

Born and raised in New York City, Mr. Gartel had the opportunity to teach Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga Computer, went to School of Visual Arts, 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 (Blonde) Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols), Stiv Bators (Dead Boys) Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls) Ace Frehley (Kiss) and Wendy O Williams (Plasmatics). Recently, Gartel has created artwork for such Pop Culture stars such as Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. His ABSOLUT GARTEL commission for Absolut Vodka is perhaps his most well known artwork gracing the pages of ART-IN-AMERICA, Artforum, Sothebys, Art and Auction,Art and Antiques, ArtByte, Scientific American, Technology Review, WIRED, & NY Magazine..

Mr. Gartel is considered to be the "FATHER" of the Digital Art movement around the world for over 30 years. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Joan Whitney Payson Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, Princeton Art Museum, PS 1, Norton Museum and in the permanent collections ...

Education: School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY, BFA Graphics 1977

Selected Museum and University Solo Exhibitions:
GARTEL: AUTO MOTION, Robert Rauschenberg Gallery, Edison College, Ft. Myers, 2009
GARTEL: 30-Years of Digital Art, Palm Beach Photogrraphic Centre, Museum, Delray Beach, Fl 2009
GARTEL: WEAM, during Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida 2007
GARTEL:30-YEARS of DIGITAL ART, Coral Springs Museum of Art,FL, 2004
GARTEL RETROSPECTIVE, Gallery of ART, Edison College,Ft.Myers, FL, 2003
GARTEL: Hyper-real expressionism, Palm Beach Photographic Museum, Delray Beach, FL, 2001
GARTEL RETROSPECTIVE, Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 2001
"L. Gartel: A Cybernetic Romance, Northwestern State Univ., Natchitotches, LA, 1995
"L. Gartel: A Cybernetic Romance, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, 1994
"Gartel: A Cybernetic Romance, Ringling School of Art & Design, FL, 1992
"Gartel: A Cybernetic Romance, Musee Francais de Photographie, Paris, France, 1992
"Laurence Gartel: Retrospective, Middle Tenn. State Univ., Murfr, KY, 1992
"Laurence M. Gartel: Cybernetic Romance, Norton Gallery, W. Palm Beach, FL, 1991
"Laurence M. Gartel, Computer Images, Portland State University, OR, 1991
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