Xan De Vries

Xan De Vries "my life is like a chart, going up, going down and sometimes very volatile..."

Xan De Vries was born in Woerden (NL) in september 1973 and after that he was adopted by a beautiful family.
As a young boy he was quite rebellic and wild, his first encounter with art was making graffiti on walls and metro's.
Later on he went to the school of merchants and the graphic lyceum, time on both schools didn’t last long because his rebellic and naughty nature resulted in sending away Xan from these schools.
In order to temper himself Xan decided to join the military (Recon Air Assault) for 5 years (1993- 1998).
In these years lots of adventures crossed his path and that was exactly what he needed for that time, the boy became slowly a (young) man.
During military in the spare time he made some paintings because he liked to do that, they were various from airbrush to abstract painting(s) and graffity.
After military he searched for a new encouragement and togheter with a friend they manned the doors at night clubs and disco’s and then they slowly started up a security company.
With 6 years past he left the company and his volatile character led him to the country of Bulgaria where he putted his creativity in the design a...

Graphic Lyceum of Amsterdam> 1 year
School of Merchants & Trade> 1,5 year