Many poems, songs, and conversations are about having a sense of belonging, or not belonging. I usually felt alien to this concept since I had never felt a sense of belonging - and this didn’t really matter to me. Recently,...
Tonlé Sap means ‘Large freshwater river’. It was mid-November in 2017 and we still had a 16-hour flight from Rome to Siem Reap with stopovers in Abu Dhabi and Bangkok ahead of us. My group was composed of three others...
Etnik is pleased to invite you to his new solo show: The Beauty of Brutalism, which is presented at the GCA Gallery in Paris, France. The Beauty of Brutalism will run from the 9th of November until the 9th of...
Deliberating various imposed standards, Vermibus has built a recognizable oeuvre, which culminates with his project entitled “In Absentia”. Works from the project unveil another introspective layer of Vermibus’ work, where macrocosms of consumerism intertwine with microcosms of the artist’s subjective...
Welcome to the gun show! French street artist MTO lets his voice be heard through his paintings, and the bro-down between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump hasn't gone by him unnoticed. Depicting the two leaders as bodybuilders might be the...
In our previous instalment, our heroes were about to brave a volcano until they got a call from their (spirit) guide. What happens next? Find out, as 'Goddamned volcanoes' continues! Just when we were all prepared and hyped up to...
If you would've told me I'd be hiking up a volcano over a year ago, I would've laughed in your face. Not just because I'm lazy but also because while sitting behind my desk in the Netherlands, going up a...
Sometimes it's not us finding dope projects it's the dope that finds us. How does that saying go? I don't look for drugs, but drugs look for me? Or was that from a song? Anyhow, this one is one of...
We know, we know, we’ve been quiet for a while.. That doesn’t mean still though! Always looking to expand our horizons and get the fuck out of our comfort zone, here at CFYE we’ve listened to the call of the...
Let us introduce you to the vibrant work of Therese. The bright, yet soothing colours are a feast for the eye. Her paintings have the Irish countryside written all over it. With great pleasure we bring you a few words...
You might know that we're big fans of London based (graffiti) artist. Over time we gathered two fantastic prints of his, and recently he released one of his flyest (excuse the pun) print yet! They're released in three different versions...
Very few would consider an 'ordinary' garbage dumpster as art. Yet Philadelphia based artist Drew Leshko has the skill to make you look at your surroundings and every day buildings in a new, appreciative way. Drew takes the time out...
We at CFYE are all about exploring, whether that be physically in the field or mentally in the mind. We salute the hikers, the sailors, the cosplayers, the wonderers, the scientists and everything else in between. For me personally I am...
The last decade we've seen stencil art changing from something simple and reproducible to rocket-surgery work with 15 layers of stencils and 25 colours depicting an ironic post-modern interpretations of 90's graffiti. Pahnl takes a different approach. The Oxford (England) based street artists...
Ukrainian fashion photographer Gennadiy Chernomashintsev was born in the USSR in 1968 and currently works as an art-director for the Ukrainian magazine DOMINO. His love for photography started at an early age, and he developed a special love for fashion...
At the most recent Upfest, some amazing murals were erected! Amongst all the visual violence, works still stood out, like the ones from Martin Ron. Martin Ron is an amazing muralist hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He's been responsible for...
Etnik (Florence, Italy) has been doing graffiti since the early 90's. Over time he has developed a signature style, transforming his letters from graffiti to what he calls an 'upside-down city landscape' with geometrical and architectural figures. Responsible for tons...
UK based artist My Dog Sighs has been around for quite a while! He's well known for being a generous soul with his FreeArtFriday's project and of course, for his beautiful eyes (the painted ones, we can't comment on his...
Being based in Amsterdam, we've had the honour to meet some amazing artists like Boxhead, who has lived in Amsterdam for a couple of years and Matthew Knight whom we met at his show in the Go Gallery, Amsterdam. What...
Recently we got in touch with artist and designer Scott Albrecht(1983), based in Brooklyn, NY. It turned out his exhibition 'HERE AND NOW' opened in the Andenken / Batallion gallery right in our hometown Amsterdam. Of course, we missed the exhibition, but...