SatOne

SatOne. Rafael Gerlach. (Ger)

Rafael Gerlach nació en Venezuela en 1977 y creció en Munich. De formación diseñador gráfico comenzó a pintar graffiti en 1992.
Su estilo es una fusión entre la figuración y la abstracción. Gerlach aka SatOne construye un mundo formal, pero no tangible con sus abstracciones geométricas no expuestas a la ley de la gravedad.

El artista ha colaborado con compañías como Adidas, Gravis, Asics, Burton ó Ford y su trabajo ha sido expuesto en todo el mundo en ciudades como Los Angeles, New York, Alemania, Polonia, España, Italia, y un largo etc.
Actualmente desarrolla su carrera como artista plástico a la vez que realiza murales de grandes dimensiones por el mundo entero en lugares tales como Emiratos Árabes, Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile, Inglaterra, Francia, India, Italia, Colombia, Libano, Rusia, España, Sudafrica, Turquia y USA.

EN
SatOne is self-employed artist in Munich, originally from Venezuela.
The skilled graphic designer discovered his interest in graffiti in early life, developed his very own style in an intensive way and found a formal vocabulary, that perpetrated a fascinating middle course between technocracy and the artwork of imaginary worlds. The figures seem futuristic-abstract, still don´t miss a certain clemency by having organic forms and faces.

The skilful mixture of graphic style and free elements brings suspense and opens up worlds, in which graphic design and abstract art melt into an inseparable unity. The technical precision makes us think of digital work – still it is impossible to determine this work to one certain style – it is far too self-contained.
It is pictures in the «possible»-modus that SatOne often use as a language for his artwork. This conjunctive does not only stand for musing about potential motives, but also for a lissome flitting between styles.

«Urbanism» is not an art form as such but may be the most suitable concept for SatOne´s work: anonymity of metropolises and diversity meet sentimentality, yearning for nature and lyciral elements. Allusions are fallbacks to experiences and memories – SatOne´s work releases a pulse. Interpretive dominance is welcome, in this case even without ifs, buts and conjunctives.. He has since worked with companies such as Adidas, Gravis, Asics, Burton Snowboards, and Ford, as well as doing murals and exhibiting his paintings around the world.

He has done many large scale murals in many places around the globe, as Arab Emirates, Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, France, Greece, India, Italy, Lebanon, Norway, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, UK and USA amongst many other places.