STALE AMSTERDAM’s unique approach to portraiture has captivated the art world, with his pieces teeming with emotion and personality.
With his impressive skills, he has established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the world of contemporary art.
Award-winning artist STALE AMSTERDAM is self-taught and has been a full-time professional portrait painter since 2015. In 2010 he started developing his own, original, and recognizable drip paint style. It took five years before STALE was satisfied with his own developed technique, which he himself calls ‘figurative drippings’. STALE distinguishes itself from most portrait painters by its own original way of working. Where traditionally trained artists often use a brush, STALE literally throws the paint onto the canvas. STALE’s voluminous portraits are made up of sometimes more than 40 layers and liters of acrylic paint are used. This is a complicated process that requires a smart way of working. There is no room for corrections.
In 2019, Out of more than 8,000 submissions from 95 countries, the canvas of STALE AMSTERDAM was selected by the Rijksmuseum as one of the winners. From 15 July to 15 September 2019, his work “Rembrandt by STALE AMSTERDAM” was exhibited during the ‘Long live Rembrandt’ exhibition.
In recent years, STALE AMTERDAM has exhibited in the Netherlands in the Hermitage, the Rijksmuseum, Solo exhibition ADE Amsterdam ArenA and the Vlaams Cultuurhuis.
He has exhibited internationally at Art Expo New York, Art Basel Miami (Spectrum), art Shopping Louvre Paris, Borussia Mönchengladbach Museum, Dubai and in Berlin.