Very few are able to create such a strong association between the mood of the street and their art like Incubus Project. The streetart-duo from St. Petersburg is famous beyond Russia for their complex non-linear collage compositions that merge with their environment. This is not just stencils on the walls, but also the walls themselves, their face, communication, pipes, wires, trans- former stations – they are all part of the arrangement. The themes are mainly futuristic and by displaying ma- chinery they bring early videos by „Kraftwerk“, a german technopop band, to memory. Moreover the purist choice of colors -red/black – constitutes another part of their expressive and longevity stencils.

In 2008 Incubus Pro- ject were already an important part of the graffiti & streetart “Names Festival” in Prague, where they presented their work next to other internati- onal leaders of the scene like Blu, M-City and Brad Downey. Considering the for- mation of the group was only in 2006, their participation was quite impressive.

Since their break-up last year all works are signed by street-artist INKY and they contain more speci- fic references to his per- sonal career. INKY gra- duated from the St Peter- burg College of Art with specialty in painting, and is now completing trai- ning at Saint Petersburg’s Academy of Art and De- sign as an architect. Both of these disciplines influ- ence and drive the creati- vity of the artist, formed his style, and defined the themes of his work. Inky is interested in formal architectural forms and structures equally with leading graphics and pic- turesque.

ATM Gallery is proud to present INKY’s first solo show in Berlin, where he will display a number of new works that were exclusi- vely produced for this particular exhibition and have not been shown in public yet. One can look forward to an artistic ex- pression that moves between socialistic propaganda and futu- ristic modernism as well as connecting East and West.