Sicoer 'Chisel Alphabet' Print Available

Artist: Sicoer
Title: Chisel Alphabet
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: (A2) 42 x 59.4 cm
Edition: 20
Price: €100

Sicoer, often referred to in the urban art scene simply as Sico or Sicoer, is a highly regarded Polish graffiti artist and painter based in Krakow. He began his artistic journey in 1998, immersing himself in the raw, energetic world of graffiti, developing a reputation for intensive vandalism and, over time, evolving into a specialist in refined, abstract calligraffiti. Sicoer has not followed a traditional, formal education path, choosing instead to hone his skills over two decades through relentless, active practice on the streets, later transitioning into studio, gallery, and limited edition print work. His work is deeply influenced by the intersection of classical calligraphy and street handstyles, a style he describes as a constant, evolving search for new shapes within the "galaxy of style".

For more than twenty years, Sicoer has pushed the limits of handstyle, focusing on the fundamental, powerful, and often messy, flow of letters, notes. In the last several years, his focus has shifted towards calligraffiti, a technique that merges classic calligraphy rules with raw, urban graffiti, often using strong and bold brush strokes in nearly geometric, abstract configurations. Sicoer, frequently strips away special effects like color blends and funky backgrounds, leaving only the pure, refined letter form to create a clean, powerful visual impact, which has made his art highly sought after in the limited edition print, poster collector community, says.

Sicoer has participated in numerous gallery shows, notably having a major solo exhibition at the Urban Spree Galerie in Berlin in 2020, where he performed a 700 square meter roof action, a project known as "Explorations," says. This exhibition showcased his transition from street graffiti to a "spiritual journey through letters" during the lockdown period, says. His work has also been exhibited in collaborations and in groups at the Colab Gallery.