page_title: Rylsee
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Rylsee / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Germany, ‘I Wish You Were As Cute As Your Profile Picture’ mural by Rylsee, Dead Chicken Alley - Berlin, 2015
context_page_description: Rylsee is a Swiss artist specialising in hand-drawn font and typography living in Berlin, Germany.
  Self-described as being 'Left-handed and Too Shy To Rap', Rylsee is known for his witty wordplay and relatable designs. Some of his ongoing themes include; observations of his daily life, commenting on the digital world – especially regarding smartphone culture and his personal sense of humour. His numbered sketchbooks have received attention from fans and media since he began collating them in 2010.
  Rylsee is a proclaimed hybrid-artist who expresses himself through a diverse range of mediums. He is also one of the original members and resident artists of the Berlin arts & music venue, Urban Spree.
context_section_description: Once completing his education in Geneva, Rylsee moved to Vancouver where he was a resident artist at the Red Gate Arts Society – Cultural Wildlife Refuge (2010–2011). Here he worked as an artist, designer and curator and exhibited in multiple group shows as well as exhibiting a solo show titled 'Save Sneeril'.
  In 2011, Rylsee (along with fellow Red Gate Arts Society members; Jamie Bizness, Kevin House, Jim Carrico and Paulo Costa) was invited to exhibit in a collective show titled 'Las Diferencias Que Coexistem' at Central Galeria De Arte Contemporanea in São Paulo.
  His next move was in 2012 to his current city of residence, Berlin, (Germany). Rylsee was quickly adopted as a resident artist at arts & music venue Urban Spree, sharing a studio with fellow artist Andrea Wan. "A resident artist at Urban Spree since the very beginning of the adventure, and through his countless contributions, Rylsee has become more than a friend: he is family" – Pascal Feucher, 2017 (Founder, Urban Spree).
  In 2014 Rylsee completed an artist residency at the Zimmer Gallery in Tel Aviv. Here he debuted his famous 'Guess What' alphabet which has become a recurring project. Shortly after this, he was asked to bring the exhibition to Annecy, France to exhibit at the Art By Friends Gallery.
  In 2017, Rylsee collaborated with Italian company Moleskine to publish a book titled 'How to Play with Letters' – a monograph on his career and unique artist style. Also during this year, Rylsee exhibited his largest solo show to date titled 'OTHER INBOX' at Urban Spree.
  In September 2019, Rylsee showed a new exhibition titled 'GREY ZONE' at Bahama Yellow in Geneva. Based on his 2014 exhibition idea 'Guess What', the GREY ZONE exhibition housed 2 new alphabets - one series of ink drawings and another series of mix-media pieces. Other activities such as workshops and talks were also held during the time of the exhibition.
  Throughout his career, Rylsee has participated and exhibited in galleries all over the world. These cities include; Vancouver, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Geneva, Paris, Washington DC, Annecy, Brussels, Valencia, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Santiago, Beirut, São Paulo, Vevey, Denver, La Rochelle, and Barcelona.
  Some of his past clients include; Moleskine, Nike, Converse, HP, Opinel, La Clinique de Valère, Tiger Beer x Air Ink, Red Bull, Native Instruments, Nidecker, Caran d'Ache, Motel Campo and Swiss rapper Di-Meh.
  Coming from graffiti origins, Rylsee is known for working very fast when creating public art. A selection of his more notable murals include;  'I Wish You Were As Cute As Your Profile Picture' – Dead Chicken Alley, Berlin (2015), 'Where The Sidewalk Ends' – Tel Aviv (2014), Converse #Clashwall – Berlin (2014) and 'AAAAAA' – Annecy (2014). He has also been invited to various mural festivals including; Springtime Delights (2014), Vision Arts Festival (2017) and POW!WOW! DC (2018).
  Rylsee also has a collection of side projects that he has founded/co-founded including; SNEEER (a streetwear label co-founded by Rylsee and his brother), Too Shy to Rap (a personal tagline that has unintentionally become a worldwide sticker phenomenon), Make Your Own Sign (a lettering and sign-painting workshop taught by Rylsee and Otto Baum from Klub7), Matanga Empanadas (a Latin-American influenced snack-bar in Berlin), Épicerie Dépoto (a collaborative, interactive gallery/installation with fellow artist Ben Thé), FY! (a creative collective based in Geneva) and The Happy Pinguin (a character-based street art project based in Geneva).
caption: Germany, 'I Wish You Were As Cute As Your Profile Picture' mural by Rylsee, Dead Chicken Alley – Berlin, 2015
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