Frosti Gnarr illustration portfolio 2011
Name : Address : Tel : Email : Born in :
Frosti ÷ rn Gnarr Gunnarsson Prinshendrikstraat 1, Arnhem, The Netherlands +354 6928732 +31-681120929 frostignarr@gmail.com Reykjavik on the 29th of december in 1986.
Education : Intership at the hairsalon KompanÌi MenntaskÛlinn vi hamrahlÌ - Sociology InskÛlinn Ì ReykjavÌk ñ Fine arts MyndlistarskÛli ReykjavÌkur - Ceramics Listah· skÛli Õ slands ñ Graphic design BA maHKU Utrecht - Editorial design MA
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2010
2002 2004 2005 2006 2009 2011
Work : Various schools // Teaching Stencil making Kaffibarinn // Bouncer Frosti Gnarr // Freelance designer Dot design // Business director Vatikani ad agency // Junior designer RÈttarholtsskÛli // Design teacher ” ! Ad agency // Designer/Illustrator Vert Marketing // Designer
2005 2005 2006 2007 2007 2007 2009 2010
2007 2008 Still 2009 2007 2009 2010 2010
Music : Rennirei // Lead singer Zamazem // Drummer Sp˙ nk // Drummer and singer Of stars we are // Drummer FÌkn // Drummer A beautiful lie // Drummer Jezebel // Singer/rapper/songwriter
1997 1999 2000 2002 2004 2004 2007
1998 2000 2002 2005 2005 2006 Still
Exhibitions : Gamla BÛkasafni // Group exhibition Ari Ì ˆ gri // Solo exhibition Õ gulker // Group exhibition Hitt h˙ si // Group exhibition Gallery Gel // Solo exhibition Bask // Dot design exhibition Gallery Tuttebene // Frynjar Brosti exhibition
2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009
Clients : Diesel Clothing, The Icelandic Fashion Association, Dominoís, Dale Carnegie, Coca Cola, Santa Maria, HP, Afˆ ng, Landsbankinn, The Icelandic National Broadcasting Company, Timowallets, VÌfilfell, Humanoid, Egils, Hraun, Kronkron, Kron, Brainworms, Ragnar SÛlberg, BrimarhÛlmur, Besti Flokkurinn, SagaFilm, SambÌÛin, Myndform, SambÌÛin, Inmate, Embrace, Sign, Bask, Original Melody, 606, SkÌfan, Sena, Jezebel, Blanket Magazine, Forgotten Lores, Vinstri GrÊ nir, ReykjavÌk Grapewine Newspaper, Dirty Velvet Clothing, Boxfresh, Hexa Clothing, The Church of VesturbÊ r, Kr˙ ska, Jolene, Single Drop, NorrÊ na FÈlagi, Tellmetwin.com, Valdwegan, Gokoyoko.com etc. Press : Computer Arts Magazine, Computer Arts Projects Magazine, Computer Arts Magazine Brazil, Blanket Magazine, Creative Magazine, Graphic Design USA, Beautiful Decay, DV, SÈ og Heyrt, Morgunblai, FrÈttablai, 24 Stundir, ReykjavÌk Grapewine Newspaper and numerous blogs.
Poster of the day.
Self initiated.
Posters & book.
2008 - 2009
Black Monday.
Anxiety.
Walleted.
XMAS.
Type.
Inspiration.
“Poster of the day� is a self initiated project where i set the goal of making a poster every day for a year. I then sent each poster by e-mail to a mailing list which consisted of about 500 people worldwide. The poster for each day is inspired by that particular day and therefor it transformed into a sort of graphic diary. I made a 700 page book out of all of them as my graduation project from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts. Here i have chosen some of my favourite ones.
Crow.
Poster of the day.
Self initiated.
Posters & book.
2008 - 2009
Factory day.
Busy.
Importance.
Frowning.
Perplexed.
200.
Google Street View as you’ve never seen it before Montreal artist Jon Rafman’s gallery of bizarro Google Street View scenes illuminates just how much our lives are intertwined with the internet’s biggest brand
We look at Jon Rafman and his project 9 eyes.
Of the many technological innovations that Google is responsible for creating (and monetizing, and embedding in the average person’s existence, and eventually making so utterly ubiquitous that verbs are created from its products, a la “We Gchatted about Google Mapping”), Google Street View is maybe the most disconcerting. Google’s aggressive documentation of the physical world was originally accomplished with cameramounted cars and vans; they’ve recently added tricycles and snowmobiles in an effort to shoot those tricky corners of the world where cars can’t go. Obviously, all of this is a—the?—Big Brother-ed nightmare, even more so than Google’s other prongs of everywhereness. (There’s even a Wikipedia page called “Google Street View privacy concerns.”) Even the not-insignificant number of super-cool uses for Google Street View—like playing with the interactive, multi-application, nostalgia-exploiting Arcade Fire video for “The Wilderness Downtown,” or looking up your house only to find a pic of yourself stumbling for keys out front—have a sinister cast. As it often happens amid political turmoil and social chaos, the dual and dueling anxiety and loveliness of Street View has been made remarkable by a Montreal artist named Jon Rafman. Today, Thought Catalog posted about his collection (or “curation” but we officially can’t say-type-think that anymore without ralphing) of incredible Google Street View shots, which qualify as artart and not just a Tumblog joke, owing to Rafman’s knack for “polishing these turds of absurdities into shiny diamonds.” Agreed. Among these commentary-free posts (Rafman has used these kinds of shots in his own strictlyspeaking-art, too) are captures of a house on fire and a shirtless man bolting out the front door; a dog in mid-squeeze through a fence; a solo baby crawling around the entrance to a Gucci store; prostitutes hanging out behind what looks like a truck stop; in-progress arrests; horses on front lawns; and a whole lot of naked butts. The shots are totally effective comedy (so many naked butts!), but mostly a totally effective commentary on the often-ignored multiplicity of geographic, economic, social and emotional experiences in the giant world that Google is conquering. Street View is, objectively, weird and scary (they have made some good changes, like removing shots of safe-houses and shelters), but it’s also the best example of the real-time changes the internet has wrought.
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Coffee partying.
My American heroes.
Self initiated.
illustration.
2009
Mraz.
Obama.
Allen.
Manson.
“American heroes� is a self-initiated project where i was looking at my obsession with heroes. I was making them into imagery, icons.
Moreno.
Hicks.
Barney.
Jonze.
Seinfeld.
Doom.
Victore.
Friends.
My friend Einar. 2010
Self initiated.
posters.
My friend Ă“skar. 2010
2010
Posters and book cover.
Various.
Posters and book cover.
2010.
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CM
MY
CY
CMY
K
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Vaktabókin, cover for a book i designed for Sagafilm. 2010
MARIO BROS playposter. 2010.
Fjársjóðsleit. Playposter.2010
Breatbeat.is poster for a clubnight. 2010
Mayoral campaign poster. He won. 2010
Mayoral campaign poster. He won. 2010
Mayoral campaign poster. He won. 2010
Mayoral campaign poster. He won. 2010
T-shirts.
Various.
Apparel design.
2007-2009
A t-shirt design that one the Boxfresh DIY competition.
Me wearing the Boxfresh t-shirt.
A model wearing a t-shirt i designed for Inmate.
A model wearing a t-shirt i designed for Inmate.
A model wearing a t-shirt i designed for Inmate.
A model wearing a t-shirt i designed for Inmate. A t-shirt that i made for 55DLS, Diesel.
A t-shirt design that i made for 55DLS, Diesel.
Logo’s.
Various
Logo’s.
Klink, hardcore band. 2008
Nostalgía, clothing store. 2008.
Showroom Reykjavík, Fashion festival. 2006
2007-2011
Ragnar S贸lberg.
Ragnar S贸lberg poster.
Ragnar S贸lberg.
Poster.
2010
Logo’s.
Various
This american life, radio show. 2008
Logo’s.
Hope, clothing brand. 2007
2007-2011
BRAINWORMS, punk band. 2008
Monkey.
Monkey poster.
Self iniated.
Poster.
2011
Typography
Self initiated.
Type design.
2006-2011
Muscles
Geometry
Geometry 2
Black Stallion
I have a great passion for typography and am really into creating typefaces especially for projects. These are typefaces that i have drawn and used for various projects. None of them have been made into fonts but in the near future i hope to change that. Some of them are only available in uppercase but others are also available in lowercase.
Shatter
Schubert
Gritty
Svenni.
Svenni poster.
Self initiated.
Poster.
2011.
Illustrations.
Various
Print.
Perez Hilton.
K.
2010
Badly drawn animals.
Self initiated
Drawings.
2008.
Google Street View as you’ve never seen it before Montreal artist Jon Rafman’s gallery of bizarro Google Street View scenes illuminates just how much our lives are intertwined with the internet’s biggest brand
We look at Jon Rafman and his project 9 eyes.
Of the many technological innovations that Google is responsible for creating (and monetizing, and embedding in the average person’s existence, and eventually making so utterly ubiquitous that verbs are created from its products, a la “We Gchatted about Google Mapping”), Google Street View is maybe the most disconcerting. Google’s aggressive documentation of the physical world was originally accomplished with cameramounted cars and vans; they’ve recently added tricycles and snowmobiles in an effort to shoot those tricky corners of the world where cars can’t go. Obviously, all of this is a—the?—Big Brother-ed nightmare, even more so than Google’s other prongs of everywhereness. (There’s even a Wikipedia page called “Google Street View privacy concerns.”) Even the not-insignificant number of super-cool uses for Google Street View—like playing with the interactive, multi-application, nostalgia-exploiting Arcade Fire video for “The Wilderness Downtown,” or looking up your house only to find a pic of yourself stumbling for keys out front—have a sinister cast. As it often happens amid political turmoil and social chaos, the dual and dueling anxiety and loveliness of Street View has been made remarkable by a Montreal artist named Jon Rafman. Today, Thought Catalog posted about his collection (or “curation” but we officially can’t say-type-think that anymore without ralphing) of incredible Google Street View shots, which qualify as artart and not just a Tumblog joke, owing to Rafman’s knack for “polishing these turds of absurdities into shiny diamonds.” Agreed. Among these commentary-free posts (Rafman has used these kinds of shots in his own strictlyspeaking-art, too) are captures of a house on fire and a shirtless man bolting out the front door; a dog in mid-squeeze through a fence; a solo baby crawling around the entrance to a Gucci store; prostitutes hanging out behind what looks like a truck stop; in-progress arrests; horses on front lawns; and a whole lot of naked butts. The shots are totally effective comedy (so many naked butts!), but mostly a totally effective commentary on the often-ignored multiplicity of geographic, economic, social and emotional experiences in the giant world that Google is conquering. Street View is, objectively, weird and scary (they have made some good changes, like removing shots of safe-houses and shelters), but it’s also the best example of the real-time changes the internet has wrought.
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Cat.
61
Tiger.
Lion.
Hátíð.
Freyja.
Freyja. Candy packaging. Done in collaboration with Halldór Elvarsson 2009
Packaging.
2009.
Timo launch party.
Timo.
Timo poster/flyer. Done in collaboration with Brynjar Sigurรฐarson. 2007
Poster & flyer.
2007