# MadC > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/MadC > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/MadC.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MadC > Source revision: 1338076977 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German graffiti artist (born 1980)}} {{Infobox artist | name = MadC | image = MadC Claudia Walde 1.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Claudia Walde | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}} | birth_place = [Bautzen](/source/Bautzen), [Lusatia](/source/Lusatia) | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * [Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design](/source/Burg_Giebichenstein_University_of_Art_and_Design) * [Central Saint Martins](/source/Central_Saint_Martins) }} | known_for = | notable_works = The ''700-Wall'' | style = | movement = [Street Art](/source/Street_art) | awards = | website = {{URL|https://madc.tv/}} }} thumb|MadC's work, 500Wall, Leipzig thumb|MadC '''MadC''' (born '''Claudia Walde''', 1980) is a [graffiti](/source/graffiti) writer and [mural](/source/mural)ist. She was born in [Bautzen, Germany](/source/German_art), and is most known for her large-scale, outdoor artistic paintings. MadC started as a teenage graffiti writer and has since developed her creative endeavors into various related fields (including as graphic design, writing, and fine art). MadC painted her first graffiti piece in 1996, being 16 years old.{{Cite web|url=http://www.widewalls.ch/artist-of-the-week-madc-january-2015/|title=Artist of the Week – MadC|website=WideWalls|access-date=2016-04-21}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.widewalls.ch/feature-article-madc-the-rebirth-of-tradition/|title=MadC - The Rebirth of Tradition|website=WideWalls|access-date=2016-04-21}} She studied at [Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design](/source/Burg_Giebichenstein_University_of_Art_and_Design) in [Halle](/source/Halle_(Saale)) and [Central Saint Martins College](/source/Central_Saint_Martins) in [London](/source/London). MadC carries a master's degree in [graphic design](/source/graphic_design). == Major works == === Books (as Claudia Walde) === *''Sticker City – Paper Graffiti Art'' (2007) *''Street Fonts - Graffiti Alphabets From Around The World'' (2011). Work from 154 artists, ranging from 30 different countries. In the creation of the book, MadC directed artists to use international alphabets that she had spent two years traveling the world to collect.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thamesandhudson.com/Street_Fonts/9780500515594|title=Thames & Hudson Publishers {{!}} Essential illustrated art books {{!}} Street Fonts {{!}} Graffiti Alphabets from Around the World|website=Thamesandhudson.com|access-date=2016-04-21}} *''Mural XXL'' (2015) === 700 Wall === Her major international breakthrough came however in 2010 with the production of the work that has become known as the ''700-Wall'' – a 700 square-meter work along the train line between [Berlin](/source/Berlin) and Halle. This painting is most likely the largest graffiti mural created by a single person, taking four months to finish.{{cite web|url=http://kollygallery.ch/artists/madc/|title=MadC - Kolly Gallery|date=16 January 2014|website=Kollygallery.ch|accessdate=8 May 2018}} == Art style == MadC's move from [street art](/source/street_art) to gallery work was a transformation, as she explains, "taking the street energy to a canvas and how spray paint translated differently onto canvas".{{cite web|url=http://www.widewalls.ch/widewalls-podcast-13-interview-madc/|title=MadC Interview - Widewalls Podcast #13|website=Widewalls.ch|accessdate=8 May 2018}} She later moved on to 'Spectra' Paint, which had a transparent effect on her work with spray paint. She has also been known to use ink, watercolor, acrylic paint and acrylic markers in her work.{{Cite web|url=http://www.teamrex.org/gallery/madc/|title=MadC - TEAM REX|website=TEAM REX|language=en-us|access-date=2016-04-21}} Her tagging style incorporates science fiction and fantasy elements, and is influenced by such artists as [Vincent Van Gogh](/source/Vincent_van_Gogh) and the late graffiti artist [Dare](/source/Dare_(graffiti_artist)) (real name Siegfried von Koeding, whom she collaborated with on his piece ''Basel'').{{Cite web|url=http://www.widewalls.ch/widewalls-podcast-13-interview-madc/|title=MadC Interview - Widewalls Podcast #13|website=WideWalls|access-date=2016-04-21}} Walde dedicated her piece ''6313 – Here to Stay'' to Dare.{{Cite web|url=http://madc.tv/3-years-without-dare/|title=» 3 years without Dare|website=Madc.tv|access-date=2016-04-21}} Mad C also works with spray paints on canvas. At her first solo gallery in 2015, ''Night and Day'', she showcased works such as ''Nineteen Nineteen'' and ''Twenty One Zero Six''. These works had either a black or white base (symbolic of her night and day work required of her for tagging), and investigated “the relationship between overlapping colors, light, glass and calligraphic movement”. For her canvases she is transferring her philosophy of connecting single parts to one piece – background, foreground, lines and shapes. To create those works, MadC uses spray paint, transparent spray paint, ink, watercolor, acrylic paint and acrylic markers. She paints on canvas, as well as carton, from spray paint boxes. After ''700 Wall'', MadC built a new body of work, which became part of the ''Reflections'' show at Kolly Gallery in 2014. The same year, she screated''The Tahiti Mural'' in [Tahiti](/source/Tahiti). * 2013: Shoreditch and Chance, East London{{cite web|url=http://www.streetartnews.net/2013/08/madc-new-mural-in-london-uk.html/|title=MadC New Mural In London, UK - StreetArtNews|date=16 August 2013|website=[StreetArtNews](/source/StreetArtNews).net|accessdate=8 May 2018}} * 2013: [Le Mur Paris](/source/Le_Mur_(urban_art)) (France){{cite web|url=http://graffart.eu/blog/2013/07/madc-le-mur-paris-2013/|title=MADC LE MUR PARIS 2013 - GRAFFART|website=graffart.eu|accessdate=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201707/http://graffart.eu/blog/2013/07/madc-le-mur-paris-2013/|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}} * 2013: ''500Wall'' (Germany), Graffiti{{cite web|url=http://www.molotow.com/magazine/blog/blog/2013/10/04/madc-mural-in-leipzig/|title=MADC 500 Wall in Leipzig|date=8 May 2018|website=Molotow.com|accessdate=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307060652/http://www.molotow.com/magazine/blog/blog/2013/10/04/madc-mural-in-leipzig/|archive-date=7 March 2014|url-status=dead}} * 2019: 18-story mural New Jersey{{cite web|title=All of Jersey City's murals in one place|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/07/you-can-now-find-all-of-jersey-citys-murals-on-this-website.html|last=Adrienne Romero {{!}} The Jersey Journal|date=2019-07-15|language=en-US}} == Exhibitions == * 2011: ''MadABC'', Pure Evil Gallery, London * 2011: ''Between the Lines'', La Grille Gallery, Yverdon, [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) * 2012: ''Paper Party,'' Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris * 2012: ''Team Rex'', Red Gallery, London * 2012: ''layers'', 44309 Galerie, Dortmund, Germany * 2012: ''Over the Edge'', 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, CA[http://1amsf.com/tag/claudia-walde/ ''1AM Gallery''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305143325/http://1amsf.com/tag/claudia-walde/ |date=2014-03-05 }} * 2013: ''Urban Contemporary Art'', Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris * 2013: ''Billboard Painters'', [Galleri NB](/source/Galleri_NB), [Viborg](/source/Viborg%2C_Denmark), [Denmark](/source/Denmark) * 2013: ''Innovative Art'', Reutov Museum, Reutov, Russia * 2014: ''First Taste'', Wallworks New York, New York City * 2014: ''Reflections'', Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland{{cite web|url=http://kollygallery.ch/|title=Home - Kolly Gallery, street art gallery in Zurich|date=22 December 2013|website=Kollygallery.ch|accessdate=8 May 2018}} * 2015: ''Bits and Pieces'', Wallworks New York, New York City * 2015: ''Character'', Pure Evil Gallery, London{{cite web|url=http://www.pureevilclothing.com/|title=artistic studies for men and women of taste : by various representative artists|website=Pureevilclothing.com|accessdate=8 May 2018}} * 2015: ''Night and Day'', 44309 Street Art Gallery, Dortmund, Germany{{cite web|url=http://44309streetartgallery.info/?page_id=86|title=MAD C (DE) -|website=44309streetartgallery.info|accessdate=8 May 2018}} * 2015: ''Who's Your Daddy?'' (group show), Lausanne, Switzerland * 2015: ''The Bright Side of Life'', Galerie Brugier-Rigail, Paris{{cite web|url=http://galerie-brugier-rigail.com/|title=L'art de la révolution : une exposition hommage à Mai 68|website=galerie-brugier-rigail.com|accessdate=8 May 2018}} * 2016: ''Home Sweet Home'', Galerie Brugier-Rigail, Paris * 2016: ''Kaleidoscope'', Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland * 2017: ''Radius'', Urban Nation, Berlin{{cite web|title=URBAN NATION|trans-title=|website=Urban-nation.com|url=https://www.urban-nation.com/2017/01/pm-11-radius/|format=|accessdate=2017-03-13|last=Urban Nation Berlin|date=27 January 2017|language=German|pages=|quote=}} * 2017: [''Urban Art Biennale''](/source/Urban_art_biennial), Völklinger Hütte, Saarbrücken, Germany{{citation|title=Vierte "UrbanArt Biennale®" startet im Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte|language=German|url=https://www.voelklinger-huette.org/presse-medien/news/article/vierte-urbanart-biennaler-startet-im-weltkulturerbe-voelklinger-huette/News/detail/|access-date=2017-03-13 }} *2017: ''For The Love of Freedom'', Art and Museum Centre Sinkka, Finland{{cite web|title=Art and Museum Centre Sinkka {{!}} Sinkka|url=http://www.sinkka.fi/summary-in-english/|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-date=2019-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401165625/http://www.sinkka.fi/summary-in-english/|url-status=dead}} * 2018: ''Daydreaming'', 44309 Street Art Gallery, Dortmund, Germany{{cite web|title=44309 STREET//ART GALLERY|website=44309streetartgallery.info|url=http://44309streetartgallery.info/?page_id=502|accessdate=2018-01-30|language=German}} *2018: ''Rakkaudesta vapauteen'', The Oulu Museum Of Art, Oulu, Finland{{cite web|title=Rakkaudesta vapauteen - Museo- ja tiedekeskus Luuppi - Oulun kaupunki|date=22 August 2019 |url=https://www.ouka.fi/oulu/luuppi/rakkaudesta-vapauteen}} *2019: ''Dialog'', Brenners Park-Hotel, Baden-Baden, Germany{{cite web|title=Expo: MadC at Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa|periodical=Eden Being|url=https://www.edenbeing.com/2019/07/25/expo-madc-at-brenners-park-hotel-spa/|language=en-GB}} *2019: ''Conquête Urbaine'', Fine Arts Museum of Calais, France{{cite web|title=Conquête Urbaine|url=https://www.loisiramag.fr/agenda/20968/conquete-urbaine|language=fr|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-date=2019-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807194922/https://www.loisiramag.fr/agenda/20968/conquete-urbaine|url-status=dead}} == Bibliography == * ''Sticker City'' Thames & Hudson, London, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-50-02-8668-5}}. * ''Street Fonts - Graffiti Alphabets from Around the World,'' Thames & Hudson, London, 2011, {{ISBN|978-0-50-05-1559-4}}. * ''Graffiti and Street Art'' Anna Wacławek, Thames & Hudson, London, 2011, {{ISBN|978-3422071100}} * ''Mural XXL,'' Thames & Hudson, London 2015, {{ISBN|9780500239308}} *''MadC: Street to Canvas,'' Heni Publishing, 2021, {{ISBN|978-1912122431}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category}} == External links == * [http://www.madc.tv/ MadC personal website] * [http://www.hallenkunst.de/madc/ MadC] at hallenkunst.de {{authority control}} Category:German artists Category:German graffiti artists Category:German women artists Category:German muralists Category:Women graffiti artists Category:German women muralists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [MadC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MadC) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MadC?action=history)). 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