About

Stu­dio (art)

Since 2000, {ths} aka Thomas Schos­tok works at the cross­roads of art and graphic design. His stu­dio is based in Essen, West Ger­many. He is a for­mer tile sales­man is known for his uncom­pro­mis­ing graphic works, full of pow­er­ful, bru­tal and dirty aes­thet­ics, have been shown and appre­ci­ated inter­na­tion­ally. {ths} is famous for his recur­rent dirty images jux­ta­posed with con­tro­ver­sial mes­sages. He is an obses­sive visual ter­ror­ist who keeps attack­ing the cor­rupt show­biz, the rich cor­po­rate world, the “uni­formiza­tion” of our thoughts and lives. For him, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and his eyes love every­thing that is con­sid­ered “dirty” and “ugly”. Read the full biography…

{ths} is with­out anger or hate, because it’s fond­ness for Elvis Pres­ley and Barry White records, that con­tin­u­ous play­ing dur­ing work­ing, make him nice and merry. He defines his work as “trash urban war­fare porn dirt style pop”. Hail to the King, Baby!

Stu­dio (design)

{ths} thomas schos­tok design was founded 1999 and offers a range of ser­vices includ­ing: Graphic design, web design, illus­tra­tion, lay­out, design con­cept, typog­ra­phy, logo design and art direc­tion. Please visit our web­site by.ths.nu if you want to hire {ths} for a doing a design.

TYPOGRAPHY

In 2002, Thomas Schos­tok founded the Cape Arcona Type Foundry  together with Ste­fan Claudius, to explore the typo­graph­i­cal side of graphic design. The foundry offers a a large amount of type­faces that Thomas Schos­tok cre­ated since the 90’s.

INTERVIEWS (ONLINE, SELECTED)

Art Nou­veau
BOLO Mag­a­zine
BAK Mag­a­zine
Art Bas­tard (in Ger­man)
Not­pa­per

BOOKS

{ths} has released 2 mono­graphs to date

2008, ›{ths} Mr. Trash‹, Sold out
2008, ›{ths} Hard Blow‹, Rojo® Editions

Group Exhi­bi­tions

2013, ›We love 8Bit Art Show‹, Ham­burg, Ger­many
2013, Sold Out Gallery, Bochum, Ger­many
2012, ›Almost Blue‹, Phone Booth Gallery, Long Beach, USA
2011, ›Zom­bie Art Show‹, Long Beach, USA
2011, ›Oh you are sick…‹, Phone Booth Gallery, Long Beach, USA
2011, ›dirty­works vol. II‹, 30works, Cologne, Ger­many
2011, ›Jouwe Cus­tom Toy Show‹, Out­land Gallery, Nether­lands, Ams­ter­dam
2010, ›Jouwe Cus­tom Toy Show‹, Arty Farty, Cologne, Ger­man
2010, ›Erot­ica‹ MARGINAL, Vejle, Den­mark
2010, ›Mirabilia‹ KALPANY, ROJO art­space, Milano, Italy
2010, ›Trash Amok‹, MARGINAL, Vejle, Den­mark
2009, Zim­mer­mann & Heit­mann, Düs­sel­dorf, Ger­many
2008, ›In a Box?‹, Traf­fic Design Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2008, ›Hard Blow/YAH3‹, Berlin, Ger­many
2005, ›WIMP Remixed‹, UK
2005, ›44 Boards‹, USA
2005, ›Ranger Bas­tards‹, Indone­sia
2004, ›Urban-Act 2‹, Stu­dio 14, Rome, Italy
2004, ›X-Care‹, Eslite Vision Gallery, Taipei City, Tai­wan
2004, Galerie ART LOFT, Port/Biel-Bienne, Switzer­land
2003, Lucky Strike Lanes,USA
2003, Galerie Ralph Schriever, Cologne, Ger­many
2003, ›We are all Mes­sen­ger‹, Foundry, Syd­ney, Aus­tralia
2003, ›King Big‹, CIRCUIT, CCCB.org, Barcelona, Spain
2002, ›Pussies+Astronauts‹, 55DSL, New York City, USA

Solo Exhi­bi­tions

2012, ‘Good­night travel well’ simul­ta­ne­ous in dif­fer­ent Gal­leries in France, Canada, Japan, Nether­lands, Greece, Aus­tralia, USA (Hawaii and Los Ange­les), Rus­sia, Nor­way, Brazil, Argentina, China and Turkey
2010, ‘Hail to the King, Baby!’ @ ‘Out of STH’, Gallery BWA Awan­garda, Wro­claw, Poland
2010, ›For All Is Van­ity — Part 2‹, KALPANY, ROJO art­space, Milano, Italy
2009, ›For All Is Van­ity — Part 1‹, ROJO art­space, Barcelona, Spain
2004, ›Mid­night in Magic King­dom‹, Espai Pupu, Barcelona, Spain
2004, ›WeShow!‹, Spaced-Out Gallery, Essen, Ger­many
2003, ›4bis1‹, Figaro, Barcelona, Spain

Lec­tures

2010, ›{ths}: Art and Typog­ra­phy‹, Gale­ria Design — BWA Wrocław, Poland
2010, ›Reflek­tor 3: Spiel­trieb‹, FH Dort­mund, Ger­many
2006, ›33PT‹, FH Dort­mund, Ger­many
2006, ›Speaker’s Cor­ner‹, Mün­ster, Ger­many
2004, ›BD4D‹, Mannheim, Germany

Pub­lished works (selected)

Sushi 13, ADC Ger­many
Refk­lek­tor 3, Fach­hochschule Dort­mund
Typo Lyrics, Slanted
Type Addicted, victionary:workshop lim­ited
Cus­tom Kicks, Lau­rence King Pub­lish­ing
New Typo­graph­ics…, Pie Books
The 1000 Jour­nals Project, Chron­i­cle Books
Data Pilot 1.0
On Barcelona, Actar
Slanted Mag­a­zine
Bul­garia Mag­a­zine
Nihao
Vierkant Mag­a­zin
rebel:art #01
Club­spot­tin 3.0
Blood­wars Mag­a­zine
Blood­wars, Vol­ume One
Com­puter Arts Project
Com­puter Arts
Rethink Redesign Recon­struct
Salir Mag­a­zine
Cold, Rojo®
Revista AB Mag­a­zine
Free­Fonts!
Web­De­sign Mag­a­zine
PAGE
Cre­ative Review Mag
XFUNS Mag­a­zine
eDesign Mag­a­zine
Dig­i­talX­po­sure
Port­fo­liosOn­line
The Designer’s Guide to…

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