LAURENCE GARTEL

LAURENCE GARTEL

LAURENCE GARTEL is known to the world as the “FATHER” of Digital Art for over 40-years. His career started working side by side with video guru Nam June Paik at Media Study/Buffalo in upstate New York. He taught Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga Computer in order to produce the album cover for Debbie Harry (Blondie). Growing up in New York City during the Punk Rock era he was friends with Stiv Bators, Sid Vicious, Joey Ramone, Wendy O. Williams, and exhibited his work with Robert Mapplethorpe. Creating Digital Art before the birth of the personal computer his work has been exhibited with the Museum of Modern Art, Long Beach Museum of Art. Gartel has been commissioned to produce artwork on Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as for corporations such as Coca Cola, Philip Morris, Walt Disney, Polaroid, Canon USA, Minolta, Olympus, Kodak, National Basketball Association, Gibson Guitars, Bang & Olufsen, Mobil Oil, Commerzbank, SWATCH, Bristol Myers Squibb, Sprint, Budweiser, Roche Pharmaceuticals, and known for the first Digital Advertisement: ABSOLUT GARTEL for Absolut Vodka. His latest commission “Legends of Rock and Roll” is on permanent display at the new Seminole Hard Rock Guitar Hotel. He is currently working on the definitive Encyclopedia of his work: “GARTEL: 50 Years of Digital Art. Volumes 1, II and III, scheduled to be released early 2025 MOVIE: “GARTEL Digital Titan” in production 2024.