Selective Biography

Boris Tellegen is a visual artist who works primarily in the field of graffiti painting.  In his visually spectacular work, Delta significantly transforms both the traditional presentation mode of visual art, as well as the genre of graffiti painting itself. He introduces an alien and idiosyncratic aesthetic into graffiti painting that escapes the common logo-like word IDs that make up most of graffiti production. He significantly transforms the domain of visual art by introducing an abstract and highly architectural style of painting, in a literal sense, to the street, and to the often illicit context of graffiti and street painting.

Boris tellegen / DELTA's website

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008

ELMS LESTER GALLERY, London, UK.

2007

VHDG, Installation, Leeuwarden, NL.

2006

A.L.I.C.E. Gallery, Mixed Media, Brussels, BE.

2004

CUBEX, Installation, Esplanade, SGP.
SLAM JAM, Paintings & Sculptures, Ferrara, IT.

2003

6X6, Hoogt4, Mixed Media, Utrecht, NL.
PERMSPACE GALLERY, Mixed Media, Tokyo, JAP.

2001

rHSTN GALLERY, Mixed Media, Tokyo, JAP.

2000

HOUSTON GALLERY, Sculptures, Seattle, USA.

1998

MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS, Paintings & Sculptures, Tourcoing, FR.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009

'The Importancy of Unimportant', Hudson Museum, Rotterdam, NL

'Né dans la rue', La Fondation Cartier, Paris, FR

2008

'Dancing on the moon with tears in my eyes, A.L.I.C.E. Gallery, Brussels, BE

2007

DON'T DO THAT, Mixed Media, Elms Lester Gallery, London, UK.

2006

HYPE, Mixed Media, Elms Lester Gallery, London, UK.
THE WHISTLE TEST, Scion Installation, Los Angeles, USA.

2005

STATIC FREE, Installation, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA.
BEARBRICK WORLD TOUR, Installation, Gbe at Passerby, New York, USA.
BACKJUMPS-THE LIVE ISSUE PART 2, Installation, Bethanien, Berlin, DE.
POT 'O GOLD, Mixed Medai, Someday Gallery, Melbourne, AUS.

2004

ICY GRAPE, Paintings & Sculptures, Elms Lester Painting Room, London, UK.
ROMAMSTERDAM, Mixed Media, Museo Di Roma de Trastevere, IT.
BOTTOM LINE, Mixed Media, Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, SL.

2003

WRAPPED IN WARP, Paintings, Eclectic Gallery, London, UK.
BACKJUMPS-THE LIVE ISSUE PART 1, Installation, Bethanien, Berlin, DE.

2002

ANDNOW, Mixed Media, AndA Tokyo/AndA Osaka, JAP.

2001

PLAYTIME, Installation, MU, Eindhoven, NL.

2000

THINKING OF A MASTERPLAN, Installation, Mama Gallery, Rotterdam, NL.

1998

CLASH, Paintings, Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL.
GRAFFITI RELATED IMAGES, Paintings & Sculptures, Mama Gallery, Rotterdam, NL.

Grants and Awards

2004 Working Grant, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst        
2001    Nationale Millennium Prijs, Ministerie van Economische zaken, met Maurer United Architects en Ronald van der Voet voor het ‘Inconstruct’ plan.