Axel Crieger GE

Born in Munich, Germany, Crieger studied visual communication, and worked as a photographer, designer, and Art Director, developing communications strategies for international clients such as BMW, Shell, Levis, Polaroid, Ford, Heineken and Cosmopolitan, and ICON. He has lived and worked in New York, Paris, Milan, and Los Angeles. In Düsseldorf, he met Andy Warhol, who published his work in “Interview".

Joseph Beuys painted over one of his exhibits, signed it and declared the result "best of the show". Oscar winner Michael Blake published his book "American Night", and Muhammad Ali received "Rumble in the Jungle" for his private collection.

Axel Crieger's work aims to design new realities and to tell virtual stories that combine a variety of photographs, designs, special effects, drawings, soundtracks, and self–written and self–recorded narrations, which he combines with a true sense of style to masterful compositions. His protagonists are mostly historical personalities who are placed in a situation saturated by the artist's historical knowledge.

Nowadays he creates his art in a virtual space, which he seldom leaves, creating pictures of ideas, dreams, personal choices, and public perception. 

His works can be found in many private and public art collections like the Miller Collection Los Angeles, Jones Day International, Abdi Ibrahim Istanbul, Aberdeen International, Begum Agakhan Zurich, McKinsey&Company Moscow, Muhammad Ali Los Angeles, Ernst&Young London, EON Ag Germany, Consulate of the Netherlands, Istanbul, Robert Lee Hong Kong, KMP Singapore, Silvio Denz Paris, Young&Rubicam Tel Aviv, just to name a few.