Art installations and brand collaborations.

I make vibrant, large-scale pop art for brands, offices, and public spaces. Art that people stop for, photograph, and remember.

Based in Berlin, working internationally.

Brand collaborations and live art

An activation lives or dies on whether anyone stops.
Art does that better than signage. It pulls people in, gives them something to photograph, and hands your campaign a visual identity that isn't a logo on a step-and-repeat.

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Art installations and murals for offices and public spaces

An installation is built for one specific room, one ceiling height, one way people move through a space. It changes how that space feels to be in, and it says something about the company that put it there.

I work with architects, developers, offices, and hospitality groups on murals and installations, permanent and temporary: lobbies, stairwells, atriums, façades, hotels, restaurants, bars. Every commission is developed around the space, the brand, and the people passing through it.

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How a commission works

Most people commissioning art for the first time expect it to be slow and vague. It isn't.

1

Briefing

You tell me the space, the goal, the timeline, and the budget range. A short call is usually enough.

2

Concept

I come back with sketches and a fixed quote. Nothing is produced until you approve it.

3

Production

I make the work, in my studio or on site. You get progress updates, not silence.

4

Installation

I install it and hand it over. Documentation photography included.

Typical lead time is 4 to 8 weeks, depending on scale. Rush projects are possible, just ask.

Why work with Stephan van Kuyk, the Berlin-based pop artist

Stephan van Kuyk, artist and creative director based in Berlin, eighteen years in, with a body of work built on three ideas: tropicalia, nostalgia, consumerism.

You're hiring the artist, not an agency booking one.

You talk directly to the person making the work, there's no middleman margin on the quote, and the person taking the briefing is the person on the ladder.

Let’s work together

STEPHAN@VANKUYK.ART