Slinkachu – Urban Art – The “Little People Project”

Slinkachu started his “Little People Project” in 2006, and the concept is as simple as it is ingenious: the artist uses small figures and miniatures to create scenes in urban space, giving the location a whole new meaning, which he then photographs. Slinkachu then leaves the scene in place so that it can be found by someone else.

In his work, the artist combines humor and spontaneity with the loneliness of city life.

Slinkachu started working with miniatures in 2006. In his work, he rebuilds miniature figures from model trains and then places them on the street. These are sculptures as well as street art installations and photographs. The street-related side of his work plays with the concept of surprise, and he wants to encourage city dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes he stages, made more explicit through photography and the titles Slinkachu gives them, are meant to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city; the universal feeling of being overlooked, lost and overwhelmed. But alongside this, there is always a certain humor in his work. The modern world can be an absurd place to live, and he encourages compassion for the tiny people struggling to survive.

Shows

Manufactories of Caring Space-Time (group show) – Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (June – August 2017)

Magic City (group exposition) – Munich, Germany (May – September 2017)

La Societe?! (group Show) – Atelier Des Bains, Geneva, Switzerland (April – May 2017)

Miniaturesque (solo show) – Maison de L’Environment, Lyon, France (March – June 2017)

#28Grams (group show) – Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (March – April 2017)

Here I Come to Save the Day! The Science, Culture and Art of Superheroes (group show)  – Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (February – July, 2017)

In Depth: A Collective Exhibition of Street Art Sculpture (group show) Unit 5 Gallery, London, UK (February 2017)

Metamorphoses, or What To Do With Your Childhood? (group show) University of Franche-Comté – Besancon, France (January – March 2017)

Museum Night (solo project) – Museum of Fine Arts Gent – Ghent, Belgium (December 2016)

Little and Large (group show)  – Falmouth Art Gallery – Falmouth, UK (November 2016 – January 2017)

Enough To Swear By (group show) – Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, USA (October -December 2016)

Miniaturesque (solo show) – CAUE – Annecy, France (October 2016 – January 2017)

Vitality & Verve: In the Third Dimension (group show) – Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, USA (July – October 2016)

Voyage Photographique (group show) – Abbaye de l’Epau – France (May – November 2016)

#DubaiWalls (outdoor event and exhibition) – City Walk Dubai – Dubai, UAE (March – ongoing 2016)

Exposition Slinkachu (solo show) – Francheville Médiathèque – Francheville, France (March – April 2016)

All Of This Is Temporary (group show) – Rich Mix / CCI Collective, London, UK (February 2016)

POW! WOW! Hawaii (outdoor event) – Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (February 2016)

POW! POW! Print Show (group show) – Lana Lane Studios presented by 1xRun – Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (February 2016)

Exploring the New Contemporary Movement (group show) – Honolulu Museum of Art School – Honolulu, Hawaii, USA  (February 2016)

Catastrofe (group show) Grottaglie, Italy (October 2015)

MAMA Murray Art Museum Albury – (opening exhibition)  – Albury, Australia (October 2015-February 2016)

One Square Metre (group show) – Communal Galerie Berlin – Berlin, Germany (September – October 2015)

Miniaturesque (solo show) – Andipa Gallery, London, UK (March – April 2015)

Multiplied (art fair) – Christies, – London, UK (October 2014)

#streetart : espace Au Coeur D’un Mouvement – Espace Foundation EDF – Paris, France (October 2014-January 2015)