Bfree is the artistic name of Merijn Hos, an Utrecht (The Netherlands) based artist/ illustrator. His work depicts a colorful world of characters that operate in different environments. There is a thin line between his purely free artwork and the illustration work that he is been known for doing for various clothing brands and magazines. In both situations he’s completely submerged in his own particular world full of long-legged characters with their crazy high heel shoes, freckles and hairdos. He is the almighty creator of this universe with the use of lots of different materials. What once started out on the streets with spraypaint, marker and posters now has evolved to big stuffed dolls, paintings on canvas, and drawings on paper. Bfree has already received a well deserved recognition and has done various exhibitions around The Netherlands and Europe after he graduated with a BFA in Illustration at The Utrecht School of Visual Arts in 2003. He also participated in the Dilly shows that the British artist PMH has organized in London and Barcelona during the last few years.

Asked to bring his talent to this shores for a show at Extrabold the artist has chosen the title “Half of what I do is meaningless” because, as he says, “Some drawings and work are made consciencely while other work appears on paper without any reason”.  In this show at Extrabold, Merijn Hos has tried to capture this feeling, amongst other subjects that are moving him lately, in the form of framed drawings and paint work in various sizes. He also produced a t-shirt specially designed for this show. You can learn more about his work by taking a look at his website:

www.bfreeone.com