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-For her canvases she is transferring her philosophy of connecting single parts to one piece – background, foreground, lines and shapes. To create those works, MadC is using spray paint, transparent spray paint, ink, watercolour, acrylic paint and acrylic markers. She is painting on canvas as well as carton from spray paint boxes. http://www.graffitiprints.com/artist/madc/

-Claudia Walde a.k.a. MadC holds degrees in Graphic Design from the University of Art and Design, Halle, and Central Saint Martins College, London. Valuable experiences from the world of academic life were preceded by an active rapport with the graffiti and street art phenomena when she was only a teenager. It is this confluence of situations – immediate connection with the street art subculture and a devoted approach to art research – which has been decisive in turning Claudia into the artist she is today. http://madc.tv/about/

-It could be said that, after this piece (700 Wall), MadC became ready to start building another aesthetic universe. This is exactly what she did with a new body of work which was part of Reflections show at Kolly Gallery during 2014 and The Tahiti Mural in Tahiti, during the same year. The seemingly reduced aesthetics of MadC’s canvases and street artwork show a devotion to the exploration of roots of an entire subculture. MadC confronts us with the notion of addressing the essence of graffiti and street art cultures, in a way that highlights the importance of a never-ending (re)interpretation of the two concepts. A “traditional” subject matter is re-contextualised into a completely new visual language. http://madc.tv/about/

What was your introduction to graffiti and what were your thoughts when you picked up your first can?

I was given a book (“Graffiti Art Germany”) on graffiti by a friend. I read it in one night and was absolutely fascinated by the art, the possibilities and the community behind it. I wanted to be a part of that and paint big walls myself. I was pretty disappointed about the outcome of my first piece though. Handling a spray can was much more difficult than I thought.

What would be your ideal creative environment?

A studio with outside and inside walls to paint in the middle of nowhere – space, nature, fresh air and solitude.

mad c podcast interview http://www.widewalls.ch/widewalls-podcast-13-interview-madc/

-She felt that graffiti was great a way to express herself due to the fact that all that mattered was the end product, no one had to know your identity.

- Mad C's transition from street art to gallery work did go through of a transformation as she explains taking the street energy to a canvas and how spray paint translated differently onto canvas. She later moved on to 'Spectra' Paint, which had a transparent effect on her work with spray paint.

http://kollygallery.ch/artists/madc/

As MadC she did her first graffiti piece already in 1996, and became known in the early 00’s for her burner walls, with dynamic wildstyle-pieces placed in detailed sceneries, often with themes and motifs taken from fantasy and sci-fi such as dragons and dinosaurs.

http://madc.tv/about/

http://www.urbanartcore.eu/madc-transparent-graffiti/

http://www.molotow.com/magazine/blog/blog/2010/05/04/madc-goes-transparent/

http://streetartnyc.org/blog/2015/05/23/german-artist-claudia-madc-walde-on-the-streets-of-yonkers-and-in-bits-and-pieces-at-wallworks-ny/

http://robotmafia.com/day-in-the-life-of-a-street-artist-madc/

influenced by van gogh

http://www.widewalls.ch/artist-of-the-week-madc-january-2015/