asvp | 2008—2015 milestones

April, 2008—Brooklyn based duo, ASVP team
up and begin developing a unique, hand drawn,
multi-layered graphic style, often marrying iconic
eastern and western imagery with recurring nods
to advertising, pop and comic book culture, often
with messaging e.g., “We Can Give You What You
Want” intermittently revealing the artists’ dissent
from the advertising industry, where they initially met.
2008–2012—For the next four+ years the team
creates thousands of handmade posters, paintings,
murals, publicly posting the work throughout
cities worldwide including; Amsterdam, Cape Town,
Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Florence Italy, Hong
Kong, Istanbul, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles,
New York City, San Francisco, Varanasi India and
Zürich among others.
September, 2011—ASVP is offered a solo show at
a Denver Street Art Gallery, the team creates 30
original works for the show, four of them return to
NYC after the show concludes.
February, 2012—ASVP creates an edition of 50
“China Cheerleader” prints for online gallery, 1XRUN,
all 50 sell within 48 hours.
September 2012—Design legend, agnès b. notices
ASVP’s work while walking through Williamsburg,
asks the team to curate a Street Art Show for her
Howard Street Gallery in NYC. ASVP reaches out to
established and emerging artists including; Faile,
D-Face, Miss Bugs and QRST among others to
curate, Public Display which turns out to be a wildly
successful event. Four ASVP pieces are included in
the show, all four sell at the opening reception.
October, 2012—ASVP is one of two emerging artists
included in Doyle New York’s Inaugural Street Art
Auction, two ASVP pieces are presented at auction.
Both sell and exceed auction estimates.
April, 2012—an ASVP hits the auction block at
Doyle New York’s 2nd Street Art Auction, the team
emerges from the sale with a new auction record.
May, 2012—ASVP commissioned to create mural
in collaboration with Vandalog and The LISA Project,
in Little Italy, NYC.
June, 2012—ASVP is commissioned by Maxwell
Colette Gallery to create 60’ long outdoor mural
in Wicker Park, Chicago.
asvp | 2008—2015 milestones January, 2013—agnès b., reaches out to the
team once again with an invitation to collaborate on
a limited collection of garments featuring ASVP
imagery, the collection quickly sells out internationally.
September 2013—Spotify, the Swedish Music
streaming service with 40MM+ active users,
commissions ASVP to create 25 large-scale pieces
for the organization’s brand new 97,000 sq. ft.
headquarters in the landmarked Cammeyer
Building, NYC.
November 2013—Keep This Coupon, 2013
is presented at auction during Doyle New York’s
Annual Contemporary Sale and shatters previous
records for an ASVP work on paper with a winning
bid from Jessica Seinfeld.
December 2013—ASVP teams up with David
Arquette to create a 60’ long mural during this
year’s ABMB Festival.
January 2014—ASVP creates mural for Surplus
Candy, a one night only show which transforms an
east village brownstone, into a collective canvas of
street art and graffiti. Surplus Candy opens to the
public for one night before being demolished.
April 2014—ASVP is invited to create a piece
for The Big Egg Hunt, a curated NYC public art
installation, bringing the team into a world-class
group of creative talent that includes contemporaries
Jeff Koons and Julian Schnabel among others.
May 2014—Doyle New York invites the team
to participate in an experimental format for the
auction house, a three-day Pop-Up Show, the show
brings a record price for an ASVP work on canvas.
June 2014—ASVP creates 24’ tall piece for Outlaw
Arts / 21st Precinct show in NYC.
September 2014—ASVP participates Lost Corcosa
Show, NYC.
January 2015—ASVP commissioned by The Quin
Hotel in NYC to create mural for penthouse suite.
March 2015—The team participates in the highly
acclaimed “Gag-Osian” gallery show, NYC.
May 2015—ASVP invited to participate in
PLACEMENT show at Reinstein Ross Gallery, NYC.
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