JAYBO AKA MONK

In France Jaybo aka Monk was a graffiti artist before he came to Berlin in the 80s. Here his professions included rapper, actor and graphic designer, until he founded the lifestyle magazine Style and the Family Tunes as well as the street- streetwear wear label Irie Daily in the 90s. Jaybo’s versatility can be seen in the choice of his media: be it nature, the streets, canvas, sculpture, space or the screen. The diversity of media, which Monk makes use of in his work, shows that he is a master of technical variety. In 2006 his first monograph ‘My Head is a Visual Township’ was published by Die Gestalten Verlag. His artworks can be found on the record sleeves of the Berlin based alternative bands Seeed and The Beatsteaks.

Selected Exhibitions

‚Who’s Next’ (Group exhibition), Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 2001
‚Sonar Festival’ (Group Exhibition), Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2001
‚Smoking Explosion’, Style Gallery, Berlin, 2005
Skatepark, Genua, 2005
‚White Shadows’, Circleculture Gallery, Berlin, 2006
Clash of the Titans – Unai vs Monk, Project Gallery, Berlin, 2006
‚Six Fingers’, Kooperation mit Anton Unai, Hamburg, 2006
‚Design Mai’ (Group exhibition) Tokyo & Seoul, 2007
‚Knock On Wood’, Insight Gallery, Strasbourg, 2007
‚Art Side’, Salon Art Side, Strasbourg, 2007
‚Old scars and New Injuries are the Beauty of the Eternal Now Now’, Circleculture Gallery, ’, Berlin, 2007
‚Berliner Strasse’ (Group exhibition), Circleculture Gallery, Berlin, 2007/2008
‚The Alternative Philosophy’ (Group exhibition) The Leonard Street Gallery, London, 2008

Bibliography

Lord Of Mess. My Head is a Visual Township Township, Die Gestalten Verlag, 2005
, Designer's Eye. Seoul Design Festival Festival, 2006
, Nokia Gold Book. Sensual by Nature. Art Compilation, Circleculture Cc:, 2007