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Flying Förtress

Flying Förtress started to do classic graffiti in the early 90’s. After a couple of years he felt himself stuck in a one-way alley so he quit writing and focused on his graphic studies. Back with new ideas and influences he arose again at the beginning of the millennium and hit the streets back with his infamous Teddy Troops. First they appeared on posters, stickers and as pieces on the walls but later also turned into the third dimension as an urban vinyl toy. The Troops are still getting sent out to occupy the public and private space. He has been traveling around the world for exhibitions to places like Paris, Barcelona, London, Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne and New Zealand.

In 2004 the Teddy Troops were released as urban vinyl toys by AdFunture. Since nowadays there have been more than 25 different designs released. Designs were contributed by artists like Dave The Chimp (UK), Jeremy Fish (US), Seen (US), KRSN (FR), Frank Kozik (US), Parskid (US), 123Klan (CA), Alexone (FR), Joe Ledbetter (US), Buffmonster (US), The London Police (NL), D*Face (UK), Mr.Jago (UK).

The Teddy Troops vinyl toy platform has been established within the custom vinyl toy scene since then and there is a huge amount of customized Troopers by artists from all over the world.

Exhibitions:

2003 “modart.03.munich” / Modart Gallery Munich (DE)
2003 “Mindclouder Tour” / Carhartt Gallery Berlin (DE)
2003     “Wlde Waende” Erlangen (DE)
2003 “Graffiti Festival” Bergamo (IT)
2003 “ Broken Skateboards” / Alena MTL Montreal (CA)
2003 “Finders Keepers Show 2” London (UK)
2003 “Living Large Jam “ Munich (DE)
2003 “Mongomania” Stuttgart (DE)
2004 “Energias Renovadas” Madrid (ES)
2004 “ISPO” / Hessenmob Munich (DE)
2004 “modart.04.munich” / Modart Gallery Munich (DE)
2004 “Skate Art” / Cide Gallery London (UK)
2004 “Clash of the Street Titans” Barcelona (ES)
2004 “All inclusive Tour” with Burns124 Mallorca (ES)
2004 “The Monkey Show” / Colette Paris (FR)
2004 “Hollywood Remix” / Woosercollective New York (US)
2004 “NuSign.01” Paris (FR)
2004 “Finders Keepers Show 3” Barcelona (ES)
2004 “Visual Rock Stars” with DaveTheChimp Barcelona / Montana Gallery (ES)
2004 “Wordless” Zurich (CH)
2004 “Doodlebug” London (UK)
2004 “Hi-Fight” / grafismi urbani Rome (IT)
2004 “The Monkey Show” / Headquarter Vancouver (CA)
2004 “32 Inch Canvas” Vancouver (CA)
2004 “Street Attitudes” Bolzano (IT)
2004 “Flying Fortress” / Olympia Gallery Stuttgart (DE)
2005 “Bread & Butter” Berlin (DE)
2005 “Decibelio Festival” Madrid (ES)
2005 “AdFunture” / Gigantic Brand New York (US)
2005 “P4 Event” & ”Finders Keepers Show” Milano (IT)
2005 “Meeting of Styles” Zagreb (HR)
2005 “Flying Fortress” / Carhartt Gallery Duesseldorf (DE)
2005 “Iconic Shop” / AdFunture Toronto (CA)
2005 “LG Action Sports Festival” Munich (DE)
2005 “Visual Rock Stars” with DaveTheChimp London / show & concert / Outside Institute (UK)
2005 “Wordless 05” Zurich (CH)
2005 “Visual Rock Stars” with DaveTheChimp Paris / Lazy Dog Gallery (FR)
2006 “Teddy Troops Invasion” / Rotofugi Chicago (US)
2006 “Kosmopolite Festival” Paris (FR)
2006 “Teddy Troops 10inch Tour” / Artoyz Paris (FR) also in Strasbourg (FR)+ Lyon (FR)
2006 “Paintball” / Kidrobot NYC (US)
2006 “Visual Rock Stars” with DaveTheChimp Giessen / Greenhill Skateshop (DE)
2006 “Flying Fortress” / Vicious Gallery Hamburg (DE)
2006 “Black Wonderland” Den Haag (NL)
2007 “K-Spray 3 Tour” Singapore with PEZ and TheLondonPolice (SG)
2007 “K-Spray 3 Tour” Shanghai with PEZ and TheLondonPolice (CN)
2007 “K-Spray 3 Tour” Hongkong with PEZ and TheLondonPolice (HK)
2007 “K-Spray 3 Tour” Seoul with PEZ and TheLondonPolice (KR)
2007 “K-Spray 3 Tour” Taipei with PEZ and TheLondonPolice (TW)
2007 “K-Spray 3 Tour” Tokio with PEZ and TheLondonPolice (JP)
2007 “Fortress X TheLondonPolice” Melbourne / PerSquareMetre Gallery (AU)
2007 “Fortress X TheLondonPolice” Auckland / GalleryWithNoName Gallery (NZ)
2007 “Hands on Jan Delay” / Vicious Gallery Hamburg (DE)
2007 “Give Me Props” / Qubic Gallery Auckland (NZ)
2007 “Streetlab” Amsterdam (NL)
2007 “Fortress’ Box” / Carhartt Gallery Weil a.Rhein (DE)
2007 “6 Fingers VS Vicious Gallery” Hamburg (DE)
2007 “Flying Fortress” / 29 Degrees Gallery Fribourg (CH)
2007 “Art On Foam” / Art:ig Gallery Munich (DE)
2007 “Reflect!” / Artempus Duesseldorf (DE)
2007 “1 size / 1 price” / Superplan Gallery Berlin (DE)
2007 “Behind The Seen” / AdHoc Gallery New York (US)
2008 “Urban Feedback” Basel (CH)
2008 “Bring All Your Friends & Enemies” Hamburg / Hinterconti Gallery (DE)
2008 “AMAZE/2008” Sint Nikaals (BE)
2008 “Here We Grow” with TheLondonPolice Los Angeles / Black Maria Gallery (US)
2008 “Fre3 Artists – Fr3e Cities” Hamburg with PEZ and TheLondonPolice / Vicious Galley (DE)
2008 “Fre3 Artists – Fr3e Cities” Barcelona with PEZ and TheLondonPolice / Galeria Esther Montoriol (ES)
2008 “Do It Yourself” / Soda Gallery Munich (DE)
2008 “Geezers Group Show” with TheLondonPolice, PEZ & EINE New York / AdHoc Gallery (US)
2008 “ Les Big Geezers” / Scion Gallery Los Angeles (US)
2009 “Oversized&Underpriced” / Hatch Gallery Berlin (DE)
2009 “Zee – Designer Toys” / Gallery Exarte Geneva (CH)
2009 “Teddy Troops – Urban Vinyl” / Woolwill Gallery Hamburg (DE)
2009 “Go Figure” / Cocoon Club Frankfurt (DE)
2009 “PICTOPLASMA CHARACTER WALK” Berlin (DE)
2009 “Hope Box Angel” / MOMA Zagreb (HR)
2009 “Yes We Can” / Dorothy Circus Gallery Rome (IT)
2009 “Twilight” / Museum Nacht Utrecht (NL)
2009 “Public Provocation” / Carhartt Gallery Weil a. Rhein (DE)
2009 “Super Cycle Artshow” / Geheimrad Munich (DE)
2009 “Stick My VS” / Circolo degli Artisti Rome (IT)
2009 “Flying Förtress” / Genuine Artikle Gallery New York (US)
2009 “Artists For Dalai Lama” / Krauts Gallery Frankfurt (DE)
2009 “Komm in die Gänge!” / Gängeviertel Hamburg (DE)
2009 “Same Streets – Different Cities” / LukeArt Portland (US)
2009 “STROKE.01 – Urban Art Fair” / Stroke Munich (DE)
2009 “Mist X Förtress” / Forum De La Passerelle Saint Brieuc (FR)
2009 “Apocalypse Wow” / Museum Of Contemporary Art MacRo  Rome (IT)
2009 “Stairway Art Event” / Stilwerk & Vicious Gallery Hamburg (DE)
2009 “BKMIA – Brooklyn X Miami” / Miami Art Basel Miami (US)
2009 “Mist X Förtress” / Delkographik Rennes (FR)
2009 “Oversized&Underpriced, Pt. II” / Hatch Gallery Berlin (DE)
2010 “Mist X Förtress” / Espace LVL Nantes (FR)
2010 “MESTART” / Atelier Meštrović Zagreb (HR)
2010 “Serigraph V10” / Vicious Gallery Hamburg (DE)

Links:
www.flying-fortress.blogspot.com