About Me


About me

As a graduate of Central St. Martins in 1996, along with a background in advertising working as a Creative, Clark has carried forward many principles learnt from art directing and graphic design. A super-keen eye for detail, matched with the boldness of vinyl, creates Pop Art-style works that have the impact of a great poster upon a billboard. The medium allows Clark to marry two techniques rarely seen together; that of using traditional hand-cutting skills with a modern material. The scalpel is his paintbrush, and the vinyl his palette, but with only a limited number of colours available, this restriction actually determines the style in which he works - one of breaking everything down in to individually coloured shapes. 


Colour and light are the main focus of Clark’s work, and the impact of vinyl as a medium allows him to accentuate the colours we can find in everyday surroundings. In a modern world of grey or silver buildings and cars, Clark wants to inject the daring use of colour seen in decades gone-by - most prominently the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s. From architecture and street furniture, through to swimming pools and skiers, the artworks want to remind us all of the ‘dollops of colour’ we have all around us, but may not always appreciate.


Clark’s work never stays still, and continues to try new subjects and ‘canvases’ to fully exploit the potential vinyl has as a medium. The multitude of differing collections is matched with the varying surfaces to which the hand-cut vinyl is applied to; the transformation of real car bodywork parts in to surreal wall sculptures is the ultimate representation of the concept. Still there are new developments underway, with the hand-cut vinyl originals being digitised to produce animated NFT collections based upon each original still image. This gives Clark another opportunity to apply some of the knowledge learnt from 20 years in Advertising, by utilising the moving-image skills from creating TV adverts throughout his career.


Please contact me regarding any commission enquiries.  To visit my automotive art series, please go to: joelclarkartist.carbonmade.com 


Exhibitions: (inc upcoming)
Silverstone Festival. 2023
The Holy Art Fair. London 2023
New York Affordable Art Fair 2023
NEC Classic (guest of Motorsport Magazine) 2022
Silverstone Classic (guest of Motorsport Magazine) 2022
The Other Art Fair (Autumn) 2022
The Holy Art Gallery. London 2022
The Other Art Fair. London 2022
Broomhill Estate Art Hotel. Devon 2022
Drifter Galleries. London 2021
Capital Art Gallery. London 2021
The Other Art Fair. London 2021
Various online exhibitions during 2020
Vodafone HQ. London. 2019 -
Classic Motor Show. NEC 2019
Silverstone Classic 2019
Petrolicious @ Bicester Heritage. 2019
British Grand Prix Paddock Club. Silverstone 2019
The Other Art Fair. London 2018.
Oxford Int'l Art Fair. Oxford 2018.
Pall Mall Galleries. London. 2017.
The Other Art Fair. Bristol 2017.
Royal Automobile Club. London. 2017
Creative Debuts. Ongoing display. London. 2017
LCA Show. Store St gallery, London. 2017
Selfridges. London 2016
ClassicandSportsCar Show. London 2016.
Silverstone Auctions. 2016
#Tribe16 Int'l art Show, London 2016
Silverstone Classic 2016
Christies, London. Turnbull & Asser LCM2016 show.
Re:Artiste 'Show Your World'. New York. 2015
BOLT London Motorcycle Art Show. 2015
Royal Automobile Club. London. 2015
TIAF London 2015. 
Pancakes & Booze Pop-Up group show. London. 2015
Salon Prive. Blenheim Palace. 2015
Miami Int'l Art Expo. Miami. 2015
Tokyo Int'l Art Fair. Tokyo. 2015
Fusion, The Cult House. London. 2015
Solo show at Nancy Victor Gallery. London. 2015
Art in Mind, Brick Lane Gallery. London. 2014