NEW Studio (TM) – Short Biography…
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Mr. Cowdall a.k.a ‘AustinVonNEW‘ is a Graphic Artist / Illustrator / Designer / Art Director
and one of the original founding members of the influential NEW Studio (TM) in London…
Through NEW Austin’s worked on numerous high profile and award winning projects, from
progressive identities, to music promos – from magazines to books to wall art projects and
collaborations for clients that include; Heavenly, XL-Records, The Illustrated Ape, Dazed &
Confused, The Face, Lodown magazine, Carhartt, Levis, Diesel, Pepe Jeans, BBC Worldwide,
Discovery, MTV, Daft Trax, The British Council, Havana Club, Red Bull, Tiger Beer, Intercity,
Big Active, Bunch, Balance, Livity, Modus, Penguin, AVA, JohnBrown, onedotzero, Time Out,
TCOLondon, CreativeReview magazine, The Guardian Newspaper Group, and MUCH more…
Shows
Collectionistas – Group Show, Hatto Press / The Mill Co. Project, London ( 2011 )
The 3C’s Exhibition – Group Show, Archipelago Gallery / APG Works, Sheffield ( 2011 )
Party Arty! Secret Pop-Up Art Gallery – The Pearl District, Portland, Oregon ( 2011 )
Frésh Nü Prinz and Other Odds ‘n Sods – Solo Show, Museum of Club Culture, Hull ( 2011 )
Working Drawings – Group Show, Furnival Gallery, Sheffield ( 2011 )
ADF – Group Show, Londonewcastle Project Space, London ( 2010 )
Pop Up – Group Show, Bodhi Gallery, Brick Lane, London ( 2009 )
Get Involved – Group Show, Concrete Hermit, London ( 2009 )
StreetFest – ( Live! ) painting show, Hearn Street NCP, London ( 2009 )
100 Minutes of Havana – ( Live! ) painting show, Village Underground, London ( 2009 )
LiveFreshBash – International Group Show, Haji Lane, Singapore ( 2008 )
Step – ( Live! ) Group Show, UAL, Peckham Road, London ( 2008 )
A3 – Group Show, The Nottinghill Arts Club, London ( 2008 )
Bastardised – Group Show, Galerija Karas, Zagreb, Croatia ( 2008 )
Bastardised – Launch / Group Show, Maverick Showroom, London ( 2008 )
We Have Been Expecting You – Group Show, Concrete Hermit, London ( 2008 )
Blisters on My Fingers ( Print Club ) – MC Motors, London ( 2008 )
100 Pieces of Havana – Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London ( 2008 )
Design Grotto / If You Could ( Special ) – Somerset House, London ( 2007 )
SLAM – Book Launch / Group Show, Design Museum, London ( 2007 )
BC3D x TD3D – Tatty Devine (LFW) Movie Mayhem, Madame Jojo’s, London ( 2007 )
Mini Me – Book Launch / Group Show, Pollocks Toy Museum, London ( 2007 )
DesignersBlock: Illustrate – Group Show, Highbury Studios, London ( 2007 )
The Travelling Head – International Group Show, F-I-T, Berlin ( 2007 )
Le Dilly (2) – International Group Show, Old Shoreditch Station, London ( 2007 )
BC3D x Digital Dialogues – [.dot] Party, Hayward Gallery, London ( 2007 )
Production Lines Pt.2 – Fashion & Textiles Museum, Bermondsey, London ( 2006 )
Production Lines Pt.1 – ( Live! ) Bermondsey Square, Bermondsey, London ( 2006 )
BC3D x onedotzero – Moving Image Festival, Hayward Gallery, London ( 2006 )
Matsuri – ( Live! ) Art Festival 06, Group Show, 93Ft.E, London ( 2006 )
BC x Monorex – ( Live! ) Secret Wars, Juno Bar, London ( 2006 )
Clash of the Titans, Group Show, hedSpace, Brighton ( 2006 )
BC x Singapore – Streettease, Taxi Design space, Singapore ( 2005 )
Matsuri – ( Live! ) Art Festival IV, Group Show, 93Ft.E, London ( 2005 )
Black Convoy – Group Show, 17 Gallery, London ( 2005 )
Matsuri – ( Live! ) Art Festival III, Group Show, 93Ft.E, London ( 2005 )
Doodledown – ( Live! ) US V’s UK Group Show, Orchard St. Gallery, NY, USA ( 2005 )
Matsuri – ( Live! ) Art Festival II, Group Show, 93Ft.E, London ( 2005 )
The Dilly! – International Group Show, DB&JS, London ( 2005 )
Matsuri – ( Live! ) Art Festival, Group Show, 93Ft.E, London ( 2005 )
Doodlebug – ( Live! ) Group Shows, London / Manchester / Barcelona ( 2004 )
Finders Keepers II – International Group Show, London ( 2004 )
Learn To Draw “Tippy…” Group Show, AIGA/NY Arts, New York ( 2003 )
V Show – Group Show, St. Luke’s, London ( 2003 )
Finders Keepers – Group Show, London ( 2003 )
Work From The NEW Studio – M&A, Tatty Devine [East], London ( 2001 )
Their Own Worlds – International Group Show, FLAT, New York ( 2001 )
NEW V’s Trash ( Live! ) – Joint Show, The Metro, London ( 2000 )
Books
SACRED SKIN: THAILAND’S SPIRIT TATTOOS, Visionary World / Kodansha ( UK )
HOW TO CREATE A PORTFOLIO & GET HIRED, Laurence King Publishing ( UK )
WHAT IS ILLUSTRATION? ESSENTIAL DESIGN HANDBOOKS, Rotovision Books ( UK )
COMPLETE DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION: MASTER CLASS IMAGE-MAKING, Rotovision Books ( UK )
BASTARDISED, Published by Bunch ( UK )
BLEK LE RAT: GETTING THROUGH THE WALLS, Thames&Hudson ( UK )
SECRETS OF DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION: COMMERCIAL IMAGE-MAKING, Rotovision Books ( UK )
IF YOU COULD DO ANYTHING TOMORROW WHAT WOULD IT BE? Issue 2, Bec&Hudson ( UK )
AOI: IMAGES 31, The Association of Illustrators ( UK )
BASICS ILLUSTRATION 03: SEQUENTIAL IMAGES, AVA Publishing ( UK )
BASICS ILLUSTRATION 02: TEXT AND IMAGE, AVA Publishing ( UK )
BASICS ILLUSTRATION 01: THINKING VISUALLY, AVA Publishing ( UK )
BADGE BUTTON PIN, Laurence King Publishing ( UK )
PICK ME UP, Dorling Kindersley ( UK )
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ILLUSTRATION, AVA Publishing ( UK )
( A BOOK ) DESIGNED TO HELP, Die Gestalten Verlag ( D )
DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION: CONTEMPORARY IMAGE-MAKING, Rotovision Books ( UK )
GAS BOOK 02: BIG ACTIVE, Design Exchange/Gas As Interface Co.,Ltd. ( JP )
200% COTTON ( NEW T-SHIRT GRAPHICS ), Laurence King Publishing ( UK )
THE ART OF REBELLION, Ginko Publishing ( US )
THE NEW HANDMADE: GRAPHICS BEYOND DIGITAL DESIGN, Rotovision Books ( UK )
NEW BUSINESS STATIONERY COLLECTION, PIE Books ( JP )
NEW BUSINESS CARD COLLECTION, PIE Books ( JP )
EXHIBITION FLYER COLLECTION, PIE Books ( JP )
LIMITED RESOURCES / LIMITLESS CREATIVITY, PIE Books ( JP )
LETTERS OF PEACE, Royal Mail / Trafalgar Square Press ( UK )
Magazines
Little White Lies ( UK )
Creative Review magazine ( UK )
The Face magazine ( UK )
Lodown magazine ( D )
Dazed & Confused magazine ( UK )
Grafik magazine ( UK )
Kult ( SG )
The Guardian Guide ( UK )
Sleezenation ( UK )
FLag ( SG )
Viewpoint ( UK )
Time Out magazine ( UK )
The Illustrated Ape magazine ( UK )
IdN ( HK )
Computer Arts projects ( UK )
Digital Arts magazine ( UK )
Mixmag ( UK )
Bust magazine ( US )
Speak ( US )
Workshops
UoW: University of Westminster – Harrow ( BA Illustration )
UoB: University of Brighton – Brighton ( BA Design & Illustration )
UAL: University of the Arts London – Camberwell ( BA Illustration )
A(C): D&AD ‘New Blood’ Surgeries – London ( Open Day )
SGD: Streetease / DesignTaxi – Singapore ( Arts Council events )
BSU: Bath Spa University – Bath ( BA Illustration )
WAC: Weekend Arts College – Camden ( Performing Arts )
CGP: Comber Grove Primary School – Camberwell ( Arts Projects )
Talks
UoW: University of Westminster – Harrow ( BA Illustration )
UoS: University of Salford – Salford ( BA Illustration )
UoB: University of Brighton – Brighton ( BA Design & Illustration )
Mdx: Middlesex University – Middlesex ( BA Design & Illustration )
UAL: University of the Arts London – Camberwell ( MA Illustration )
UoH: University of Hertfordshire – St. Albans ( BA Illustration )
UAL: University of the Arts London – Camberwell ( BA Illustration )
BSU: Bath Spa University – Bath ( BA Illustration )
AOI: Association of Illustrators – London ( Seminars )
Lectures
UAL: University of the Arts London – Camberwell ( BA / MA Illustration )