Laurence Gartel
Laurence Gartel is an American artist, considered a pioneer of digital art. His biography is included in Who's Who, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Art, and Who's Who in the World.
Education
Born and raised in New York City, Gartel attended the High School of Music & Art. He went to School of Visual Arts, along with graffiti artist Keith Haring, where he earned his BFA degree, majoring in graphics, and started his electronic career working side by side with Nam June Paik at Media Study/Buffalo in upstate New York. He had the opportunity to teach Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga computer.Career
His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Joan Whitney Payson Gallery, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Princeton Art Museum, MoMA PS1, the Norton Museum of Art, and in the permanent collections of the National Museum of American History and the Bibliotheque Nationale.Gartel has had many associations with musicians, including Debbie Harry Sid Vicious, Stiv Bators Johnny Thunders, Ace Frehley, and Wendy O Williams. Gartel has created artwork for such pop culture stars as Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. He was the official artist of the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. Gartel was the artist on the NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission launch at Kennedy Space Center on March 12, 2015. He was also the artist of the Newport Jazz Festival 2015. Gartel has created the official art for the Angel Awards, Monaco International Film Festival 2015.
One of Gartel's most memorable campaigns was the one he designed for Absolut Vodka in 1990, joining artists such as painter Andy Warhol and glass artist Hans Godo Frabel. These ads are considered to be the first digital art ads. Gartel has created groundbreaking artworks for the National Basketball Association, the Walt Disney Company, Forbes magazine, Coca-Cola, Philip Morris, and many others. Gartel was the Visionary of the 3D Print Conference in Santa Clara, California.
In current times 2025, Laurence Gartel became the Global Brand Ambassador for Robohood Inc. It is a robotic arm using artificial intelligence to paint pictures creating astounding new imagery.