Gabriel enjoys collaborating with like-minded partners to bring challenging art projects to life. His work spans from large-scale public murals and sculptures to unique art editions of everyday objects, as well as commissioned paintings for both corporate and private clients. With 15 years of experience in the design industry, Gabriel excels in engaging with agencies and interior designers, merging his artistic vision with the client’s, and exploring options for presentation, materials, and color palettes to create a shared vision."

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Commissions

»Stacked« Steel Sculpture / MS Dockville Festival / 2024

Gabriel was invited by one of Europe’s premier music and art festivals, MS Dockville, to contribute a sculpture to their art area.

The result is a 3 x 1.5 m steel sculpture featuring three of Gabriel's figures playfully stacked on top of each other. With its vibrant pink color and bold form, the artwork pops out its natural and industrial surroundings.

»Synergy« Mural / Commissioned / Munich / 2024

Gabriel Holzner was commissioned by Hines Real Estate for their project "Lovt" to create a mural, that references various phases of the area "Werksviertel" in Munich.

Gabriel used his visual language to create a joyful artwork, that pops in a mainly corporate surrounding and also touch on the industrial background, the history in club culture, as well as the collobrative and creational aspect of the "Werksviertel" today.

With its 350 sqm the result is the artist's biggest public work to date.

»Englischer Garten« Painting Series / Corporate Client / 2024

With the "Englischer Garten" series, Gabriel aimed to foster an open and engaging atmosphere within a new Munich-based office building.
 
The objective was to craft three large-scale paintings that capture Munich's distinctive character and inspire individuals to embrace living and working in the city. The "Englischer Garten" served as the primary muse for this commissioned painting series. His depictions of the mourning willows, the Eisbach, and the renowned river surfers came to life through an earthy color palette.

In case you are interested in a commissioned original painting get in touch here.

»We had a Hell of a Run 7« Painting / Private Client / 2023

A continuiation of the painting series "We had a Hell of a Run". For the privat client the format and the color palette of their painting was tailored to their needs.

In case you are interested in a commissioned original painting get in touch here.

»Secret 7« Vinyl Covers / For Secret 7 in Support of War Child UK / 2024

Secret 7″ is a London-based art event, that invites artists all over the world to create record-sleeves for a selection of 7 famous tunes. The chosen sleeves were exhibited anonymously at Now Gallery and later auctioned online for a good cause.

Since 2012 Secret 7″ has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity as well as managing to have artists like David Shrigley, Jenny Holzer and Peter Blake contributing artwork.

In its 2024, Secret 7″ auctioned two artworks of Gabriel Holzner, that visualize songs of Aurora and the Chemical Brothers.

»Humanity for all« T-shirt Artwork / For SOS Humanity with Armed Angels / 2023

With a t-shirt adaption of his artwork "HUMANITY FOR ALL" Gabriel collaborated with Armed Angels for SOS Humanity to emphasize the undeniable human rights of all people and to raise money for their rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea.

SOS Humanity is a non-governmental search and rescue organization, that has saved 34,631 human beings from drowning on the most dangerous refugee route in the world as part of the European SOS Mediterranee Network.

The t-shirt print sold out three times and raised more than 30,000 Euros.

»One Love« Collaborative Mural / Commissioned by the German Embassy in Jamaica / 2022

In December 2022, Gabriel was invited by the German Embassy to collaborate with Jamaican Artist Matthew McCarthy and create a mural in Downtown Kingston.

For Gabriel, it was the return to a place that played a major role in his development as a person and artist since his time at Edna Manley College in Kingston more than a decade ago.

Celebrating 60 years of Jamaican-German friendship the mural fuses Jamaican and German culture as part of the "Art Walk", a series of uplifting Murals in Water Lane, initiated by Kinston Creative.

Comissioned Paintings / Private Client / 2022

In 2021 Gabriel was commissioned by a private client to create three large-scale paintings based on existing fine art print editions of his.

He adapted the compositions for the new formats and for one painting, changed it entirely.

If you see an art print by Gabriel that you are interested in, but would like to have as a large-scale original painting, feel free to get in touch.

»Beats like Summer« Vinyl Cover / Commissioned by PLYGRND Music / 2022

Organic sounds meet eclectic compositions and infinite grooves. That pretty much sums up this compilation, for which Gabriel worked with his iconic "Dance" figures. 

The subtle relief printing for the vinyl cover brings Gabriel's figures to life even more.

»We ball together« Basketball Court / FC Bayern Basketball & Sugar Mountain / 2021

Sugar Mountain is a non-profit project that transformed an old industrial area in Munich into a temporary place for community, sports, culture, and arts.

There are many outdoor opportunities, that are free to use for the public and from the beginning, there were plans to build a basketball court as well.

Gabriel was enabled to create uplifting artworks for two courts as well as two 30 meter high murals next to them.

»3 Bears« Artist Edition / 3 Bears / 2022

For this project, GABE collaborated with 3Bears for an artist edition of their overnight Oats Glass.

»In this Together?« Exhibition / Dr. Martens / 2021

“In this Together?” was an outdoor art exhibition during the pandemic by Gabriel Holzner, that celebrated local creative communities and resilience in the face of cultural crisis. Unsupported and isolated by the pandemic, artists and creatives have had to support each other during these challenging times.

Inspired by conversations with five of his favourite, fellow creatives from Munich, Gabriel created bespoke artworks that brought each of his collaborators’ stories to life.

Exhibited at the Flushing Meadows Hotel. Commissioned by Dr. Martens

»Dance« Wein Label / Mural Restaurant & Weinfurore / 2022

Gabriel's "Dance" Artwork on the house wine label of one star restaurant "Mural" in Munich. Commissioned via Weinfurore.

»Secret 7« Vinyl Covers / For Secret Seven in Support of War Child UK / 2020

Secret 7″ is a London-based art event, that invites artists all over the world to create record-sleeves for a selection of 7 famous tunes. The chosen sleeves were exhibited anonymously at Now Gallery and later auctioned online for a good cause.

Since 2012 Secret 7″ has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity as well as managing to have artists like David Shrigley, Jenny Holzer and Peter Blake contributing artwork.

In its 2020, Secret 7″ auctioned three artworks of Gabriel Holzner, that visualize songs of Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and Koffee.