About Flexn
Flexn is a designer, typographer and artist based in Berlin.
The range of his work is developed from Pop- and Offculture like Comics, Punk and urban art combined with fine arts, swiss design and typography.
He works for clients like: Adidas, Levi’s, Carhartt, Converse, Red Bull,
Hugo Boss, Dummy and various other magazines, clubs and labels.
Short CV
Jakub Kanior a.k.a. Flexn was born 1974 in Poland and raised in the western part of Berlin.
Growing up with comics, punk, hiphop and skateboarding in the cultural melting pot of his hometown
he found his passion for visualising his culture through art and design in the glorious 1990s.
Jakub has been designing posters and flyers for the Berlin club scene for several years.
The spectrum of his work derives from different styles and techniques and ranges from clean
digital works over scrawly drawings to canvas and paintings. Despite the different executions
and influences his style is recognizable and unique.
Exhibitions
2002 T-Fense World Tour - group exhibition, Adidas Originals Store Berlin
2003 NoWarFont exhibition - group exhibition, Showroom Greige Büro Für Design
2003-04 The Madeye - Non Comercial Art Display - group exhibition, Bread & Butter Berlin
2004 Flexn vs. Ohyun Exhibition - Carhartt Stores Berlin, Köln, Düsseldorf
2004 Exhibition Graff & Tag - group exhibition, Galeries LaFayette Berlin
2005 TypoSonic - Ausstellung für Typografie & Kunst - group exhibition, Museum Für Konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt
2006 Adicolor Studio Berlin - temporary studio and exhibitions
2009 Das asthmatische Röcheln des Kühlschranks bei Nacht - exhibition & literary reading, SevenStar Gallery
2009 Michael Jackson Memorial - installation at the 2skin group exhibition, SevenStar Gallery
2010 Bad Karma, Good Karma - group exhibition, Forgoten Bar Gallery
2012 Bad waves & strange vibrations - solo exhibition, Henrietta Kulturhaus Norderney
2012 Wird schon, Wird schon... - group exhibition, Schau Fenster – Schauraum für Kunst
2012 Das weekly Speedexhibitioning - solo exhibition, Showroom Nordkurve Nürnberg
2009-16 Undplus Urban Gallery Store - group exhibition, Pop-up-Gallery
2016 Grunwald - solo exhibition, Rainbow Unicorn Gallery
Flexns works was featured in different books and magazines such as:
Pictoplasma (various Publications), Los Logos (various Publications), Serialize, Introducing, Kelvin,
No photos on the dance floor, Dummy, Lodown, Buckjumps, Brett, Fanzine no1, Ding
Press: Bureau Baraque - Themenheft Schnitzel (2006): Flexn ist Pole und hat sich nie getraut, besonders tief
in das deutsche Land einzutauchen. Sprich: er wohnt in Berlin. Wir haben ihn in der Layoutabteilung vom
Springer-Konzern kennengelernt. Natürlich ist er ein totaler Kaputtnik, ganz wie wir es mögen.