Biography
MOIEN
Alain Welter, born and raised in Luxembourg, is a mural artist and illustrator. After his degree in Illustration Design at BTK in Berlin, he returned to Luxembourg to take root as an artist. Be it a wall, a barn, a bridge, facades, cooling towers, buses or commercial spaces, Alain imparts this small country a touch of colour wherever he can.
Nonetheless, he illustrates certain magazines and had solo exhibitions in art galleries. The greatest achievements so far were Alain’s project ‘Make Koler Kooler’, where he transformed his home village ‘Koler’ (‘Kahler’) into an urban art museum; and painting five cooling towers on the premises of a steel manufacturer, which both brought him great visibility in Luxembourg and abroad.
SKILLS
Mural Art, Illustration, Graffiti, Street Art, Project Management
EXPERIENCE
MURAL PROJECTS, SELECTION
2024
Plastic Tucan, Street of Styles, Curitiba (BR)
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Andiamo, Sete Sois Sete Luas, Pontedera (IT)
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Mother Nature, European Commission, Halle (BE)
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Trainspotter, Upfest, Bristol (UK)
2023
Galo de Barcelos, Embassy of Luxembourg, Lisbon (PRT)
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Easy Rider, Sun Festival, Kołobrzeg, Poland (POL)
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Fragile, Collaboration with Manomatic, Huelva (ES)
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À Bicicleta, Sete Sois Sete Luas Festival, Pombal (PRT)
2022
Corvus, Galeria de Arte Urbana & Kulturfabrik, Lisbon (PRT)
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Lucky Mope, Upfest, Bristol (UK)
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Who ate my Marmite? Street Art Calling, London (UK)
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Seaside Stories, Sete Sois Sete Luas Festival, Kas (TR)
2021
Riders On The Storm, Collaboration with Artez, Zonhoven (BE)
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Brava, Tarrafal, Sao Filipe, Maio Murals during Artist Residency, Cape Verde
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Ground Festival, Brussels (BE)
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De Brauatelier, Brasserie Nationale, Bascharage (L)
2020
Five Cooling Towers, Differdange (L)
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Frau Leseratte & Mr. Bookworm, Tienen (BE)
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Mural Collaborations with Kmarx & Magdalena Paz, Chile
2019
Mural Collaborations with Marion Ve. & Smeg, Colombia
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Eis Épicerie, Soleuvre (L)
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Break Free, Youth Centre, Bettembourg (L)
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Schueberfouer, Glacis, Luxembourg (L)
2018
Make Koler Kooler, Urban Art Village, Kahler (L)
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Ready to Play?, Cultural Centre Rotondes, Luxembourg (L)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Beautiful Decay, Cine Teatro de Pombal, 19 August - 30 September, Pombal (PRT)
2022
Gallery 1:1, Add to Basket, 13 October - 19 November, Luxembourg (L)
2021
Aalt Stadhaus, Killtierm Alain Welter - Making Of, 30 Apr - 29 May 2021, Differdange (L)
2020
Valerius Gallery, Mope Deep, 24 Oct - 30 Nov 2019, Luxembourg (L)
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Maggy Stein Gallery, LIT meets ART, 14 Nov - 17 Nov, Luxembourg (L)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
No Church in the Wild, Église Sainte Barbe, 27 October - 19 November, Lasauvage (L)
2022
Open Circle, Gallerie Schlassgoart, 13 May - 25 June, Esch-sur-Alzette (L)
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MigrArt, Limanski Park, 20 Mar - 20 Apr, Novi Sad, Serbia (SRB)
2021
Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg, Salon du CAL, 31 Oct - 14 Nov 2021, Tramsschapp (L)
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Carré Rotondes, What Water, 1 - 5 Dec 2021, Luxembourg (L)
2019
ARTinfect IV, The PFAFF Project, 29 - 30 Aug 2019, Kaiserslautern (D)
2018
Millerntor Gallery, Viva Con Agua, FC St. Pauli, indentiKEY, 5 - 8 Jul 2018, Hamburg (D)
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Schwaarzt Haus, 1 Jun - 1 Jul 2018, Luxembourg (L)
2017
BTK, 404 Exhibition Not Found, 27 - 29 Sep 2017, Berlin (D)
AWARDS, CONTESTS & PARTICIPATION
2021
Artist Residency, Cape Verde
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Book Release ‘De Moler vu Koler’
2018
Street Art Awards BENELUX, nominee in the category 'Young Talent', Rotterdam (NL)
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Kufa Urban Art Festival, Kulturfabrik, 14 July 2018, Esch-sur-Alzette (L)
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Secret Wars, 1. Prize, live art battle with 'Scribblaholics', Hamburg (D)
2017
Award for ‘Make Koler Kooler’ best project at the BTK Art & Design, Berlin (D)
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Food For Your Senses Festival, collaboration with Stick, Luxembourg (L)
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Secret Wars, 1. Prize, live art battle with 'Scribblaholics', Hamburg (D)