Durt, Elzo
Complete Works 2003-2016
Elzo Durt was born in Brussels in 1980. Following an adolescence drenched in skateboarding and punk culture, he graduated in 2003 with a degree in graphic design from the Ecole de Recherche Graphique (GraphicResearchSchool) in Brussels - and began to flood Belgium with his psychedelic and punkoïd images. Over the years he established his reputation for designing posters and album covers for many different bands and labels - Thee Oh Sees, Frustration, La Femme, Le Prince Harry, Magnetix, Jack Of Heart, to name a few. He also designed visuals for skate- and snowboards brands such as Carhartt, Rome and Flip, and for clothing brands like Lacoste and Step Art. Elzo's cheerfully morbid universe can be seen today on magazine covers, festival posters, album covers, and newspapers such as Le Monde. With his works printed on silkscreen, he traveled all over Europe, and even crossed the Atlantic to exhibit his artwork in the United States. "Elzo does not draw, he arranges, repacks, deforms, sublimates shapes, engraves, and takes photos here and there. It's almost impossible to guess the sources or detect the elements which are at the base of his images." ~Jean-Baptiste Guillot/Born Bad.