Fortuna Düsseldorf is back in the Bundesliga. After five years in the second division, the traditional club has won promotion this season, and the whole city is celebrating. Shortly before the start of the new Bundesliga season, Pretty Portal is dedicating a very special exhibition to these "promotion heroes".Players, Coaches and LegendsAt the heart of the show are portraits of the current players and coaches who made promotion possible. Among others, there are works featuring Oliver Fink, Andreas "Lumpi" Lambertz, Rouwen Hennings, Axel Bellinghausen, Benito Raman, Adam Bodzek and Marcel Sobottka. Further portraits pay tribute to club legends such as Toni Turek and Gerd Zewe. The exhibition is rounded off by calligraphic works and a special "Fortuna ghost" by street artist PDOT, whose ghosts have become an integral part of Düsseldorf's cityscape.Urban Art with a Düsseldorf ConnectionFittingly, curator Klaus Rosskothen invited only urban and street artists with a connection to Düsseldorf, who engaged with Fortuna Düsseldorf for this exhibition. On show are works by Brian Storm, DECYCLE, DXTR, KJ263, L.E.T., Mexer, Mindix, ONI, PDOT, Roman Klonek, Strassenmaid and Tom71. All works were created especially for the exhibition and are available for purchase.Limited Screen Print EditionsLimited screen print editions are being produced for the exhibition from the portraits of Oliver Fink and Benito Raman, painted by Brian Storm and DXTR the Weird respectively. They will be available from the opening night onwards in the gallery and in our online shop at €95. Part of the proceeds will go to Fortuna Düsseldorf's youth work and youth academy.Opening with FortunaRealised in cooperation with Fortuna Düsseldorf, the exhibition opens on 9 August at the gallery in Düsseldorf-Bilk. The artists and several Fortuna players will be present at the opening."Aufstiegshelden" Fortuna meets Urban ArtA group exhibition with works by Brian Storm, DECYCLE, DXTR, KJ263, L.E.T., Mexer, Mindix, ONI, PDOT, Roman Klonek, Strassenmaid and Tom71Opening Thursday, 9 August 2018, 7 – 10 pmExhibition 10 August – 21 September 2018Pretty Portal Brunnenstraße 12 40223 Düsseldorf

A year full of exhibitions, encounters and new works is drawing to a close. To round off the year, we are bringing together 16 artists who shape the Pretty Portal programme in a large group exhibition. There is no overarching theme, but instead a broad cross-section of the diversity of urban contemporary art.Prints and EditionsOne focus of the exhibition is on prints and editions. Screen prints, woodcuts and other printmaking techniques have a long tradition in urban art. Closely linked to the history of the poster and the stencil, they make it possible to bring a pictorial idea to a wider audience in a limited edition. As a rule, the sheets are signed and numbered, and with hand-pulled editions in particular, small variations make each impression something special.For collectors, editions are an ideal way to get started, and for many a chance to own works by their favourite artists. And anyone still looking for a special gift will find a real treasure trove here, especially in the run-up to Christmas.16 PositionsOn show are works by BTOY, DECYCLE, FAKE, Fin DAC, ICY & SOT, L.E.T., Limow, Natalia Rak, Otto Schade, PDOT, Pixelpancho, Roman Klonek, Rowan Newton, Shai Dahan, Sokar Uno and Wolfgang Krell. The range extends from stencils and paste-ups to figurative painting, drawing and woodcuts. Artists from Düsseldorf are shown alongside international positions from across Europe and the USA.YEAR END SHOW 2016Opening Friday, 2 December 2016, 7 – 10 pmExhibition 2 December 2016 – 10 February 2017Pretty Portal Brunnenstraße 12 40223 Düsseldorf

Groupshow feat. A1ONE, BTOY, DECYCLE, ELIOT, FinDAC, JANA&JS, kurznachzehn, L.E.T., Orticanoodles, Tankpretrol, Wolfgang Krell

On the street, repetition is what counts: a stencil allows a motif to be applied quickly, again and again. In the gallery, something else comes to the fore. Here it is about the technique each artist has found for themselves, a visual language that can be recognised at first glance, and the concept, the idea behind the image. In short: the artistic signature.Originals and editionsIn STENCILS ONLY 2013 we present original works by Jana & JS, L.E.T., Tankpetrol and Stefan Winterle. We are also showing the latest editions by BTOY, DECYCLE, Fin DAC and Orticanoodles, released by Pretty Portal in November and December 2013.Jana & JSJana & JS are an artist couple, she from Austria, he from France. They spray portraits based on their own photographs, often of themselves, on walls, wood and found objects.L.E.T.L.E.T. stands for “Les Enfants Terribles”. Since 1992 the Düsseldorf artist has shaped the streets of his home town with stencils and paste-ups. He already took part in STENCILS ONLY in 2011.TankpetrolBorn in Poland, Tankpetrol lives in Manchester, where he discovered stencil art. His works mostly centre on women in military-style clothing, surrounded by animals, geometric shapes and self-designed lettering.Stefan WinterleStefan Winterle was born in Lörrach in 1976 and started doing graffiti in 1993. Since 2000 he has focused entirely on cutting and spraying stencils, a process he describes as meditative: while preparing a set of stencils, he analyses the motif and plans the colours. Since 2010 he has also been curator of the Carhartt Gallery in Weil am Rhein.BTOYBTOY is the Barcelona artist Andrea Michaelsson. Her stencils are based on photographs and focus on strong female figures. In February she showed her solo exhibition The dispossessed with us.DECYCLE“Multi-layered is probably the best word for it,” says DECYCLE of his style (translated). Each picture is made from several stencils, one per colour, which are layered on top of each other to create the final motif. The content is multi-layered too: DECYCLE does not want to make a definitive statement but to make people think, and it is precisely the different interpretations that matter to him. His name stands for breaking out of habitual patterns of thought and out of his own daily routine, and for art that makes its way to places where no one expects it: the street.Fin DACThe Irish artist Fin DAC lives in London. He is known for portraits of women with a coloured band across the eyes, combining stencil and freehand painting.OrticanoodlesOrticanoodles are the Italian artist couple Alita and Wally from Milan. They are known for unusually complex, multi-layered stencil works.“STENCILS ONLY 2013” BTOY, DECYCLE, Fin DAC, Jana & JS, L.E.T., Orticanoodles, Tankpetrol, Stefan Winterle Vernissage: Friday, 22 November 2013 Exhibition: 22 November – 23 December 2013 Pretty Portal, Brunnenstraße 12, 40223 DüsseldorfNote (2026): Stefan Winterle ran the gallery in Weil am Rhein, now Colab Gallery, as its curator for a total of 14 years.

Urban Art Künstler setzen sich intensiv mit verschiedenen Drucktechniken bei der Erstellung ihrer Werke auseinander. Als Paste-Ups sehen wir sie in den Straßen, wo sie Teil unserer alltäglichen Wahrnehmung werden. Die Ausstellung „Prints & Editions“ konzentriert sich daher auf diesen Aspekt. Zu sehen sind Holzschnitte, Radierungen und insbesondere Siebdrucke von 2SickBastards, Arno Beck, Base23, BTOY, C215, Decycle, L.E.T., Mexer, Mr. Penfold, Orticanoodles, Remed, Roman Klonek, Sam3, SMASH137, Sweet Toof, Tom Brane und weiteren Künstlern, die von Pretty Portal vertreten werden. Zudem zeigt die Galerie Drucke aus eigener Sammlung, darunter Arbeiten von Blek le Rat, Nick Walker, Paul Insect, Dolk, Faile und Hush. 2SickBastards, Arno Beck, Base23, BTOY, C215, Decycle, DOLK, Faile, Hush, L.E.T., Mexer, Mr. Penfold, Nick Walker, Oliver Räke (MAGIC), Orticanoodles, Paul Insect, Remed, Roman Klonek, Sam3, Shepard Fairey, SMASH137, Sweet Toof, Tom Brane, Valentina Brostean, u.a. Ausstellung : 30.03.-28.4.2012 Vernissage: 30.03.2012, 19-22h