MadC

MadC (born Claudia Walde, 1980) is a graffiti writer and muralist. She was born in Bautzen, Germany, and is most known for her large-scale, outdoor artistic paintings.

MadC started as a teenage graffiti writer and has since developed her creative endeavors into various related fields (including as graphic design, writing, and fine art). MadC painted her first graffiti piece in 1996, being 16 years old. She studied at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle and Central Saint Martins College in London. MadC carries a master's degree in graphic design.

Major works Books (as Claudia Walde) Sticker City – Paper Graffiti Art (2007) Street Fonts - Graffiti Alphabets From Around The World (2011). Work from 154 artists, ranging from 30 different countries. In the creation of the book, MadC directed artists to use international alphabets that she had spent two years traveling the world to collect. Mural XXL (2015)

700 Wall Her major international breakthrough came however in 2010 with the production of the work that has become known as the 700-Wall – a 700 square-meter work along the train line between Berlin and Halle. This painting is most likely the largest graffiti mural created by a single person, taking four months to finish.

Art style MadC's move from street art to gallery work was a transformation, as she explains, "taking the street energy to a canvas and how spray paint translated differently onto canvas". She later moved on to 'Spectra' Paint, which had a transparent effect on her work with spray paint. She has also been known to use ink, watercolor, acrylic paint and acrylic markers in her work.

Her tagging style incorporates science fiction and fantasy elements, and is influenced by such artists as Vincent Van Gogh and the late graffiti artist Dare (real name Siegfried von Koeding, whom she collaborated with on his piece Basel). Walde dedicated her piece 6313 – Here to Stay to Dare.

Mad C also works with spray paints on canvas. At her first solo gallery in 2015, Night and Day, she showcased works such as Nineteen Nineteen and Twenty One Zero Six. These works had either a black or white base (symbolic of her night and day work required of her for tagging), and investigated “the relationship between overlapping colors, light, glass and calligraphic movement”. 2013: Le Mur Paris (France) 2013: 500Wall (Germany), Graffiti 2019: 18-story mural New Jersey

Exhibitions 2011: MadABC, Pure Evil Gallery, London 2011: Between the Lines, La Grille Gallery, Yverdon, Switzerland 2012: Paper Party, Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris 2012: Team Rex, Red Gallery, London 2012: layers, 44309 Galerie, Dortmund, Germany 2012: Over the Edge, 1AM Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2013: Urban Contemporary Art, Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris 2013: Billboard Painters, Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark 2013: Innovative Art, Reutov Museum, Reutov, Russia 2014: First Taste, Wallworks New York, New York City 2014: Reflections, Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland 2015: Bits and Pieces, Wallworks New York, New York City 2015: Character, Pure Evil Gallery, London 2015: Night and Day, 44309 Street Art Gallery, Dortmund, Germany 2015: Who's Your Daddy? (group show), Lausanne, Switzerland 2015: The Bright Side of Life, Galerie Brugier-Rigail, Paris 2016: Home Sweet Home, Galerie Brugier-Rigail, Paris 2017: Urban Art Biennale, Völklinger Hütte, Saarbrücken, Germany 2017: For The Love of Freedom, Art and Museum Centre Sinkka, Finland 2018: Daydreaming, 44309 Street Art Gallery, Dortmund, Germany 2018: Rakkaudesta vapauteen, The Oulu Museum Of Art, Oulu, Finland 2019: Dialog, Brenners Park-Hotel, Baden-Baden, Germany 2019: Conquête Urbaine, Fine Arts Museum of Calais, France