Exhibitions
2022
January, Exhibition planned in Warsaw + WOSP, Poland (dates TBA)
September 3-30th . Devon Open Studios - In Harmony with Chaos w May Allerfeldt, Helen Ely, Caroline Wallis at the Tavistock Wharf, Tavistock, Devon, UK
2021
May/June, Pop-Up Arts St Austell exhibitions, White River Place, St Austell , UK
June 15th, Powderham Castle Sketching day
July- Auguest- English Riviera Summer Open, Artizan Collective, Torquay , UK
July 2-3: Focus Group Exhibition with Linda Mary Jones and Caroline Wallis at White River Place, St Austell Cornwall, UK
July 10-11, Poltimore House Art Exhibition, Devon, UK
July 23-31, The Walronds, Cullompton, Devon, UK
August 8- September 4th : Northern Valhalla, Project by S.Mark Gubbs and Gordon Dalton commissioned by Eden Arts Route A66, Middlesborough, UK
September 11-26 : Devon Open Studios
October 22-24, Parallax Art Fair, Kensington, London, UK
October 16-2021 to April 18 2022, GOTH- Designing Darkness, Design Museum Den Bosch, The Netherlands
November 20-26, Thanksgiving Craft Market, Beachcomber / TAAG Teignmouth, Devon, UK
November 26-January 4th, Market House, St Austell, Cornwall UK
2020
January 11-25, Jazz Metal, Joint exhibition at Klubokawiarnia “No Problem”, Bracka 20, Warsaw
January 12, WOSP, Main Hub at Plac Teatralny, Warsaw, Poland
February 1. Pop Up St Austell, Group Show, ST Austell, Cornwall
March 14th, Pop Up St Austell miniatures, Group Show, St Austell, Cornwall
April 15 to ???, Jarocin, Poland
November 23-27, Just A Card, Devon, UK
2019
January 13, WOSP, Kutnowski Dom Kultury, Kutno,
January 19, Live drawing demonstration at the MCP APACHE, Fontaine l'Évêque.
February 1- 23 The Totnes Exhibition, Paperworks, Totnes
March 12-25, Exhibition with many artists at the Glorious Arts House, Fore St, Exeter
April 18-22, Inferno Fest, Oslo, Norway
April-June, Lost and Found Art Exeter, Pop Up Gallery, Fore Street, Exeter
May 18, Black Metal Brewery, Glasgow, Scotland
July Lost and Found Art Exmouth, display of art at Savage Rose Tattoos shop, Exmouth
August 7-11, Brutal Assault Festival, Josefov, Czech Republic
August 20- Sept 8th , Secret Seaside Town, Exmouth Marina Beach Hotel, Exmouth
September 5-23, Joint show at South Lawn Terrace with Nadezhda Bespoke Portraits, Devon Artist Network Open Studios, Heavitree, Exeterk
September 19-20-21, Back to the Future Art, Powderham Castle, Devon, UK
October 5th, Fun Palace, Exmouth Library, Artworks on display until ???
November 22-24, Darkness Guides Us, Glasgow, Scotland
November 22-January 18th 2020, English Riviera Winter Open group show, Torquay
2018
January 27 to Feb???. Xpanded Universe Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, USA
February, The Art Of You, Artizan gallery, Torquay, UK
March 5-11, WooHoo, The Ocean, Exmouth, UK
April 7, Metalmania, (Emperor, Asphyx…) Spodek, Katowice, Poland
May 22-28, Exeter Arts Week, Phoenix and Exeter Community Centre, UK
June 2nd, Acorn, Penzance, UK
June 13-19, The Fish Factory, Falmouth, UK
July- August, Art-Mazing, Powderham Castle near Exeter, UK
July- August- Artizan Summer Open, Torquay, UK
September 8-23, Devon Open Studios, Chulmleigh
October 19-21, Black Mourning Light Festival, Edmonton, AL, Canada
November 25- December 8, Starry Starry Night-Art in the Dark, Premier Inn, Exmouth
November. Release of “Mandy, movie produced by Panos Cosmatos (feat. Nick Cage)
November Release of “The Dresden Dolls” logo on merchandise (Amanda Palmer’s band)
December 1st -January 8, Darkening Ligne Claire, La Cite Libreria Caffe, Borgo San Frediano, Florence, Italy
2017
January 19-22, “Reverie Sylvestre” Joint exhibition themed on the forest, held at “Café Chez Alain”, Stree, Belgium
April 26-30, SWR Barroselas Metalfest XX, Portugal (w/Mayhem, Aborted, Venom Inc, Dead Congregation, The Ominous Circle, Oranssi Pazuzu, Enlighten…)
June 11th, Black II – The Gathering at the Rickshaw theatre, Vancouver BC, Canada
July 21-29, Devon Artist Network exhibition at Redpod Arts Studio, Ivybridge, Devon, UK
September 17th to 30th, ,A Journey To the Lost Homelands, Kafeneio Eleftheria, Drama, Greece
October, working on the logo of USA super-band Thy Antichrist.
October 24th to November 2nd, Cunoașterea tăcută, Voynich café, Sighișoara, Romania
November 4th, Marks and Musicals, 62 Doors, Minot, North Dakota
2016
June 9-20, Vancouver, Canada, BLACK exhibition, with the photography of Peter Beste and Kevin Eisenlord, at the Evergreen Cannabis society in Kitsilano, Vancouver BC,, Canada
June 30th, London, . Cult Visions exhibition/book launch with Dayal Patterson and Billie Webster
August, Rihanna “metal” logo that got display on a 100 ft banner for her show at the VMA Awards
September11th-18th , Gdansk, Poland, Joint Exhibition with Slawomir Nietupski, Leszek Wojnicz Sianorzecki , Klubogaleria “Bunkier”
October 4th-11th, Words & Pictures – A collaboration between visual artists and word-smiths around Devon”
November 5th-27th, HHH Gallery and Usugrow, Tokyo, Japan,
November, Metallica “Mayhem tribute logo” and ManUNkind logo that adorned the video with the same name
December 2nd, Release of the movie Lord of the Logos by Luke Hagan, screening at the Exeter Phoenix, UK
December 8th to January 8th, Devon Artist Network exhibition at the Flavel, Dartmouth, Devon, UK
2015
January 14-May31st, Marks of Metal, Odense. Group show with a. o. Kristian Wahlin a. k. a. Necrolord. Live band on the opening night: Solbrud. This show got covered by TV3 FYN
January 17th -Feb1st, Exhibition at "Stoberiet" community venture, in Copenhagen, Denmark; Solo show; Live band on the opening night: Chainfist
March, Release of Logos from Hell" part 2, compiled by Mark Riddick and published by Doomentia Press. This compendium offers a glimpse into the most extreme movement of logo identity branding in the history of graphic design. This 600-page tome is a visual onslaught of logo illustrations—for the heaviest metal bands on the planet—conjured by over thirty artists in the industry, including Christophe Szpajdel, Chris Moyen, Daniel Corcuera, Putrid, Kam Lee, Steve Crow, Kris Verwimp, Alan Corpse, Christopher Horst, Alemsahim, Diego Hellbastard, Antichrist Kramer, Toshihiro Egawa, Thomas Westphal, Raoul Mazzero, and many more! Compiled by underground death metal illustrator—Mark Riddick, with foreward by Michel “Away” Langevin—of Voivod fame—Logos from Hell seeks to inspire, bewilder, and challenge the reader to embrace sound design principles guised by the monstrous. Unleashed by one of the rising leaders in extreme metal music audio/visual publishing, Doomentia Records and Press, Logos from Hell is the perfect addition to your library whether you’re a metal music fan or a visual expert.
April-August: Mural commissioned by Revolution sprititual healing shop/Valhalla Cafe, long Fore Street, Exeter
June: Rebranding the names of the candidates for the 2016 US Presidential elections
September 26th, An evening of Black Metal and Art, Flux Capacitor, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Sept-Oct; Outsider Industries exhibitions with Luca Devinu, TBA, USA
Oct-Nove, Exhibitions TBA, Eugene, OR, USA
October-November: Discovery Trip to Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Kamakura, Mount Fuji...)
2014
February 13th to April 15th, Impromptu show at the Tobacco House, Exeter
March 22nd to April 22nd, Ego Fine Art, Redondo Beach, CA, USA,
March 29th, Showcase at Bonds 007, San Antonio, Texas *CANCELLED due to denied passage by US Homeland Security at Philadelphia Airport*
April 11th to June, Inspired By Black Metal, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
April 17th to 21st, Crepusculum Australe/Blacken the Globe, Alice Springs, Australia
May 11th, Rosemount Hotel, (with Malignant Monster...)Perth, Australia
September 6th, Gohelle Fest (with Napalm Death, Kreator, Loudblast...), near Lille, France
October 3rd -4th, Vimaranes Metallum Fest, Guimaraes, Portugal
October 3rd to10th , Murmures D'Outre Tombe at the Nerdiest Showroom in Meltdown Comics,7522 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046
November 18th to Jan 2nd, Jabberwocky, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter
November 22nd, Metalwarzone Festival, Show curated by Nino Meija, hosting other artists, a. o. Tony Koehl....at the Airliner, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2013
February 18-March 1st, Trerise Gallery, The Hoe, Plymouth, group show with various local artists.
March 16-April 1st, Fish factory Arts Space, Falmouth, group show with a. o. Andre Coelho ...
June 2013: Santa Maria Summer Fest, Display of 8 logos on A3 format at the Casa da Cultura. Beja, Alentejo, Portugal
September-October 2013: Ancient Modernism, New Zealand: Group show with Keri-Mei Zagrobelna, Nick Keller, Alex "Bad News" Brown, Jared Holland, 2 shows in 2 different cities roughly at the same time. This event got covered by TV3 News- Nightline
September 28th; Auckland: Nature: Art + Design, Live band on the opening night: Undiscovered Moons Of Saturn
October 1st; Wellington: Rogue&Vagabond, Live band on the opening night: Tin Foil Hats And The Apocalypse Swing Band.
October 26th, Aurora Infernalis Festival, Arnhem, The Netherlands
October 29th, Rebranding the names of 11 Famous brands
October 31st (Hallowe'en) to Christmas, the MACABRE EXHIBITION, The Old Press, 10 Biddicks Court, St Austell PL25 5EW, UK. Group show with local artists. a. o. Leanna White, Caroline Gascoigne...
2012
January -March 2012: Black Thorns in the White Cube - Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO and Western Exhibitions, Chicago USA
May -September 2012: Graphic Design-Now in Production- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, USA
August 2012: Wacken open Air. Large Outdoor light projections of my own renditions of the Wacken logo, Collaboration with Aerosol Lights, Germany.
September 2012-???: Graphic Design-Now in Production- Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2011
September 6th-21st: Devon Open Studios, Venue: North Bridge Inn, Exeter, UK, Group Show with Jamie Malone, Alex Garnett, Amy Cummins, Jeremy Regnum Art, Andre Coelho, Emma Pike, Phil Kyle, Caroline Rodrigues...
September 11th-23rd, Magnum Opus Tattoo Gallery, Brighton, UK solo show
October 20th-November: Little Krimminals, Studio Krimm, Berlin, Germany
October 2011-February 2012: Graphic Design-Now in Production- Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, USA
2010
January 27th, release of the long awaited book Lord Of The Logos" on Gestalten
January 29th: Mini-exhibition (solo show) at the Exeter Central Library
October 25-30th, Music and Image Festival, Rotterdam . Speech at Cinerama about the dynamics of creating a logo and exhibition at Roodkapje, Downtown Rotterdam
December, creation of the Official Websites, www.devonartistnetwork.co.uk/CSzpajdel and www.facebook.com/christophe.szpajdel
2009
Art Deco themed Exhibition curated by Stephen which occured in Newport, Oregon
2008
Release of Mark Riddick's compendium book "Logos From Hell", displaying 17 artworks alongside with Chris Moyen, Kris Verwimp, Medan Savamhel (Ba'al Graphics), Daniel Desecrator, Lou Rusconi, Rob Smits...
2007
September 29th. Autumn Equinox Festival: Showcase of artworks and live drawing session at Dingbatz, Clifton, NJ, USA with bands performing: Havohej, Nightbringer, Bloodstorm, Witchtomb, Baphomet's Horns, Cyberchrist, Tribulation, Engorge, Ash, Kvlt Ov Azazel