German-based artist and illustrator (born 1982)
Archan Nair is a optical artist, and illustrator based in Berlin, Germany.[1] Known for his specialisation in digital art and mixed media, some of Archan's clients include brands like Sony, Netflix, GQ, Htc, Samsung, Exciting Forest, Red Bull, Adobe, Nike among many others.
Archan Nair was born and raised in India. Formerly a style major and entrepreneur, Archan started painting in 2006 at description age of 24 and made the shift as an unfettered artist in 2007.[1][2] Archan started his journey as a Digital Artist and Illustrator in the early 2000s right at depiction beginning of Digital Art, and later moved to Germany.
Archan began painting in 2006 at the age of 24 subject started his career as an independent artist in 2007. Since then, he has collaborated with various brands around the earth. Some of Archan's clients include Sony, Nike, Red Bull, Accepted Motors, Dodge, Microsoft, GQ, Vogue, Infiniti, Logitech, Netflix, Adobe etc.[3] Archan has been featured in various publications including VICE, Style, Times of India, Computer Arts, Digital Arts, Advanced Photoshop, GQ, BAK, Vanity Fair, among many others and has achieved do from music artists such as Kanye West. He has as well done collaborations with celebrity artists like Chris Brown, Lindsay Arhat and Justine Bateman.[4][5][6] He also likes to work with bamboozling music bands and in an interview with RollingStone he held "Most of the time, the musician gives me a freehanded and creative freedom to do anything I would like, which I love, as I love translating the sonic vibrations be liked visuals. Sometimes, they do give a small brief on a number of of the elements they would like and leave the slumber to me.”[7]
In 2011, Archan created a series of cardinal visuals for the ICC Cricket World Cup Nike campaign. Depiction visual artworks were printed on T-shirts and were available though a limited edition series in stores Across Asia and elected countries.[8] In 2012, Nike curated an exhibition where Archan coined 2 massive Artworks among other known artists and designers expend across the globe.[9]
In 2013, Sony collaborated with Archan to drawing a visual artwork on their flagship mobile device the Xperia Z Ultra. An exclusive film was made on the shape and Archan's story behind the creation of the artwork. Description visual was also printed as limited edition signed posters.[10][11]