Lastplak is a group of eleven painters with different backgrounds and diverse skills. Our goal is to paint, no matter what surface, size or location. Our work can be found all over the world, but our homebase is Rotterdam(Holland), so that's where most of our stuff can be seen.

Lastplak is:

Oles, Boortorrie, Sake, Acab, Grrt, Pinwin, Ox-Alien, Thor, Yen, Mayb & Sterf,

"Lastplak" is sort of a word-joke in the Dutch language, a contamination of the old fashioned word "lastpak" (:An annoying person , a "pain in the ass") and the word " plak " (from: "plakken" :

to stick, paste) Combining these words would mean something like an annoying sticker, an irritating person who puts up stickers or a disturbing message spread with the sticker as medium.

Lastplak started in 2000 as a one man project that through the years grew to the current collective of 11 artists with different roots in graffiti, design and (street-) art. They all operate individually and as a collective on murals, pieces, stencils, posters, stickers, paintings, etc. Every participating artist has there own specific characters, styles, inspirations and themes that are all put together in the melting pot where everybody interacts with each other's work, usually without a sketch.

Lastplak has many activities in public space. Besides stickers, paste ups and other, they initiated several large wall paintings and projects in the streets of Rotterdam, mostly spontaneously, self initiated and independent, playing the city's laws and procedures a bit.

Besides this they also do commissions and other paid projects, as long as they like the idea and can paint what they want. If there is a profit, it is mainly used to fund their independent projects..... or to get some more beers.

Projects vary from painting shop shutters, trucks and vans, several murals, a 700 m2 wall, a church, an entire street. exhibitions and later on live paint sessions at festivals, events, expo's and parties, from underground squatter parties to hipster dance clubs where they normally would be refused.entrance. During these events often other related artists who are invited to join in. There are frequently other guest appearances, collaborations and activities, as long as it is fun and a good time.

Since the collective started painting more on canvas, there have been several exhibitions in different galleries in Rotterdam and other cities of the Netherlands and later also abroad.

Check the website for more info and pictures.

www.lastplak.com