A Portrait of Mark Wardel | A Film by Bernd and Nacho | 2023

London, May 20th 2023
Artist Mark Wardel creates highly regarded David Bowie inspired art. Filmmakers Bernd and Nacho share Mark’s obsession with David Bowie in the 1970’s. And his desire to create art under David Bowie’s influence. The three arranged to meet up with each other for the first time, with cameras and recording equipment to document Mark’s art, his process and his story.
This film is day two of their time together.
Mark Wardel AKA TradeMark is a contemporary artist who as well as exhibiting his own painting and fine art, applies his technique to producing artwork/imagery for high profile clients in the entertainment, music and club industries.
Mark’s instantly recognisable work draws on influences from traditional portraiture to post punk graphics, New York street art of the 70s & 80s, Soviet-era propaganda posters, pop art and high-fashion imagery that explores issues of identity, portraiture and the self-created personae prevalent within the entertainment, club and urban sub-cultures. Mark has also featured on magazine and record covers as well as prestigious club campaigns worldwide.
Clients and Collectors include: David Bowie / Isolar New York City, Defected Records, V&A Museum, Daphne Guinness London, Soho House, Ministry Of Sound, Marc Almond, Kylie Minogue, Absolut Vodka and Boy George.
Mark Wardel lives and works in London.
markwardel.com
Nacho is known for creating and restoring archive music videos and documentaries. He has a popular TH-cam channel - Nacho's Videos - which boasts 30,000 subscribers and 15 million views.
Following David Bowie's death in 2016, Nacho started making Bowie videos and uploading them to his TH-cam channel. Nacho's Bowie videos get a lot of views and positive reactions.
In 2020, Nacho produced the documentary ‘David Bowie in New York 1980: The Elephant Man, Scary Monsters and Other Strange People’.
In 2021, Nacho re-released his documentary ‘David Bowie is The Man Who Fell to Earth’. The film received a lot of attention and praise, including from the original film’s director, Nic Roeg. It was endorsed by the official David Bowie Estate website and received commendation from Bowie’s wife, Iman.
In 2023, he released another documentary, David Bowie Live on Stage Earls Court London 1978 | Part 1
Nacho's work has been featured in many music magazines, including Rolling Stone, Rock & Folk, NME, online media channels such as Dangerous Minds and Far Out Magazine, and on the official David Bowie channel. Nacho has contributed to music documentaries and TV segments. He also undertakes "official" archive music video restoration work for artists and labels.
In 2021 one of Nacho’s documentaries was shown at the Wonderous Stories Film Festival in London. In 2022 and 2023, he appeared at the David Bowie World Fan Convention, in Liverpool and New York City.
Nacho lives and works in Hong Kong.
nachosvideos.com
Bernd Pick is a red haired German video editor who lives near Cologne.
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