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Nathan Wyburn (born 1989) is a Welsh artist & media personality who has created celebrity portraits and pop culture imagery with non-traditional mediums such as foods and other household items. ==Biography== Wyburn is from Ebbw Vale, South Wales and studied portraiture at both GCSE and A-level. After leaving school he undertook a degree in Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art & Design. He became an internet star in 2010, when he posted a YouTube video of himself creating a portrait of TV personality Simon Cowell, made using Marmite on toast. Alongside other time lapse videos Wyburn has gained in excess of 10 million video views. He was featured on the BBC children's TV programme, Blue Peter.〔 He subsequently featured on other TV shows, including ITV News and Sky Sports, where he created a portrait of England football manager Fabio Capello using bolognese sauce and pasta. He received messages of support from celebrities including singer Katherine Jenkins and pop star Justin Bieber.〔 In 2011 Wyburn appeared as a contestant on the TV talent show ''Britain's Got Talent'', where he created a portrait judge Michael McIntyre again using Marmite on toast. He reached the semi-finals where he attempted elaborate portraits of Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, but failed to live up to expectations, with the judges telling him he had taken on too much in the short time available. This also led to other television appearances such as Daybreak and Lorraine. He later decided to create an image of Queen Elizabeth II, as he had missed out on the prize to meet her. In 2012, at the height of the News International phone hacking scandal, Wyburn's portrait of Rupert Murdoch, made from 5,000 images of alleged phone-hacking victims, appeared on the front page of ''The Guardian''. Wyburn's work was also recognized as part of the London 2012 Olympic Games under Education Relays when he held a one-off edible art exhibition, featuring British Olympians at Bournemouth Arts College and quoted "Amazing" by Diver Tom Daley. In 2013 he entered the Austrian equivalent talent contest, ''Die große Chance'', finishing in the last fifteen and gaining praise from Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst after creating her portrait using glitter. Other international projects for Wyburn include creating toothpaste art at the '15th International Dental Congress' in Istanbul and a 10-day stint in a purpose-built glass container in the centre of Helsinki, where he created over 50 portraits of Felix Ketchup fans using the product, boosting sales by 18%. Wyburn continued to have TV appearances including a performance on the Spanish version of Don't Stop Me Now (TV series) and Sky Portrait Artist Of The Year. Shortly after the death of Margaret Thatcher, Wyburn created a portrait of her using coal. He said:
The artwork won 1st prize in a nationwide open art competition entitled ''Britain's Got Artists'' judged by George Galloway. Brands such as Marmite, Bic, Oral-B, Costa, Starbucks, Morrisons and Hovis have independently commissioned Wyburn.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Artist Paints a Taylor Swift Portrait Using Starbucks Coffee )〕 Wyburn's work has received plaudits from a number of celebrity admirers including Perez Hilton,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Nathan Wyburn – Interview )〕 Stephen Fry, Ruby Rose, Tyler Oakley,Joanna Lumley, Keith Lemon and Alan Carr. From 1 August to 21 September 2014 Wyburn exhibited at the Cardiff Story Museum. Previous exhibitions include Barnabas Arts House and Queens Arcade, Cardiff. In May 2015 Wyburn created a portrait of the new Royal baby using 1,000 babygrows. In May 2015 he also created a portrait of Welsh rugby international Adam Jones using mud.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Cwtch'' magazine )〕 For Father's Day 2015 Wyburn teamed up with Morrison's supermarket to create pizzas featuring five famous fathers: David Beckham, Tom Fletcher, Gary Barlow Simon Cowell and Marvin Humes. Other notable works by Wyburn include Miley Cyrus painted entirely with his tongue, David Beckham painted with his feet, Jesus Christ using chocolate and Lady Gaga using Coca Cola. Wyburn had pinned his success on his self confessed "Warhol like obsession" with Pop Culture and the notion of celebrity. His biggest artistic influences are Andy Warhol, Chuck Close and Vik Muniz. In a September 2015 interview with the BBC, Wyburn said of his own work: "It is current to current affairs and current to pop culture. I don't see why that should not be shown in a gallery, in the Tate Gallery or the National Gallery" adding "I do strive to be taken seriously. It would be nice to get that sort of recognition." He had recently learned that he would be taught as part of the GCSE art curriculum in Wales and he described the possibility of himself being mentioned in the same lesson as his hero Andy Warhol as "mind-blowing". Wyburn is also highlighted in two editions of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! franchise books. In November 2015 his book ''Not That Kind of Art'' was publihsed by Candy Jar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nathan Wyburn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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