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Oscar Wilson joins Début Art / New Artist

Oscar Wilson joins Début Art / New Artist

We are very pleased to announce that an old friend of Début Art, Oscar Wilson, will now part of our roster.

We have worked with Oscar for many years now on a project to project basis so it's great to finally be able to show his work in all its glory.

Studio Oscar was founded in London by Oscar Wilson in 1996.

Specialising in image creation and hand crafted typography, Oscar Wilson produces work for a wide variety of clients, with commissions from the advertising world, fashion, publishing, film and TV.

Previous clients include: Crisis, Fabric, Guinness, Honda, Levi's, MTV, Nike, NME, Orange, Penguin, Sky TV, Stüssy, Transport For London, The Observer, Time Out, Twentieth Century Fox, Virgin Atlantic, Visit London, Volkswagen.

Agencies: AMV BBDO, Arnold Worldwide, M&C Saatchi, Mother, RKCR Y&R, Start Creative, WCRS, WWAV Rapp Collins.

Oscar Wilson also works collaboratively with (brother) Ben Wilson on 3D and interior projects, under the ‘Wilson Brothers’ banner. Clients for the Wilson Brothers include: Brooks, Honda, Nike, Stüssy Japan.

Oscar is available and ready to take on any new projects now so please do get in touch.

In the meantime, check out his full portfolio here.

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