Artists Archives • Simply Petrol

Alexander Nikolov

May 26, 2017

The affinity in photography led Alexander to his Master degree in Photographic Arts. Born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria his main artistic interest is on contemporary art, especially minimalistic photography. His works were featured in numerous exhibitions and were selected for high-end contests. He relies both on analog and digital cameras for his shoots and sometimes Alexander even grabs his smartphone. Continue Reading

Evan DeCiren

April 19, 2017

Evan DeCiren was born and raised in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland in the humble family of a superbike mechanic. Naturally, he spent a lot of time in the camper of his father team Honda HRC during various competitions across Europe. Evan has developed a great affinity for comic art and since he was a kid, he wanted to be a designer. And succeeded in a spectacular manner. Continue Reading

Džiugas Valančauskas

March 23, 2017

It was 1996. She, a BMW e30 M3, stood provocatively in the street near my block of flats. My first love, she opened my eyes and ripped my heart apart. I could only stand and stare. Touching her was forbidden. My first time happened at school when with my bare hands I squeezed the wheel of a 325i. Why do we always want what’s out of reach? From that moment on, the BMW 3-series coupe became a hole in my heart which I knew I would have to fill one day. Continue Reading

Yasena Popova

March 23, 2017

Yasena Popova has two degrees one in Architecture and another in Art of Photography. She is among the promising young photographers in her country, Bulgaria. Her early works got recognition and gave her nomination for the Essl Art Award. A few years later, she won the Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for contemporary art and participated in International Gyeonggi Ansan Art Fair, South Korea. Continue Reading

W. Flemming

February 13, 2017

Flemming is a digital artist with a traditional painting background. Long time Formula One fan, she has always been passionate about automobiles. After finishing her degree in communicative arts, she worked in advertisement; where she developed a taste for digital automotive art and eventually turned to illustration. Continue Reading

Terry Smith

February 3, 2017

Born and raised in Detroit, Terry Smith has been a part of the Commercial Art Scene since 1953. Back then it was Automotive Illustration with art board, Windsor Newton Designers’ watercolors, paint brushes and airbrushes instead of Photography and Computer Graphics. Throughout the late sixties and early seventies, he was painting car illustrations for catalogs and national ads for the big three automotive companies. Continue Reading

Joel Clark

January 19, 2017

His love of Motorsport, and anything-on-wheels, stretches back to childhood and growing up near to Silverstone. Joel`s father would take him to vintage race meets throughout the 80’s, resulting in his obsession with cars and bikes.

Upon leaving school, Joel took a job designing and making vinyl stickers for race teams, with a Sign maker based at the circuit. This is where he learnt the skill of ‘hand-cutting’ vinyl. However Joel soon decided to go to Art College and 6 years later, left to pursue a career as a Creative in Advertising – working in some of the world’s biggest agencies. Continue Reading

Ankur Singh

December 7, 2016

Ankur Singh is a full-time transportation designer at Design Storz, Austria.

His passion for art began at a tender age when he began experimenting with different forms of art. He soon developed an innate love for cars and motorbikes. This passion drove him towards concept art and finally towards the design industry. He now holds a double masters degree in Industrial and Transportation Design from Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milano. Continue Reading

Pete Dials

November 17, 2016

Peter Dials is a full-time Graphic Designer and part-time artist with degrees in Fine Art and Graphic Design. Peter’s passion for the automobile stretches back to his childhood, with his first word being “car.” As a child, he was always drawing cars but as he got older his art interests entered the fine arts and abstract painting. However, his passion for automobiles and racing never left. He was fortunate enough to grow up near the iconic Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course where he was able to get up-close and personal with race cars that fueled his passion. He now spends his time at Mid-Ohio tracking his own car when the opportunity arises. Continue Reading

Vilner Studio

November 1, 2016

Vilner is automotive design studio dedicated to automotive makeovers both inside and out. It got international attention with few bold projects presenting how an ordinary vehicle can stand out in style. Their unique style and excellent production quality are widely renowned, as noted by many international automotive related media, including Top Gear, Auto Bild, and Jalopnik. Continue Reading

Ilya Avakov

October 16, 2016

Ilya Avakov is a gifted artist with a degree in Industrial Design from the Art Academy in the picturesque St. Petersburg. While working as an industrial designer, Ilya became a craving for drawing and illustrations. He started creating his own digital illustrations, then left the computer for genuine painting with acrylic. Continue Reading

Paolo Villarubia

September 10, 2016

Paolo Villarubia is a young and promising industrial design student from the Art Institute of Orange County, California. He is following his passion and aiming towards a Transportation Design career. He has a deep passion for drawing cars ever since he first held a pencil. Continue Reading

Adam Ambro

September 8, 2016

Inspired by the urban landscape, Adam Ambro’s work looks to find beauty in less than obvious places. Beginning with a recycled canvas of newpaper, layers of pen, marker and whatever else happens to be within arm’s reach are added. The end result is a highly textured interpretation of some of the world’s most iconic adventuremobiles.

LAT Photography

August 26, 2016

The LAT archive is one of the largest motoring and motor sport picture collections in the world with over 12 million colour images and black and white negatives dating back to 1895.

David Marchal

August 2, 2016

David is born and raised in Belgium where he got his degree in Interior Architecture. He is an experienced 3D artist with a unique approach in terms of photorealism, composition, colors and light. He is playful with existing shapes in order to create new ones presented in entirely different context.

David Pisani

June 14, 2016

David Pisani is a professional photographer specialized in architecture and urban reportage. He is mostly known for his passion for Black and White photography and is an avid darkroom printer. Continue Reading

Lukasz Myszynski

May 12, 2016

Polish designer and artist, Łukasz Myszynski is born in 1988. He graduated from The Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw (Poland) and Scuola Politecnica di Design Milano (Italy) with Masters Degree in Car Design. During his Masters Course, he worked in collaboration with both Audi and Lamborghini, creating special prototype project designs.

Petr Pereshivaylov

April 17, 2016

Born and raised in Moscow, Petr Pereshivaylov is Russian transportation designer professionally engaged in automotive art. He is into cars and drawing since a kid who now is reputable automotive artist. Pereshivaylov prefers to create his #finecarart using oil and canvas. Petr has brilliant approach in capturing and transferring motion on his artworks. Continue Reading

Luis Ferrera

February 29, 2016

Native from Buenos Aires, Luis Ferrera has degrees in mechanics and graphic design. He was inspired to dedicate his artistic skills to cars by Hector Luis Bergandi and his work for CORSA magazine.

Joro Panchev

January 29, 2016

We know Joro Panchev as an artist with unabated energy to create. He paints, capture moments, invent visual content, which predicts trends and creates value in mass visual culture. Continue Reading

Nicolas Cancelier

January 26, 2016

Nicollas Cancelier is born in a family of artistic parents. When he was still very young one of his neighbors, a mechanic, brought him to races at Spa and Nurburgring.