SIGNIFICANT DATES
1981 A 10 year old Arron is at the forefront of the emerging graffiti art scene on the streets of Wolverhampton as he begins to be influenced and inspired by the hip-hop culture reaching the UK shores 1982 Arron sprays his first mural, ‘ Street Level ’ 1988 Arron received his first commission, a piece for EastfieldYouth Club who had been an important part of his youth growing up in Wolverhampton 1991 After almost a decade of honing his craft with a number of street art crews, Arron, and a fellow artist Redé, joined Goldie to work on a piece of graffiti art for Nike 1994 Arron, now known as Madtempa, launches Blind Mice Clothing, selling shirts featuring his unique graffiti art, and sees huge success as his clothing is adopted by underground skateboarding and hip hop communities worldwide 1996 Madtempa is instrumental in creating Britain’s longest ever graffiti production in Leicester 1997 Having now shortened his tag toTempa, he opens his first solo exhibition, ‘ Footsteps ’ inWolverhampton and sees visitor figures of over 3,000 people Designs t-shirt for major US skate brand, Airwalk, which sells 10,000 units in four weeks in the UK and continues to sell for the next six years
1998 Tempa becomes Temper; an evolution marked by a headline appearance at a Bristol graffiti festival ‘ Walls on Fire ’ organised by Banksy 1999 Temper’s second solo exhibition, ‘ Visual Eyez ’ at Lighthouse Gallery,Wolverhampton sees attendance of over 6,000 people and sells out within two weeks 2001 Temper is commissioned by global brand Coca-Cola to create the artwork for their drinks brand Sprite, resulting in art by Temper on over 100 million cans and bottles around the UK and Europe When exhibition ‘ Minuteman ’ opens at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery,Temper becomes the first graffiti artist ever to be awarded a solo show in a major public gallery space and breaks all attendance records, seeing 38,000 visitors within four weeks 2002 Launch of critically acclaimed collection ‘ The Good Die Young ’, spray-painted portraits of icons in black and white. This new method revolutionised portraiture, inspiring a generation of artists and galleries to create similar works Launch of new collection ‘ Decade ’ 2003 Launch of ‘ Popcorn ’ collection. Produced using a pioneering technique where each painting was created using the reapplication of a stencil 28,000 times, making an image out of the word ‘Temper’
2004 Launch of ‘ Too Good To Die Young ’ Private commissions for Saatchi & Saatchi Private commission for Coca-Cola Private commission for Bench clothing Private commission for SHS Group Drinks Private commission for BBC
2011 Unveiling of ‘ The Lovely People ’,Temper’s public art installation at Birmingham’s The Cube 2014 ‘ cover:versions’ opens at Castle Fine Art, Bruton Street in the heart of Mayfair 2015 Temper’s contribution toThe Big Hoot entitled ‘ Re-Tail’ generated the highest winning bid at auction, raising £18,000 for the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. 2016 Temper continued his charitable work by creating ‘ Heard Sheffield? ’ as part of the Herd of Sheffield which raises funds for The Children’s Hospital Charity. He also supported St Oswald’s Children’s Hospice through his involvement with the Great North Snowdogs campaign, which took pride of place in St James Park. This year also saw the conception of Milieu , a growing sketch that sees Temper explore a new style of artistic interpretation. Music also featured once again in Temper’s output, having been commissioned by American rapper and music producer Masta Ace to design the cover artwork for his fifth solo studio album The Falling Season.
2005 Launch of collection ‘ Move ’ that used an innovative technique that captured the realism of movement in free-hand spray paint 2007 First graffiti artist to be awarded a commission for a major piece of public art to be displayed at iconic Birmingham building,The Cube Private commission for Roman Abramovich and Chelsea Football Club Launch of collection ‘ A New Day’ which sold out within four minutes of the show opening 2008 ‘ Post Graphaelite ’ is exhibited at Whitehall Palace in London 2009 Received the High Sheriff Award for Contribution to Art and the Community 2010 Designed souvenir front cover for the Birmingham Post to celebrate the anniversary edition, the first time ever that art has replaced news on the front page of a newspaper in the UK Held open air exhibition, ‘ Cut from a Different Cloth ’ for Style Birmingham at the Birmingham Bullring Private commission for Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
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