Adrian Pocobelli is a Canadian writer, editor, and artist based in Berlin, Germany. He studied Visual Arts and English Literature at the University of Saskatchewan, where he completed a Master’s thesis in English Literature on J.G. Ballard’s The Atrocity Exhibition. He later moved to Toronto to be an editor at The Northern Miner, a leading trade publication in the mining industry, and currently serves as the host of its long-running podcast. In addition, Pocobelli hosts Artist Journal, a video channel that explores digital art.
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Pixel Art Inferno
This collection comprises 34 distinct pixel art works based on each of the cantos of Dante Alighieri's epic poem, Inferno.
The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War is a 200-work artbook that retells the story of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War using Ancient Greek vase imagery.
Stories
A real-time response to the global news narrative using screenshots, sampled paintings and photos of brushstrokes.
Space Odyssey
This series uses vintage screen renderings to create a homage to the risk takers and explorers of the great unknown in outer space.
Screen Memories
Using an iPhone and a Macbook in combination, Screen Memories masks imagery in Renaissance paintings with screen-lit 21st-century shapes.
Pixel Art Sketchbook
Random digital drawings using a pixellated brush. Subjects include screenshots, shopping items, synthesizers and more.
Beached
Pixelated celebrations of beach life in the Mediterranean using different vintage monitor renderings.
Portaits & Landscapes
Portaits & Landscapes uses photos taken by the artist that are then exported across different software and AI-powered apps and animated.
Promoted Stories
Using screenshots as a reference, Promoted Stories celebrates some of the trashiest corners of the internet, with a special focus on tabloid links.
Related Images
Using a minimal, conceptual approach, Related Images focuses on the almost-repetitions and non-repetitions provided by Google Search queries.
Nostalgia Studies
A homage to an unrecognized aesthetic canon found in trading cards, comic books, toy packaging, video game cover art and more.
8-Bit Nature
The 8-Bit Nature series uses impressionistic renderings of natural phenomena using an 8 x 8 pixel canvas that is upscaled.
