Adrian Montclaire

Adrian Montclaire

Adrian moved to Helsinki from the USA because of a lifelong love of Finnish heavy metal music, only to discover that Finland isn’t just great for metal—it’s fantastic for art in general. Their visual artwork has a scratchy, slightly spooky, slightly funny character, filled with demons, bugs, birds, snakes, monsters, funny faces, and skeletons. As a child, they wanted to be a comic book artist, and traces of that influence still show in their illustrative work. They tend to choose either vibrant neon colors or complete monochrome with bold all‑black shadows, and they work in all mediums. Adr...