laurence gartel born june 5 1956 is considered a pioneer of digital art his work has been exhibited at the museum of modern art usa joan whitney payson museum long beach museum of art princeton art museum ps 1 norton museum and in the permanent collections of the smithsonian institutions museum of american history and the bibliotheque nationale born and raised in new york city gartel had the opportunity to teach andy warhol how to use the amiga computer went to school of visual arts with fellow art student graffiti artist keith haring where he earned his bfa degree majoring in graphics and started his electronic career working side by side with nam june paik at media studybuffalo in upstate new york gartel had many associations with musicians such as debbie harry blondie sid vicious sex pistols stiv bators dead boys johnny thunders new york dolls ace frehley kiss and wendy o williams plasmatics gartel has created artwork for such pop culture stars such as justin timberlake and britney spears gartel is the official artist of the 57th annual grammy awards staple center los angeles february 8 2015 cbs television 8pm estone of gartels most memorable campaigns was the one he designed for absolut vodka in 1990 joining world famous artists such as painter andy warhol and glass artist hans godo frabel these ads are considered to be the first digital art ads for more info see the absolut vodka artists website gartel has created ground breaking artworks for the national basketball association walt disney corporation forbes magazine coca cola philip morris and many others gartel has spent the last several years creating art cars the first one being commissioned by tesla during art basel miami beach in 2010 since then he has produced dozens of art cars in the form of ferrari scuderia rolls royce classic 1957 lincoln premiere convertible 1959 cadillac fleetwood limousine and others mr gartel was the feature of the 113th new york international auto show with his own pavilion at the jacob javits center 2013 his most recent art car is a renntech mercedes sl 65 v12 biturbo unveiled at exclusive fisher island during art basel miami beach 2014his biography is included in whos who whos who in the east whos who in america whos who in american art and whos who in the world