Internet art sensation Mr Doodle gets his first UK exhibition (2024)

The internet art sensation Sam Cox, also known as Mr Doodle, is to open his first exhibition in a museum after spending two years filling every inch of his home with his trademark black and white sketches.

Mr Doodle will fill the walls, floor and ceiling of the Hoburne Museum, in Bath, with his artwork.

The exhibition, which is due to open on May 3, will showcase a selection of pieces from Mr Doodle's personal sketchbooks going back to his teenage years as well as new installations drawn all over the exhibition.

Primarily characterised by black ink on a white background, Mr Doodle's graphic style conjures up a world of quirky creatures and anthropomorphic forms - using ink pens and spray paint to intricately weave together what he describes as 'graffiti spaghetti'.

Sam Cox, aka Mr Doodle, said: 'My intention has always been to create a universal doodle language that can relate to and attract people from all over the world.'

Mr Doodle will fill the walls, floor and ceiling of the Hoburne Museum, in Bath, with his artwork using his trademark black and white sketches. The internet sensations exhibition is due to open tomorrow

Mr Doodle's new exhibition in Holburne Museum will appear throughout the museum's permanent collection, temporarily replacing a number of paintings and decorative objects with doodled canvases and 3-D sculptures inspired by their surroundings

Mr Doodle and his wife Alena outside their home in Kent which Mr Doodle spent two years covering every inch of with his trademark sketches

Mr Doodle began to garner recognition in the art world in 2015 and has since seen a meteoric rise in interest in his work.

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His big break came in 2017, when he opened a Mr Doodle pop-up shop in East London. Suddenly, a Facebook video of him doodling on the white walls, floors and ceiling was viewed 46 million times in a week.

Then came collaborations with Fendi, Puma, Adidas and Samsung; lucrative commissions; even Mr Doodle boxer shorts. His work took off in Asia and, by December 2020, his bigger pieces were selling for up to £800,000 a pop.

In October 2022, Mr Doodle made international headlines when he unveiled a mansion in Kent which he had spent the last two years, working 16 hours a day, doodling on every inch of the mansion to create a home that is also a piece of artwork.

Speaking to the Mail at the time about the home he shares with his Ukrainian wife, Alena, Mr Doodle revealed the project was part of a childhood ambition to doodle all over a mansion.

He said: 'I was a bit nervous about it but so proud of what I've created.

'But even if only one person in the world liked it, is moved by it, I'd be happy.'

Mr Doodle's new exhibition in Holburne Museum will appear throughout the museum's permanent collection, temporarily replacing a number of paintings and decorative objects with doodled canvases and 3-D sculptures inspired by their surroundings.

Doodles will also pop up throughout the rest of the building, in unexpected places including in the lift and along the café windows. The exhibition also spills into the wider city - as Mr Doodle has created new site-specific work to occupy some of the main thoroughfares in Bath

Mr Doodle and wife Elena in their doodle bedroom. Speaking to the Mail at the time about the home he revealed the project was part of a childhood ambition to doodle all over a mansion

It is hoped these new works will open a dialogue between the museum's historic collection and Mr Doodle's distinctive drawing style, enabling visitors to see these artworks in an entirely new context

It is hoped these new works will open a dialogue between the museum's historic collection and Mr Doodle's distinctive drawing style, enabling visitors to see these artworks in an entirely new context.

Doodles will also pop up throughout the rest of the building, in unexpected places including in the lift and along the café windows.

The exhibition also spills into the wider city - as Mr Doodle has created new site-specific work to occupy some of the main thoroughfares in Bath, including on Union Street near the city's famous Roman bathhouse.

Dr Chris Stephens, Director, Holburne Museum said: 'At the Holburne we are working hard to present a wide and diverse range of artistic practice and I am delighted to be the first museum in the country to present the extraordinary world of Mr Doodle.'

Internet art sensation Mr Doodle gets his first UK exhibition (2024)
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