Rylsee

2010 - 2016

In 2011, Rylsee (along with fellow Red Gate Arts Society members; Jamie Bizness, Kevin House, Jim Carrico and Paulo Costa) was invited to exhibit in a collective show titled 'Las Diferencias Que Coexistem' at Central Galeria De Arte Contemporanea in São Paulo.

In 2014 Rylsee completed an artist residency at the Zimmer Gallery in Tel Aviv. Here he debuted his famous 'Guess What' alphabet which has become a recurring project. Shortly after this, he was asked to bring the exhibition to Annecy, France to exhibit at the Art By Friends Gallery.

In collaboration with fellow Swiss artist Ben Thé, Rylsee created a fake 'épicerie' or corner store in which everything was created and made by them. This included false advertisements, packaging, products, television commercials and costumes. The installation was held at the Highlight Gallery in Geneva from November 2015 to February 2016.

2017 - 2020

In 2017, Rylsee collaborated with Italian company Moleskine to publish a book titled 'How to Play with Letters' – a monograph on his career and unique artist style. Also during this year, Rylsee exhibited his largest solo show to date titled 'OTHER INBOX' at Urban Spree.

In September 2019, Rylsee showed a new exhibition titled 'GREY ZONE' at Bahama Yellow in Geneva. Based on his 2014 exhibition idea 'Guess What', the GREY ZONE exhibition housed 2 new alphabets - one series of ink drawings and another series of mix-media pieces. Other activities such as workshops and talks were also held during the time of the exhibition.

2021 - present

To celebrate the entry of skateboarding into the Olympic Summer Games programme, Rylsee was commissioned by The Olympic Museum to design a limited-edition olympic skateboard. The project eventually evolved into Rylsee creating a ‘skateable sculpture’ titled ‘A New Chapter’ – the design aimed to “blur the lines between sport and art” - Rylsee, 2022. The sculpture was exhibited at the front of The Olympic Museum in June 2022, before being donated to the city of Lausanne in April 2023, where it has since been permanently installed at the Vidy Bowl skatepark near the IOC headquarters.

In 2023, Rylsee was entrusted with the creation of the official poster for the 58th Montreux Jazz Festival. His poster design plays on the idea that Montreux Jazz Festival is a kind of ‘ephemeral city’–  capturing the wild night of festival-goers and their adventures, whether festive, romantic, comical, hallucinatory or subversive. In Rylsee-style, the poster design houses many ‘easter eggs’, including dedications to his family, friends, and references to his style and previous work; including a reference to his own poster, and a tribute to three other Montreux posters.

Some of his clients include; Caran d'Ache, Moleskine, International Olympic Committee, Nike, LinkedIn, Converse, HP, Opinel, Red Bull, KaDeWe, Native Instruments, Nidecker, and Swiss rapper Di-Meh.

TOO SHY TO RAP

The Too Shy To Rap design is arguably Rylsee's most popular and widespread design. Originally drawn for his 2013 solo exhibition in Geneva titled 'Bathroom Poetry', Rylsee kept this particular piece because he 'thought it was funny'. He proceeded to print the design as a sticker in replacement of a business card.

SNEEER

SNEEER was a streetwear project founded by Rylsee and his brother Yann Vouilloz in Berlin in 2016. SNEEER produced a range of unisex apparel, accessories and small goods, Rylsee's 'Too Shy To Rap' merchandise, as well as collaborating with other artists and musicians including; Catnapp (Monkeytown Records) and Furious Few.

Books featuring interviews/works from Rylsee

• Toromanoff, Agata (2020). L'Art des illusions d'optique. MARTINIERE BL. ISBN 978-2732493978
• Toromanoff, Agata (2019). The Art of Optical Illusion. Lannoo. ISBN 978-9401461535
• Art By Friends (2018). Opinel Séries: Art By Friends. Art By Friends. (p. 42-45).
• Robinson, Brooke (2018). Goodtype: The Art of lettering, Volume 2. Rizzoli. (p. 234-235) ISBN 978-0-8478-6232-0
• Viction Workshop (2017). Handstyle Lettering: From Calligraphy To Typography. Victionary. (p. 016–021) ISBN 978-988-77148-4-2
• Robinson, Brooke (2015). Goodtype: The Book, Volume 1. Bucherie LLC (p. 45).
• MAOW (2015). MAOW Books #2: Second Paper Edition. MAOW. (p. 37).
• Viva con Agua by Sankt Pauli eV (2014). Art Creates Water: Millerntor Gallery #4, GUDBERG Verlag. (p. 194). ISBN 978-3943061451

Magazines featuring interviews/works from Rylsee

• GraffitiART Magazine #69 – France 2023
• SLANTED Magazine #40 Special Edition "Experimental Type" – Germany (2022)
• Polpettas Magazine (p. 8-25) – Spain (2018)
• +81 magazine (p. 70-73) – Japan (2018)
• Fold Magazine – Italy (2017)
• IG1: Creativity Reflected (p. 85) – USA (2016)
• Urban Spree Books (p. 26) – Germany (2016)
• Étape Magazine – France (2015)
• PAGE: Design. Code. Business (p. 28) – Germany (2015)
• Go Out! November (p. 12) – Switzerland (2015)
• Klebstoff Magazine No. 6 – Germany (2014)
• Lodown magazine – Germany (2014)
• Go Out! (p. 18) – Switzerland (2014)
• Move On Mag – France (2014)
• Redux Magazine No. 43 – France (2013)
• Tribune de Genève – Switzerland (2012)
• Transworld Magazine – USA (2009)
• Source Snowboard Magazine – Germany (2009)

Guest speaking and conferences

• USK Symposium Zürich 2023 – Switzerland (2023)
• Type Thursday – Germany (2023)
• TMX 2022 'Tipografía México' – Mexico (2022)
• Royaume du Web – Geneva (2018)
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – Chile (2017)

Broadcast media and podcasts

• RTS 'Couleur 3' – Switzerland (2023)
• RTS – Switzerland (2023)
• M Le Média – Switzerland (2023)
• Typologie – France (2023)
• RTS '3ème Mi-Temps' – Switzerland (2022)
• Domestika – USA (2022)
• RTS 'Dans Sa Bulle' – Switzerland (2022)
• The Olympic Museum Podcast – Switzerland (2022)
• Factory Berlin TV – Germany (2021)
• RTS 'The Raconteurs' – Switzerland (2020)
• Louis Media X Orange.fr – France (2019)
• Tataki/RTS – Switzerland (2018)
• Vantage Point Radio – Germany (2016)
• Skillshare – USA (2015)
• Arte – Germany (2014)
• Converse – Germany (2014)
• Mix TV – Brasil (2011)