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KOSMO VINYL was an integral part of the 70s/80s English music scene. He's best known as the promoter/manager/ringmaster & rabble-rouser for The Clash and Ian Dury & the Blockheads. These days, the former Londoner turned New Yorker keeps busy as a visual artist & 'cultural curator'.

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week
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Kosmo Vinyl at the 250th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London
Kosmo's first major art project was a five-year series of  "Pop-Art influenced collages with a Punk aesthetic" that paid homage to his beloved West Ham United FC. He made a unique piece for every match 'The Hammers' played, culminating when they left their historic Boleyn Ground for London's Olympic Stadium in 2016. Kosmo also paid tribute to the England Men's National Team, commemorating their World Cup history. That work was exhibited in 2013 at his first exhibition at London's Eb & Flow Gallery, followed by a show in Somerset during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. His US debut included the England works, as well as four pieces dedicated to the US Men's National Team World Cup campaign. The show, presented by VINSONart and sponsored by Mailchimp & Heineken, took place in Atlanta at Lightroom Studio.

​In 2016, Kosmo took aim at the "un-presidential" campaign of Donald Trump with an Instagram-based art series, Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump. He collaborated with The Atlanta Printmakers Studio to create the first edition of handmade Cisco screenprints at the Decatur Book Festival in Georgia. In 2017, he made archival pigment prints and exhibited them in New York City during Armory Week at the SPRING/BREAK Art Show. The show travelled to the belly of the beast, debuting at The Gallery at Lost Origins Productions in Washington D.C. in October. Different Trains Gallery presented the exhibition on the one year anniversary of the inauguration in January 2018. The show traveled to The Rymer Gallery in Nashville in July.

In 2018, Kosmo's painting "For Jock Scot" was included in the 250th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London.

Kosmo Vinyl football art from a match between West Ham United and Aldershot
Original art collage by Kosmo Vinyl featuring a young Frank Sinatra, in tribute to West Ham United, Irons 2-4 Royals
Kosmo Vinyl art commemorating a football match in which West Ham United lost 1-2 to Burnley
Goodbye Vicarage Road by Kosmo Vinyl, football art from the match between Watford and West Ham, featuring Sir Elton John
Kosmo Vinyl West Ham art: Blues 3-3 Hammers
Birmingham 1-1- West Ham, unique artwork by Kosmo Vinyl
Kosmo Vinyl, He's So Much Happier When They Win, Nottingham Forest 1-4 West Ham United
Reading 3-0 West Ham United, original art collage by Kosmo Vinyl
Kosmo Vinyl football art: Coventry v West Ham United
Kosmo Vinyl football art with Al Pacino. commemorating a match between the Irons and Boro
A Popeye the Sailor Man inspired artwork by Kosmo Vinyl, from the match West Ham 4-0 Blackpool
Kosmo Vinyl World Cup Art Exhibition Poster
Art by Kosmo Vinyl, commemorating the 1950 World Cup match in which USA beat England 1-0
Kosmo Vinyl artwork in tribute to England National Football team's exit from the 1998 World Cup in France
Kosmo Vinyl artwork for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, in tribute to the England WAGS
Bring It On Baby, original art by Kosmo Vinyl in which the artist paid tribute to the USA Men's National Soccer Team at the 2014 World Cup, reappropriating images of Elvis Presley, via Andy Warhol
A young Elvis Presley and a tribute to the USA Men's Soccer team draw with Portugal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Clint Eastwood and Kosmo Vinyl tribute to USA v Belgium in the 2014 World Cup
Art exhibition poster for Kosmo Vinyl's First American Show
Kosmo Vinyl's limited edition poster for Record Store Day 2015


Kosmo Vinyl on the tracks in Decatur GA, January 2018, photo by Shawn Vinsonphoto © Shawn Vinson 2018
blog: 
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Kosmo Vinyl at WABE, where NPR meets ATL
Kosmo interview on City Lights with Lois Reitzes

Cisco Kid vs Donald Trump

Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#01) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#02) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#3a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#3b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#3c) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#04) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#05) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#6a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#6b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#6c) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#7a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#7b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#8a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#8b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#09) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#10) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#11) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#12a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#12b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#13a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#13b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#13c) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#13d) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#14) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#15a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#15b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#16) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#17a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#17b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#18a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#18b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#18c) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#18d) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#18e) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#19) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#20a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#20b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#21) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#22) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#23a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#23b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#24a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#24b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#25) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#26) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#27) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#28) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#29) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#30) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#31) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#32) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#33) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#34) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#35) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#36) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#37) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#38) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (Fire the Fool) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#39) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#40) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (Spring Break Art Fair NYC, March 2017) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#41) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#42) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#43) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (Tax March 2017) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (Tax March 2, 2017) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#44) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#45) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#46) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#47) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#48a) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#48b) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#48c) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#49) by Kosmo Vinyl
Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump (CK#50) by Kosmo Vinyl
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" (CK#51) by Kosmo Vinyl - prints available at Atlanta art gallery Different Trains
CK#52, Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump, protest art by Kosmo Vinyl, coming to Different Trains Gallery, an Atlanta art gallery in Decatur GA, January 20, 2018
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" (CK#53) by Kosmo Vinyl - prints available at Atlanta art gallery Different Trains
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" (CK#54a) by Kosmo Vinyl - prints available at Atlanta art gallery Different Trains
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" (CK#54b) by Kosmo Vinyl - prints available at Atlanta art gallery Different Trains
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" (CK#54c) by Kosmo Vinyl - prints available at Atlanta art gallery Different Trains
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" (CK#55) by Kosmo Vinyl - prints available at Atlanta art gallery Different Trains
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" (CK#56a) by Kosmo Vinyl - prints available at Atlanta art gallery Different Trains
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" (CK#56b) by Kosmo Vinyl - prints available at Atlanta art gallery Different Trains
Cisco Kid goes to Nashville TN
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" #57, protest art by artist Kosmo Vinyl, at Different Trains Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" #58, protest art by artist Kosmo Vinyl, at Different Trains Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" #59, protest art by artist Kosmo Vinyl, at Different Trains Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia
"Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump" #60, protest art by artist Kosmo Vinyl, at Different Trains Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia
Cisco Kid vs Donald Trump link

News & Reviews:

  • BBC Radio London with Gary Crowley, January 2019
  • Video: A Conversation with Kosmo Vinyl & Randy Gue at Emory University, Atlanta - September 2018
  • Radio: Kosmo chats with Lois Reitzes on 'City Lights', WABE Atlanta, January 2018
  • Washington Post Review
  • Missing Words Podcast
  • The Spring/Break Art Fair is Filled with Awesome and Weird Creative Works - Vice
  • A Tour of the 2017 Spring/Break Art Show - ARTNEWS
  • Armory Week 2017: The satellite fairs - OCULA
  • Armory Week 2017 Review: SPRING/BREAK - Art in New York City
  • The Political Art At Armory Week 2017 - The Inside Report
  • Best of Spring/Break: Trump Comics, Disco Queens, and Alcoholtopia - Bedford + Bowery
  • ​Scenes of Madness from High Above Times Square at Spring/Break Art Fair - W Magazine
  • SPRING/BREAK Art Show Gets Political & Weird in a Times Square Office - tattoodo.com
  • Spring/Break to Hold 2017 Edition in Two Floors of an Office Building in Times Square - ARTNEWS
  • Beautiful Games - the guardian
  • British Artist Kosmo Vinyl Adds an Inspired Touch to Record Store Day - Goldmine
  • St. Vincent, B-52s Discuss Record Stores, Vinyl and Future of Buying  Music - Rolling Stone
  • Record Store Day to Host Press Conference at Rough Trade in Brooklyn - Diffuser.fm
  • Fresh Loaf: Weekly Arts Agenda - Creative Loafing Atlanta
  • Art Openings this Weekend - Atlanta Journal Constitution
  • Is Saitch Yer Daddy - Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of being 3,473 Miles from Upton Park and West Ham United - The Kosmo Vinyl Blog
The Kosmo Vinyl Special on Soho Radio:

Free Seed On Soho (26/08/2015) by Soho Radio on Mixcloud

Is Saitch Yer Daddy... original art commemorating the "Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of being 3,473 Miles from Upton Park and West Ham United" (2015-16: final season at Upton Park)

football art by Kosmo Vinyl, Stoke City 2-1 West Ham Utd
west ham united football club art by kosmo vinyl
Irons 1-4 Jacks, West Ham football art by Kosmo Vinyl
West Bromwich Albion 0-3 West Ham United, artwork by Kosmo Vinyl
Hammers 3-1 Hornets, Kosmo Vinyl football art
Leicester City v West Ham United, Foxes 2-2 Irons, art by Kosmo Vinyl
West Ham 3-3 Arsenal, Andy Carroll hat trick, art by Kosmo Vinyl
Irons 2-2 Palace, West Ham United v Crystal Palace, Kosmo Vinyl art
Chelsea 2-2 West Ham, artwork by Kosmo Vinyl
The curse of the mersey lifted, Everton 2-3 West Ham, Kosmo Vinyl football art
Irons 1-0 Spurs, West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur, art by Kosmo Vinyl
West Ham 1-0 Sunderland, Kosmo Vinyl football artwork
Norwich 2-2- Irons, Norwich City Canaries v West Ham United, Kosmo Vinyl art
Kosmo Vinyl football art, Southampton 1-0 West Ham Utd
Irons 2-0 Villa by Kosmo Vinyl, West Ham Utd v Aston Villa
Irons 2-2 Citeh, draw, West Ham United vs Manchester City, Valencia v Aguero, art by Kosmo Vinyl
Geordies 2-1 Hammers, Newcastle United v West Ham United, art by Kosmo Vinyl
AFC Bournemouth 1-3 West Ham Utd, Bish Bash Bosh, art by Kosmo Vinyl
West Ham 2-1 Liverpool, Michael Caine, artwork by Kosmo Vinyl
Irons 2-1 Saints, Tarzan Returns, West Ham Utd v Southampton, Kosmo Vinyl football art
Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham Utd, art by Kosmo Vinyl
football art by Kosmo Vinyl, Swansea 0-0 West Ham
West Ham 0-0 Stoke City art by Kosmo Vinyl
Man Utd 0-0 West Ham, artwork by Kosmo Vinyl
West Ham 1-1 West Bromwich Albion, Kosmo Vinyl football artwork
Spurs 4-1 Irons by Kosmo Vinyl, Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United
Kosmo Vinyl, West Ham 1-1 Everton
Watford 2-0 West Ham, Kosmo Vinyl artwork
West Ham 2-1 Chelsea, by Kosmo Vinyl
Palace 1-3 Hammers, Crystal Palace v West Ham Utd, art by Kosmo Vinyl
Sunderland 2-2 West Ham United, football artwork by Kosmo Vinyl
Cheikhou to the Rescue by Kosmo Vinyl, West Ham 2-2 Norwich
Oasis? Never 'eard of 'em by Kosmo Vinyl, Man City 1-2 West Ham
Irons 2-0 Toons, by Kosmo Vinyl, West Ham United v Newcastle United
Bubbles Over Anfield by Kosmo Vinyl, Liverpool 0-3 West Ham Utd
Hammers 3-4 Cherries, West Ham United v AFC Bournemouth, Kosmo Vinyl artwork
West Ham 1-2 Leicester, art by Kosmo Vinyl
Knees Up Mother Brown by Kosmo Vinyl, Arsenal 0-2 West Ham
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