Gabriel Moses' First-Ever Monograph Is Here

Not many people have amassed a portfolio of work detailed and accomplished enough to publish a memoir, let alone a full-scale monograph, all at the tender age of 24. However, Gabriel Moses is not your average 20-something, nor is he your average image-maker. The visual artist - who shot his first campaign at just 17 years old - is, to put it simply, a revolutionary whose art handles themes around blackness and cultural identity with a graceful sensitivity so rarely seen anywhere else.

Moses' first-ever monograph, produced in collaboration with Prestel Publishing, certifies the artist's position as a 'one to watch' right now, particularly when it comes down to emerging creatives coming out of London. The announcement came shortly after the artist's debut exhibition in London last year, which followed his work with Virgil Abloh and Supreme. His SHOWstudio fashion film Head - commissioned as part of our project Bodies of Knowledge - was also screened in the 180 space as part of the show.

Speaking of his own frankness and growing fanbase, Moses told SHOWstudio: 'I’m a straight-talking individual in life. I’ve never been afraid to share my perspective & I want my work to connect with human beings. Now, and in years to come I want people to pick this book up and feel something whatever that may be, is down to them really.'

The monograph will essentially act as a retrospective of the artist's life and career, an extraordinary feat to produce when you're only 24 and considered to be still finding your footing in the industry. Creatives Katja Horvat, Hassan Rahim, Smile Technician, and Lindsay Jane Cooper were brought on the project to help bring the concept to life and the monograph’s cover: an image inspired by Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III album cover. Continuing to reflect on his artistic universe, Moses stated: 'For a long time I’ve been focused on world building and creating a visual language that spoke for me and people could see themselves in, it was important for me to be able to bottle that up and that’s what you see within the pages of this book. I see myself as an artist, I want people to feel that.'

Regardless of Moses' age, his portfolio - which includes a solo exhibition at 180 Strand, a New York Times cover and a Vogue cover - is undeniably rich in content; his meteoric rise starts here.