Christian Hundertmark (C100, b. 1974) is an artist and creative director based in Munich, Germany.
His first sketches, Anarchy and Bat Man, created in 1989, sparked a career as an active graffiti writer that lasted more than a decade. After completing his graphic design studies in 1999, Christian turned his attention to street art, becoming one of the pioneers of the then-emerging movement in Germany.
During this period, he became part of the international urban art scene and realised projects in London, Barcelona, Madrid and Milan. Since then, he has continued to develop a wide range of art projects and exhibitions. His work has appeared in numerous publications and has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.
Christian’s works are best described as compositions of hard-edged, floating layers. Their elements explore movement, masking and the balance between calm and tension. They often reflect both his graffiti and graphic-design background, while the painted forms are influenced by the transitions and contours of skateparks—an enduring reference to his youth as an avid BMX rider and skateboarder in the 1980s.
Christian also runs the graphic-design bureau C100 Studio. He is the author of the bestselling The Art of Rebellion series—I, II, III and IV—published in 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2016. With more than 80,000 copies sold worldwide, the books are widely regarded as essential references on street art.
Since 2016, Christian has also formed the artist duo Layer Cake with fellow artist Patrick Hartl. Together, they published The Art of Writing Your Name: Urban Calligraphy and Beyond in 2017.
For more information, visit www.layercake.org. For regular updates, follow @c100atelier.
Exhibitions and group shows:
• The VERSUS Project II
Layer Cake and Chaz Bojorquez, Mambo, Egs, Zepha, Carlos Mare a.m.
Groupshow at Urban Nation Berlin (Germany), 2022
• Layer Cake – Komplizen
HILDA5 Gallery Freiburg (Germany), 2021
• The VERSUS Project I
Layer Cake and Chaz Bojorquez, Mambo, Egs, Zepha, Carlos Mare a.m.
Groupshow at Urban Nation Berlin (Germany), 2021
• Urban Contemporary
Layer Cake, Bust, Dave the Chimp, Various & Gould a.m.
Groupshow | Kunstverein Schwäbisch Hall (Germany), 2020
• Capture the Street
Layer Cake, The London Police, Above, Charlie Anderson a.m.
Groupshow at Oberhessisches Museum Gießen (Germany), 2019
• Welcome to Porky’s (Layer Cake) – Kunstverein Rosenheim (Germany), 2019
• Pop-up Gallery
Layer Cake, Marc C. Wöhr, Sweetuno, Jeroo a.m. – Stuttgart (Germany), 2019
• Urban Art Biennale 2019 – Völklinger Hütte Völklingen (Germany), 2019
Layer Cake, Futura, Rammellzee, Cope2, Martha Cooper, Sheone a.m.
• Kunstlabor – Museum of Urban Contempory Art Munich (Germany), 2019
• Freunde des Haus der Kunst Annual event – Haus der Kunst Munich (Germany), 2019
• Layer Cake – Adda Taxie Gallery, Paris (France), 2018
• Monumenta Artfair
Layer Cake, 1UP, Martha Cooper, Various & Gould, Rocco & his Brothers a.m.
– Pittlerwerke, Leipzig (Germany), 2018
• Artistic Dialogue (Layer Cake) – Farbenladen Munich (Germany), 2018
• Layer Cake – Heart Munich (Germany), 2018
• Urban Art Biennale 2017 – Völklinger Hütte Völklingen (Germany), 2017
Layer Cake, Banksy, Blek le Rat, Shepard Fairey, Blade, Mode2 a.m.
• Layer Cake – Ifog Galerie Munich (Germany), 2017
• Hangar 1 Charity Art Auction
Layer Cake, Rocco & his Brothers, Mark Powell a.m.
Berlin (Germany), 2017
• PM11 Radius M – Urban Nation Gallery Berlin (Germany), 2017
Layer Cake, Moses & Taps, Mad C, Low Bros, Satone, Nomad a.m.
• Millerntor Gallery #7 – Millerntor Stadion Hamburg (Germany), 2017
• Residence K – Zurich (Switzerland), 2016
• Magic City – Die Kunst der Straße
Layer Cake, Niels Shoe Meulman, The London Police, Icy & Sot a.m.
Olympiahalle Munich (Germany), 2016
• Layer Cake – Ad Hoc Gallery Vienna (Austria), 2016
• Dein Viertel /Deine Leinwand – Munich (Germany), 2016
• Buchstabenarchitektur – UAG Gallery Stuttgart (Germany), 2016
• Firstpagegallery Munich (Germany), 2016
• Undplus Gallery Store Berlin (Germany), 2016
• Born 1974 – Grafik14 Zürich (Switzerland), 2014
• So Far, So Good, So What?, – Helmet Gallery Munich (Germany), 2011
• So Far, So Good, So What? – Nina Sagt Gallery Düsseldorf (Germany), 2011
• Undplus Gallery Store – Berlin (Germany), 2010
• Siren #2 –Helmet Gallery – Munich (Germany), 2010
• Untitled – Undplus Gallery Store – Berlin (Germany), 2009
• Stroke #1 Munich (Germany), 2009
• Oakley – Bread & Butter Barcelona (Spain), 2008
• Siren #1 – Sodabooks Munich (Germany), 2008
• Around The Bloc – Nicholas Robinson Gallery New York (USA) 2008
• 5,3 kg Flyer – Zerwirk Munich (Germany), 2007
• Red Bull Brandwagen – Vienna (Austria), 2006
• So G‘sehn – Serie A Munich (Germany) 2005
• Finders Keepers – Open street art shows London (UK) 2003,
Barcelona (Spain) 2004, Milan (Italy) 2005
• Food Show – Die Registratur Munich (Germany) 2004
• Food Show – Magma – London (United Kingdom), 2004
• Street Art WM – Tillburg (The Netherlands), 2004
• Gravis Mindclouder Tour – Carharrt-Store Berlin (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium) 2002
Publications:
Basic Posters, Bastardised, Best of Disc Art, Black & White Graphics, Colour in Graphics, Communicating Fashion Brands, Defgrip, Design & Designers, Ètapes, For A Good Cause, For Love And Money, Grafik, Graphic, Graphics Alive 2, Graphic Beats, Graphic Design, Inspirations, IdN Magazine, IdN 15th Anniversary, Ingenuity Magazine, International Design Yearbook, I Love Futura, I Love Helvetica, Logo Art, Logo Book, Logology 2, Los Logos 4, 5, 6, Musikraphics, Neuland, Novum Magazine, On Board Page Magazine, Retrofonts, Satellite Voices, Sketchbooks, Streetwear Today Magazine, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, The Munich Book, Vectorism, X-Ray Magazine