RACHEL VAN DER NACHT
Creative Director + Visual Artist based in NYC. Clients include Adidas, Refinery29, Nike, Konbini, Equinox, Puma, Livy.
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Rachel van der Nacht, a French Creative Director and Visual Artist based in New York, is renowned for her Night Emperors series — giant hand-made illustrations vividly portraying New York's pulsating nightlife community, leading to a collaboration with JR.

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Her versatile portfolio includes collaborations with fashion, luxury, and lifestyle icons like Adidas, Refinery29, Instagram, Uber, HBO, Equinox, Nike, Puma, Livy, the Roxy Hotel, and Konbini.

META EMPERORS - 10th illu on the moon

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META EMPERORS - 10th illu on the moon

$150.00

High-quality and vivid poster* of the Night Emperors — a series of nightlife illustrations created and hand-made by Rachel van der Nacht. This piece - the 10th one!- is a mega piece gathering ALL the night emperors from all the different clubs: Lola, Le Bain, Baby Grand, SohoGrand, China Chalet, Et Al, Casablanca, The Box, and Ponyboy. Like the giant party we all dreamed of. All the scenes, in one. The meta scene on the moon...

* All prints are created using a premium digital or offset lithography press.

* For special requests (other colors, sizes, and custom details), please use the contact page.

*Different sizes and collector signed pieces with hand-made elements available upon requests.

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NIGHT EMPERORS is a series of high-realistic yet fantastical illustrations about nightlife that I created. Each artwork is hand-made and is a nocturnal scene showcasing bartenders, club owners, patrons, artists, promoters, performers, musicians, consumers, and all the hopeless insomniacs that make the New York nightlife so special.

MANHATTAN EDITION - 2020
The first edition focuses on Downtown Manhattan and was made during COVID, with the help of the DJ Orson as the scene curator. During four months of quarantine, I created more than 350 hand drawings. At night. This tremendous work was a huge challenge, but also a therapeutic way to escape the heavy reality: for the first time in our lives, we have seen the city that never sleeps, asleep. Millions of New Yorkers. No more people in the streets. No more hugs. No more smiles. No more parties. No more disco. Still. Memories, art, and hope. This is an ode to nightlife when it does not exist anymore, for all the night owls that we miss. THEY ARE THE NIGHT EMPERORS. The clubs highlighted are Lola, Le Bain, Paul’s Baby Grand, Soho Grand, China Chalet, Et Al, Casablanca, and The Box. On 01.14.2021, the project became an INSIDE OUT ACTION, the global art initiative founded by JR.

BROOKLYN EDITION - 2021
The second edition focuses on Brooklyn spots, with the help of the talent agent and nightlife expert Phoebe Miller. The first club highlighted is Pony Boy, an iconic bar and club of Greenpoint, famous for its great funky soul music, incredible food, and underground crowd.