Onil is that rare visual artist who has actually working the field of Comic Books & Graphic Novels along with Fine Art and Illustration. Plenty of major Visual Artists claim comix or cartoons as source material or inspiration yet they have never worked in those fields. Often their venture into comics is brazen appropriation or worst.  

Onli is unique in this. Sort of like the masters of music who can perform or compose in Pop, Classical, Jazz and Electronica. Versatility in full effect!

These four unique acclaimed collections are ready to be presented in major galleries or museums. Each body of Rhythmistic Art is ready for the gaze of the astute curator or intelligently well resources collector.

Proven in both worlds of visual expression and communication.

 Prof.. Onli was involved in the Wearable Art explosion of the energetic '80s. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmS0AyW-iYo

Onli not only coined the term Rhythmism as a Future-Primitif approach to the visual arts, but his practice continuously proves to be as versatile as those of Warhol and Picasso.

Onli produces collections of Canvas based fine art, limited edition wearable art or Graphic Novels. Plus, more types of Rhythmistic expressions. His is a creative practice that also has embraced the essence of time as a medium in these five well documented decades of endeavor to bring Rhythmism to the forefront of the global Art Scene. Be it events, museums, galleries and state collections.

Images from creative multi-media performances at the Limelight Club in Chicago.

The infamous, "Michael Jackson Cape" showing the "King of Pop" with his hair aflame.

(Now in a private collection.)

Wearable art as a mailable force of live-people, fashion, textiles, pigments, design and pigments provided a living ephemeral forum for Onli's Rhythmistic concepts. 

 PARIS- The late 1970s & early 1980s when Rhythmism was flexing its mojo in the illustration world in Paris by way of its founder, Turtel Onli. With clients like the Paris Metro Magazine and the heavily Gothic MODE Avant Garde trend setting magazine Onli's Rhythmistic treatments were groundbreaking.

 Rhythmism was celebrated with a solo exhibition during the tenure, at the FIAP of Paris.

 Rhythmism lives today by way of ONLI STUDIOS and the continued Future-Primitif Visual Arts Practices of Prof. Turtel Onli.

 

CHICAGO- The year is 1975 and Rhythmistic visual artist Turtel Onli decides to create a Rhythmistic treatment of Miles Davis for use as an album cover. Then he makes the perilous maiden voyage to New York to stalk Miles down. With his goal being to offer this impressive Rhythmistic illustration to Miles as a future album cover. At the time Onli was a regular illustrator with Playboy Magazine & The Johnson Publishing Company along with being the founding director of B.A.G., The Black Arts Guild. So why not try? By way of the likes of hair-dresser to the stars, James Finney, he visits Miles, over breakfast, in the Davis home. The transaction does not go well as Miles insists Onli release the rights to the artwork for free. No compensation other than the privilege to be part of the Davis Universe. No payment! Simply put, Onli said "No!', to this generous offer. 

Years later the original artwork was collected by a Chicago based fine art collector/musician. 

Onli is still a practicing Rhythmistic Visual Artist, indie-publisher & Arts Educator. 

His 1974 Delmark Records album cover for the brilliant Avant-Garde jazz greats Joseph Jarman & Anthony Braxton is featured as the lead album cover in the Gallery Section of the landmark book, "Rhythm Freedom & Sound".