Oct 28, 2021
ANTOINE GRAFF
Antoine Graff’s destiny was not “folded” from the start. Of course, born a painter’s son and grandson of a blacksmith, it was inevitable that the arts would have an effect on him. Not to mention he has a surname which sounds like a pseudonym! Yet his career panned out a bit differently, between colouring, adventuring, and paper folding.
Antoine Graff started to paint at the age of 8. At 14, the age when adolescents typically begin their teenage crises, he received his first commission! In 1954, he left his native Alsace and started studying fine arts in Paris, but primarily cut classes. His instinct encouraged him to visit the studios of artists Zadkine and Lhote. Zadkine, a sculptor, liked the feet of Graff’s statues. The painter Lhote considered him to be an excellent illustrator, once he abandoned Delacroix! Graff was trained by these two masters, and good ones at that! Surely an umpteenth tomfoolery.
His real adolescent crisis came at the age of 26, as he thought he was no longer “skilled.” It was a period of emptiness, when the homo habilis engaged in a fiery war against himself. Yet the biggest paradox is that this time allowed him to produce his work, supported by these his two gallery owners art dealers. However, nothing came of it.
He created a prestigious business of window displays for pharmacies that would make any seasoned businessman envious. The patent that he filed brought him 11 thousand pharmacy clients on a plate! But the homo habilis was not content with window displays. Instead, Graff took up print advertising. His expertise soon attracted artists. Télémaque, Arman, César, and Villeglé all lined up in his new back room to have their original prints produced. His business gradually evolved from printing to art publishing. He acknowledged it not nostalgically, but with an assertively humorous sense of perspective. His wealth grew, he travelled, and money was easy. Then came the ultimate stroke of genius: he was given the luxury of creating the gallery La Main Blue in Strasbourg, where he held exhibitions for Alechinsky, Bram van Velde and even Télémaque. For five years, he had his ideal project; tinkering in art.
Oct 16, 2021
KiKo, alias Manuel Fernandez, est un artiste français né en 1985 à coté de Marseille.
KiKo a le goût du dessin et de la peinture depuis toujours et ses professeurs diront de lui qu’il dessine comme il respire ! L’art n’étant pas un sujet dans cette famille de marins qui a d’abord la passion de la mer et de la pêche.
KiKo rejoint donc le thonier familial, laissant ses toiles pour des filets de pêche.
De cette vie rude de marins où la mer vous rappelle sans cesse à l’ordre, il se construit un univers imaginaire où l’enfance qui y suspend son vol lui inspirera toute son œuvre. Il ne cessera jamais de dessiner.
Quand il décide de se consacrer entièrement à sa passion de l’art, il choisit symboliquement « KiKo », son surnom d’enfant, comme nom d’artiste.
Son univers est une palette de toutes les réminiscences de l’enfance. Aux côtés de l’ourson en peluche et de Charlie Chaplin, les “Mômes de KiKo”
jouent sur sa toile. Tour à tour, espiègles, insouciants, boudeurs, mélancoliques ou tristes, ces petits voyageurs de l’enfance portent dans leur
baluchon, les joies, les blessures et les secrets de la vie.
Certainement le plus expressionniste des Pop/Street artistes, KiKo travaille le dessin au fusain puis aux encres de Chine sur des fonds lisses et brillants,
colorés et puissants. Sa technique conforte un ADN artistique reconnaissable au premier coup d’oeil.
« Ma quête artistique est de créer l’émotion qui va réveiller l’enfant enfoui dans chacun de nous. » KIKO
Dec 22, 2020
Fred Meurice
Trained in graphic arts, Fred Meurice began his career in the world of graphic design and advertising before extending his practice to plastic and pictorial creation.
Working with wood, aluminum, resin or even plexiglass, the artist enhances each of his supports with numerous touches of acrylic paint.
Fred draws his inspiration from the wide range of visual codes and cultural references offered by our modern society to create clever paintings, resolutely pop and colorful.
Trained in graphic arts, Fred began his career in the world of graphic design and advertising before extending his practice to plastic and pictorial creation.
Working with wood, aluminum, resin or even plexiglass, the artist enhances each of his supports with numerous touches of acrylic paint.
Fred draws his inspiration from the wide range of visual codes and cultural references offered by our modern society to create clever paintings, resolutely pop and colorful.
Trained in graphic arts, Fred began his career in the world of graphic design and advertising before extending his practice to plastic and pictorial creation.
Working with wood, aluminum, resin or even plexiglass, the artist enhances each of his supports with numerous touches of acrylic paint.
Fred draws his inspiration from the wide range of visual codes and cultural references offered by our modern society to create clever paintings, resolutely pop and colorful.
Trained in graphic arts, Fred began his career in the world of graphic design and advertising before extending his practice to plastic and pictorial creation.
Working with wood, aluminum, resin or even plexiglass, the artist enhances each of his supports with numerous touches of acrylic paint.
Fred draws his inspiration from the wide range of visual codes and cultural references offered by our modern society to create clever paintings, resolutely pop and colorful.
Trained in graphic arts, Fred began his career in the world of graphic design and advertising before extending his practice to plastic and pictorial creation.
Working with wood, aluminum, resin or even plexiglass, the artist enhances each of his supports with numerous touches of acrylic paint.
Fred draws his inspiration from the wide range of visual codes and cultural references offered by our modern society to create clever paintings, resolutely pop and colorful.
Jan 14, 2020
Josée FOREST
Born in Montreal, Josée Forest has found a place in renowned galleries since 2009.
Self-taught painter, passionate about bright colors and textures, she interweaves bold, unexpected and surprising hues in her subjects. The structure of the painting is the result of the artist’s intuition to defy the transparencies, depths and richness of colors. A whirlwind between the contemporary figurative and the abstract, Josée Forest captivates us by incorporating in each of her works a touch of hyper realism, a force that has characterized her since her very beginning and for which she is recognized.
Born in Montreal, Josée Forest has found a place in renowned galleries since 2009.
Self-taught painter, passionate about bright colors and textures, she interweaves bold, unexpected and surprising hues in her subjects. The structure of the painting is the result of the artist’s intuition to defy the transparencies, depths and richness of colors. A whirlwind between the contemporary figurative and the abstract, Josée Forest captivates us by incorporating in each of her works a touch of hyper realism, a force that has characterized her since her very beginning and for which she is recognized.
Born in Montreal, Josée Forest has found a place in renowned galleries since 2009.
Self-taught painter, passionate about bright colors and textures, she interweaves bold, unexpected and surprising hues in her subjects. The structure of the painting is the result of the artist’s intuition to defy the transparencies, depths and richness of colors. A whirlwind between the contemporary figurative and the abstract, Josée Forest captivates us by incorporating in each of her works a touch of hyper realism, a force that has characterized her since her very beginning and for which she is recognized.
Born in Montreal, Josée Forest has found a place in renowned galleries since 2009.
Self-taught painter, passionate about bright colors and textures, she interweaves bold, unexpected and surprising hues in her subjects. The structure of the painting is the result of the artist’s intuition to defy the transparencies, depths and richness of colors. A whirlwind between the contemporary figurative and the abstract, Josée Forest captivates us by incorporating in each of her works a touch of hyper realism, a force that has characterized her since her very beginning and for which she is recognized.
Feb 23, 2019
Steve Tracy was born in Santa Clara, California in 1953 and grew up in San Francisco Bay.
Then in his twenties, he moved to New York, in the district of SOHO where he plunged literally into the cultural revolution of the 70s. He began his artistic training at the School of Visual Arts he then continues at the American Art Institute, Colorado. He studied advertising, and in 1981, just graduated, Steve became a cartoonist in the world of the press and then works for the advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernbach, as a junior art director.
Steve Tracy moved to Palo Alto, California where he joined the Kala Institute in Berkeley. While exhibiting in several galleries, Steve works in the film industry as a stage artist and stage director for IMAX and HBO. He won an Emmy Award in 1991 for his work in the HBO film ‘Dawns Early Light’.
At an art exhibition in Florida, Steve meets the love of his life that he decides to follow in Ontario and soon succumbs to the vastness of Canadian landscapes: “The more I travel and discover the beauty of Canada, and the more I want to capture the beauty of painting. He says. He has developed several series on landscapes and wildlife in western Canada.
“My artistic work is really a reflection of myself, but I often approach scenes that are not necessarily real, because I need to escape, to sometimes project myself into totally different geographical places. seven days a week, and when I’m not painting and creating, I feel very disconnected, a bit empty … I wish there were more days in the week to be able to paint more! ”
Today, Steve still lives in Ontario, Canada.
One can find exclusively its new collection “Extreme Skiers” in Canada (Quebec and British Columbia), in the USA (Colorado) and in France (Megève and Courchevel).
You can see his work in numerous galleries in Canada, the United States and abroad.
Awards and Honors include:
– Best art direction commercial TV, Tower Records
– Emmy, HBO scenic artist for the movie “Dawn’s Early Light”
– New York Friars Club, permanent placement: painting
– Empire State Building, permanent placement: painting
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