« From the forest ».
I painted these containers for Laudescher, a wood industry located in Carentan, Normandy.
On the large container I painted patterns inspired by the forest with flowers, wood and leaves, and on the smaller one I painted patterns inspired by the wooden products created by the industry.
Thank you to the team at Laudescher for their warm welcome ! And thank you to Palma Festival for organising!
एक साथ (“Eksat” meaning “together” in Hindi). Acrylic on 40×50 cm art paper.
This word was first given to me to paint in Phule Nagar, a slum of Mumbai. I really enjoy using different alphabets and sanskrit always works well!
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I made these designs for @bierepetitecouronne , a craft beer brewery based in Gennevilliers, in the outskirts of Paris.
I’m no good at computer design so I used proper paint brushes on art paper, then scanned the artwork and handed over to the designers to add the info, barcode, etc… How do you like the labels?
Cheers to the brewery for the collab!
This time I created a piece without paint. Instead I used pieces of fabric sown together. I did it all myself with a sewing machine and I love how fabric adds texture! For sale, contact me for more info!
My dad taught me to sow when I was a teenager because I wanted to create flags to wave at the football stadium in Caen. This was at a time where I also learnt how to spray paint and how to create huge displays from plastic sheets in the stadium. Sowing is totally part of the ultras movement and football support in general. I’ve been using coloured fabric for a long time, but this is my first piece which isn’t designed for football which is why I’ve called it “Bandiera Senza Curva” 
flag without a football stand). Yet another exemple of « siamonoism* ».
* The term « siamonoism » comes from the italian phrase « … siamo noi » ( =we are … ) which is used by ultras of many italian football clubs in order highlight their identity like in the famous « Milano siamo noi » chant. « Siamonoism » designates artwork or artists who’ve emerged from ultras groups or who are inspired by the subculture.
Can you read the hidden word? (It’s in french).
I painted this 7.5 x 5.5 meter wall in a school in Gavray, Normandy.
The word was chosen by the pupils and painted in a single day instead of 2 days! A terrible weather forecast meant I had no choice but to finish the wall in a day before the rain came pouring down. I started at 10am and finished at 1:20am the following morning which meant working in the dark with artificial lighting.
In the end I enjoyed the challenge, and I spent the next day giving art classes to the pupils.
Thank you to the teachers and pupils of the Collège Roland Vaudatin for their warm welcome !
Collab piece with my friend @pierre_burnel_art in Cherbourg !
I very rarely do collaborations but I really enjoyed this one with Norman artist Pierre Burnel!
We painted this in a nursing home and the word « Tendresse » (tenderness) was chosen by the residents and carers.
Thank you to Usine Utopik and Résidence L’Hermitage for the very warm welcome!
Just painted this in a Jacques Decour school in Paris!
I was with a group of kids with special needs, some of them dyslexic like me. They chose the word « Espoir » (« Hope » in French). Loved the experience !
Thank you to Fouhida! Organised by the best gallery in town : @urban_signature
Leaving a slum in which I’ve been working for a month is always a heartbreaking experience. I’ve been through this so many times but I never really get used to it. I want to thank all the inhabitants of Zavodskoy Paselok for being such good hosts. It amazes me how much we understood each other even though we only spoke 25 words in common. Art really has this unique power!
I’m very happy to have painted these 8 different murals in the slum. The last one is the 214th mural since the beginning of « Share The Word Project » in 2013 in Jakarta. Massive thank you to Dudu for his help, and congratulations to my art partner Spag Bertin for his brilliant images.
I also want to thank the people who’ve been following me, encouraging me and those buying my artwork. I self fund this project so if we’re able to do this, it’s thanks to you.
Doni, 12 years old, chose the word “ИЙГИЛИК” (“good fortune” in Kyrgyz).
This word is for the kids of his generation who are hoping for a bright future in a very young country. (A couple of weeks ago, Kyrgyzstan celebrated 30 years of independence).
Since the day we arrived, Doni has been extremely helpful, always watching out in case we need anything and smiling in the process. He has been explaining our project to everyone, keeping our paint in his home at night and making sure we know where the closest tap is.
He only speaks a bit of Russian and we barely know a few words, but somehow he knows exactly what’s going! Super efficient and always smiling, a top lad!
I don’t know how much of the future is decided on good fortune or on will power, but for sure his community is fortunate to have youth like him!
The least we could do was to paint the wall he sees every morning in front of his gate!
Portrait by Spag Bertin
Rosa chose the word “Бактылуу” (“Happyness” in Kyrgyz). Rosa was born in a modest family in Tadjikistan and moved to Kyrgyzstan when she was young. She is now a shopkeeper in the slum and sells tea, Snickers, vodka and an array of ridiculously sweet drinks kept in her fridge. She told me she is happy simply because she has a job and has kids, and even a grandchild!
We’ve known Rosa for a few weeks now because we’ve been getting our water from her shop, and she’s been cooking for us. Knowing her, it was easy to guess that she would choose the word “happiness”.
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