TROIS CENT SOIXANTE
CNN199 EXPOSITION
LE CREW
AMINE BRUSH . ARABEE . ARKE . AZE . CHOC . CRAN . DEMA . EXOM . FONKY FAT . GANE HMI . KEREL . KESO . KO-NECKST . LAEC . NORA . MALONE . MANZA . MESK . ODREE ORDE . ORE . RAMONE . RIVAL . ROEL . SAMIR . SCARA . SITOU MATT . SIZE . VENENO . ZAREE…
AMIN BRUSH
A multifaceted artist, he boldly combines street art, graffiti and Moroccan traditions in his works, creating a unique bridge between urban cultures and ancestral heritage. His murals, which adorn walls across Europe and Morocco, are a festival of colors and symbols, reflecting the richness of his cultural identity. By integrating traditional Moroccan motifs and the dynamism of graffiti, he offers a new dimension to urban art, inviting reflection on the interconnection of cultures. A true dialogue between past and present, it testifies to the ability of artistic expression to transcend borders and unite peoples.
ARKE
An urban photographer with roots in vandal graffiti, he captures the raw essence of the street through his lens. His work focuses on poignant portraits of people living on the margins of society, often struggling with addiction and the harsh realities of urban life. His images reveal a deep empathy and intimate understanding of street culture. Between aesthetics and documentary, his photographs tell stories of survival and resilience.
AZEONE
Although he was born into the tagging movement, Djamel Oulkadi is unlike any of its other representatives. His work is as much related to Arab-Muslim abstraction, which attempts to avoid images and human representation, as it is to certain Op Art works, where the eye is drawn to the movement of the spaces it tries to fix. His works on canvas, like his frescoes, are made up of paths, trails, furrows, vessels and alleys that take us on a dizzying journey through mazes and labyrinths that he himself seems to discover as he goes along.
DEMA
Between street and gallery, this artist wields his brush like a manifesto. Both calligrapher and graffiti artist, he sculpts his convictions in ink and colour, transforming every surface into a
canvas for expression. For three decades, from Brussels to the four corners of the world, he has been displaying his art:
wild tags and meditative calligraphy, raw walls and precious canvases, ephemeral installations and thoughtful exhibitions. His gestures carry within them the breath of rebellion and the grace
of the line. A journey in which each intervention reveals a philosophy in motion, where art becomes resistance and the work becomes revelation.
EXOM
He draws inspiration from the roots of hip-hop to create murals. His works, a vibrant tribute to the early days of graffiti, fuse nostalgia for the first styles with a unique contemporary touch. Thanks to his innovative approach, he reinvents the classic codes of graffiti, incorporating
modern elements that speak to a diverse audience. His murals, often populated with iconic codes and cultural elements of hip-hop, are more than just murals: they are a bridge between generations, celebrating the history and evolution of an artistic movement that continues to inspire freedom of expression and creativity.
GANE
He has developed a unique approach to graffiti through oil and acrylic canvases, worked with a knife. His universe draws on his nocturnal wanderings in the heart of cities and places neglected by our societies. His works convey the raw energy of forgotten spaces, between abstraction and urban tension. With him, the spirit of graffiti moves from walls to canvas. An approach where material and movement tell the story of another form of resistance.
HMI
He works in many fields: graffiti, painting, drawing, press caricature... Artistic director of the Racines Festival, he is also the author of the comic book L'araignée au plafond (The Spider on the Ceiling), the first graffiti artist to produce press cartoons. His works defend justice and respect. He is the creator of the Manneken Peace mural that stands in the center of the capital. With murals all over the world, from the IAM studios in Marseille to Benin, Dubai, Senegal and Morocco, HMI is the go-to hip-hop portrait artist.
LAEC
A self-taught graffiti artist and artist from Chamonix and Corsica. For the past eight years, her work has been guided by encounters, sharing and exchange, with a desire to transcribe onto walls the energy of the people she meets along the way. She has been active in street art for several years. Invited to numerous festivals in Europe and around the world, she combines abstraction, instinct and raw expression.
MESK
A tagger and graffiti artist, he discovered graffiti at school in the 1980s and had his first experiences with the KSA collective. In the early 1990s, he joined the CNN199 collective out of
passion and quickly became a fervent activist of the Crew. He travels a lot, is passionate about travel and is inspired by different techniques from around the world. He is one of the pioneers of 3D lettering, and later decided to work with materials such as wood and plexiglass to create sculptures. He models all this with his lettering technique, enjoying exploding the letter and breaking it down infinitely.
OREONE
Tagger and graffiti artist since the late 1980s. He joined the CNN199 collective early on, while also taking calligraphy classes with Michel Najjar. He finds that his Arab background and culture are an asset in his graphic approach. He went on to work in the film industry, and his vision of the cinematic world is also reflected in his work and art. His sensibilities are well developed and bring a unique touch to the collective.
SIZE44
Born in mainland Belgium, this young artist was destined to become a true city dweller. He worships big cities, which provide him with inspiration. He draws it from walls covered in paint, skate spots and architecture that is sometimes modern, sometimes Rococo. He entered the art world through graffiti and has never looked back.
Influenced by skateboarding and hip hop,
RIVAL
captures precious moments, not between two lines in a jumble of letters but, this time, in the form of photos. Trying to move as far away as possible from clichés, he attempts to develop certain flashes, certain moments without a frame, but moments when time decides to stop, to give art all the space it needs to exist...
ROEL aka RL77
He embodies graffiti in its purest and most vandalistic form. Without seeking to make a statement or adopt an artistic stance, he asserts a raw practice, where each tag is a mise en
abyme of everyday life. For him, the essence of graffiti lies in the instinctive gesture and the desire to make the Crew's name resonate wherever he goes. His art is a presence, a marker, a
trace.
SITOU MATT
Originally from Togo, where he grew up, he began graffiti art and then co-founded the first graphic arts studio dedicated to screen printing and street wear. Now based in France, he
conducts research into colors and, above all, how they blend and ‘coexist’. More than just seeking harmony, he seeks to bring colors ‘together’ according to his inspiration and the surface
at hand, with walls representing his palette of infinite variations. He is also very interested in working with shapes, seeking to bring them to life in order to bring his media to life, whether walls, canvases in his exhibitions, or even skateboards, beehives or concrete blocks...
VENENO
She is originally from Nantes, she started graffiti in 2006. This discipline has allowed her to travel around the world. Between her introduction to graffiti in a slum in Mexico in 2015 and her participation in festivals in Senegal and Benin in 2016, she honed an original style. She developed a line-based painting style reminiscent of engraving and generally works on her characters using very few colors. This multidisciplinary artist also uses the art of crochet to reinterpret iconic objects of the HIP HOP movement, such as ghetto blasters, turntables, trainers, spray paint, etc. She has also been practicing linoleum engraving since her return from Mexico, a country that inspires her greatly.
