Jinks Kunst (1976) - Balance Ton Fuck!

Balance ton F*** was created using a hand-cut stencil.

Jinks Kunst isn’t a fan of machines for cutting stencils. The pleasure of creating also comes from manual cutting.

Original and unique work, signed and ready to hang.

BIOGRAPHY
Jinks Kunst is a Franco-Swiss urban artist born in 1976. He lives and works in Nantes.

His adolescence was shaped by hip-hop culture and that of skateboarding. Magazines, fanzines, album covers led him to discover graffiti and the illustrations of artists like Lazoo or Mode 2.

He first tries graffiti lettering, then in 2006, he turns to stencil art. It is a true revelation and a consuming passion that never leaves him. These works are all handmade. Thus, armed with a cutter, he meticulously carves large-scale works for hours.

In January 2008, he begins to crop street signs in Nantes, then around the world. Intervening in streets across the globe is a necessity for Jinks Kunst. His creations are visible in more than 44 countries.

These journeys are always an opportunity for long walks to discover the right walls, the right signs. They are rich in encounters with local populations. For Jinks Kunst, urban art is a way to create bonds with the inhabitants of the countries he explores, to engage in (often volunteer) actions with audiences (informal settlements, refugee camps, working-class neighborhoods, schools) who have little or no access to this form of cultural expression, notably by organizing stencil creation workshops.