Jim Nagoya - Le Fumeur de maïs

- Unique work with certificate of authenticity
- Original work on linen canvas and wooden frame

Jim Nagoya is a French visual artist whose powerful and instinctive work sits at the crossroads of expressionism, street art, and contemporary abstraction. Trained at the prestigious Écoles des Beaux-Arts in Paris and Amiens, he develops from an early age a visceral artistic practice nourished by an inner need to represent and reinvent the world.

His work, rich in symbols and raw energies, draws inspiration from major currents such as the Cobra movement, German expressionism, Street Art, Surrealism, New figuration, and American gestural/abstract expressionism. He joined the Street Art collective TBS alongside Jone Hopper and Skepa, exploring the interaction between art and urban space.

Jim Nagoya’s universe is an alchemy of major influences: Basquiat, Bacon, Picasso, Corneille, Condo, JonOne… but also the literary and cinematic worlds of the Beat Generation and the underground California of the 1960s. This inspiration took him as far as Los Angeles, where he collaborated for several years with a renowned painter on the art scene.

Back in France, Jim Nagoya continues a determined trajectory. Repeatedly awarded in national salons, he regularly exhibits at the Grand Palais in Paris and his works are now included in numerous private and public collections (town halls, departmental councils, etc.).

A personal pictorial language, free, vibrant and engaged — a mirror of the pulsions of the contemporary world, imbued with a unique symbolism.

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