Johanne8 (1974) - BLUE COCO SNOW WHITE

“Deadly combat between two civilizations” 116x89cm. Painting on canvas XXL rolled up and not mounted on a frame (to be mounted directly by a framing professional), by the Artist JOHANNE 8 permanently exhibited for 20 years in galleries in France and Europe and Asia. Solo show and collective exhibitions with Ben Frost, Robert Combas, Speedy Graphito, Hervé Di Rosa, Miss.Tic… Various fairs represented by galleries at Urban Art Fair Paris, Art-Up (Lille Art Fair), Art Taipei… press releases: L’Express, Air France Magazine, Artitude Tome 2 and the latest release currently in the world The Bible Calligraphy (101 artists), AD Spain, Marie Claire Maison, etc… BIOGRAPHY A name that resonates like a good luck charm when you know the symbolic meaning of the number associated with the artist’s first name. After a career in aerospace, she returns to her lifelong passion. Born in Lyon in 1974, Johanne 8 lives and creates today in Paris. A confirmed contemporary Art artist, she has been exhibiting her paintings and sculptures since 2008 in renowned galleries. Her works are shown from Melbourne to Barcelona, passing through Lausanne or Geneva, as well as in France: Paris, Deauville, Megève, Courchevel, Arcachon, or Saint-Tropez… She has also brought her work to prestigious venues such as the Grand Palais de Lille for Lille Art-Up or L’Urban Art-Fair in Paris. Johanne 8 imagines luminous, colorful canvases in her studio that tell a story. Her story!!!… This is how the artist defines herself today as an heir to Bad Painting, a movement of American graffiti artists. She joins the young artistic movement of “Street Pop,” which she shares with other artists like Benjamin Spark, a young and talented Belgian artist. Observed and chosen by the fashion icons Paul&Joe, Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel) and Olivier Rousteing (Balmain); and by French gastronomy, the three-starred chef Anne-Sophie Pic, Johanne 8 continues her path and never stops renewing herself. When Johanne 8 returns to settle in Paris, it’s to devote herself fully to her first loves: she writes screenplays for cinema and television. At the same time, she picks up the brushes again and exhibits canvases where the diversity of techniques used goes hand in hand with the plurality and richness of visual codes. Deliberately Johanne 8 makes images clash, mingled with words, in order to transcribe her inner turmoil and the variety of her artistic and cultural references. She invites the viewer to question their own cultural mosaic, what constitutes our mixed identities today. She has just developed a new technique to give an additional relief to her creations, drawing inspiration from the candy brands she likes to stamp on the canvases (Milky Way, Bounty, Galak, Mars…). This is not without recalling that the artist grew up in the 1980s and is fully imbued with that culture. In her canvases you will no doubt find references to those who have always inspired her: Basquiat, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Erro, or Julio Le Parc. Her universe also includes Pulp, 1950s comics, as well as international current events and major social themes. As for the 8 beside her name, it is the day-of-birth number of her son Mattia."