Jim Nagoya - Le Sourire

The first three situational visuals are AI visualizations based on photographs of the real object. The photos of the real object serve as the authentic reference, unique work with certificate of authenticity

_ Œuvre unique avec certificat d'authenticité
- Œuvre originale sur toile de lin et châssis bois

Jim Nagoya is a French plasticine painter whose powerful and instinctive work sits at the crossroads of expressionism, street art and contemporary abstraction. Trained at the prestigious Écoles des Beaux-Arts of Paris and Amiens, he develops at a very early stage 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 Abstract Expressionism. He joins 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 takes him as far as Los Angeles, where he collaborates for several years with a renowned painter on the art scene.

Back in France, Jim Nagoya continues a strong trajectory. He has been rewarded multiple times in national salons, regularly exhibits at the Grand Palais in Paris, and his works today join many private and public collections (town halls, departmental councils, etc.).

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

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