Johanne8 (1974) - CHAOS: Paris Octobre 2026

Painting on XXL rolled canvas 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, Europe and Asia. Solo show and group exhibitions with Ben Frost, Robert Combas, speedy graphito, Hervé Si 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 worldwide 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 attached to this young 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 proven contemporary art artist, she has been exhibiting her paintings and sculptures since 2008 in recognized galleries. Her works have been shown from Melbourne to Barcelona, passing by Lausanne or Geneva, as well as in France: Paris, Deauville, Megève, Courchevel, Arcachon, or Saint-Tropez… She has also invested prestigious venues such as the Grand Palais de Lille for Lille Art-Up or L’Urban Art-Fair in Paris. Johanne 8 imagines in her studio luminous and colorful canvases that tell a story. Her story!!!… Thus the artist defines herself today as an heiress of 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 major fashion names Paul&Joe, Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel) and Olivier Rousteing (Balmain); and by French gastronomy, the three-Michelin-starred chef Anne-Sophie Pic, Johanne 8 continues her path and never stops renewing herself. When Johanne 8 returns to live in Paris, it is 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, interwoven with words, in order to transcribe her inner turmoil and the variety of her artistic and cultural references. She invites the viewer to reflect on their own cultural mosaic, on what makes up today our mixed identities. She has recently developed a new technique to give extra relief to her creations, drawing inspiration from the candy brands she loves to place on the canvases (Milky Way, Bounty, Galak, Mars…). This recalls that the artist grew up in the 80s and is fully infused with that culture. In her paintings you will surely 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 the great themes of society. As for the 8 beside her name, it is the day-of-birth number of her son Mattia."} } } }