PSYCHOZE Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1969 -

Alexander Stolypin said Psyckoze Nolimit is a precursor of the graffiti culture in France. Artist graffiti artist and painter French , he is a member of the 156 crew . In underground quarries of Paris (sculptures, paintings) or on the walls of cities around the world, it leaves its mark since 1984.


Psyckoze begins in the world of graffiti in late 1984, at the age of 15. At that time, this culture is only a couple of people in France. It begins with tag 'Acro. He then adopted the pseudonym Psycho in 1987, echoing the attacks in Paris by Action Directe, which become permanently Psyckoze thereafter.

For fifteen years Psyckoze will continue its quest for identity to be recognized in graffiti microcosm renewing its style. Louvre palisades of the Bastille via the Seine, he made graffiti in the most amazing places, especially seeking to catch. He makes color graffiti in subway tunnels. It is in this context that Colt meeting, which will be critical in the evolution of his style.
Psy Colt - Metro Buzenval 1987

Paris drowned by tags, he launched his concept of "Psy Minute", small color graffiti made in the center of Paris, in order to stand.
Psy Minute - Rue Amelot, in 1992

He participated in the birth of the Mac ( " Death to the idiots ") in 1990. Their goal is then to paint large walls, with a common theme to the artists, to show another image of graffiti as vandalism that media trying to impose.

His involvement in the collective The Charbonniers in 1991, made ??him aware of the force of urban art. In 1993, he participated in the event "The street is ours", organized by The Charbonniers in Street Watt (13th arr.). For 10 days Psyckoze carries a fresco daily live, covering the previous. Meanwhile, he began to develop a more intimate work on canvas. It focuses on painting, while continuing its journey in the street. He exhibited for the first time in the gallery in 1992, in the gallery Magda Danyzs rue Keller in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. Between 1991 and 1993, he presents his paintings at various self-produced by Charbonniers events. In May 1997, he presented a solo exhibition course and Concrete blocks , bringing together works created over five years. 400 square meters, in a former factory nineteenth arrondissement, it recreates a street he dresses of works produced in different media (canvas, wood, signage panels). In June of the same year, he produced an exhibition with Jonone , artist, graffiti artist in Fridge .

It regularly alternates gallery exhibitions and self-produced spaces. In September 2001, he participated in the retrospective exhibition organized by Graffiti Agnes Troubled held in the Gallery of the day in Paris. He directed the catacombs of Paris in a facility that presents paintings, sculpture and video. In 2003 he produced a solo exhibition entitled Headlock, the Foundry, workshop space and dissemination in Bagnolet (read below). In 2004, he repeats with an exhibition of underground quarries "Autopsy".

From 27 March to 3 May 2009, he participated in the exhibition at the Grand Palais Tag . He collaborated with Alain Dominique Gallizia, collector and project leader, meeting artists in France and New York and provides insight into the history of the movement in France and across the Atlantic.

The same year, it brings together paintings that escaped the fire in his studio and exhibited several years of work of 4 to 27 June 2009 at Studio 55 in the framework of the exhibition: "Tout Feu Tout Flamme" .

From 16 November to 1 December 2009, the subject of a solo exhibition at the Espace Cardin located rue de Duras in Paris. For the first time, he presents sculptures of his characters.
Espace Pierre Cardin, 2009


His career developed internationally. 2006 (Los Angeles, Seth Carmichael Gallery - Next) to today, it multiplies travel and achievements worldwide. In November 2009, he participated in a major exhibition "No Man's Land", performed in the premises of the Embassy of France in Tokyo. In 2010, supported by the Embassy of the United States and the French Institute and Agnes b. , He produced a monumental mural in collaboration with Paul Santoleri (35x20m) in Philadelphia with the Mural Arts Program.

After spending two months to complete a huge mural in Philadelphia , experience is the subject of the exhibition Morning Glory , held in November 2010 in the Wild Stylerz Gallery in Paris.

Psyckoze now developing in parallel his work in the studio and on the street that are inseparable for him. The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations scheduled to open in 2013 in Marseille acquired several of his works.
Collective

Psyckoze part of different groups: 156 All Starz, MAC, UK, GT ... Each group has a different philosophy. The 156 All Starz has always had an artistic dimension and probably corresponds to the group Psyckoze always felt close. This first approach led Psyckoze to develop many group projects.
The Charbonniers - From Coke to Art 1991

In 1991 he was a founding member of the group The Charbonniers with a group of friends. Together, they occupy a coal warehouse in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in which they will hold for two years, events bringing together painters, sculptors, musicians, actors ...

Psyckoze realizes the strength of the group and the necessity to unite the creative energies, regardless of the discipline in which it is expressed. He began a militant approach to obtain spaces of creation and distribution for the recognition of urban cultures.

It is committed through various alternative projects in the district of Belleville LGQFDT (the people doing stuff), The Monkey Tavern, Pole Pi ...

He becomes aware of the precarious status of the artist, of the difficulty of obtaining a work area. By necessity, in 1998, he held the foundry, an industrial building in Bagnolet. He partnered with Tarak Ferreri, stage manager, and develops programming in different disciplines. Between 2002 and 2005, the space welcomes the public every Friday for exhibitions, concerts, theaters all free but in total illegality. The concept is proven and the public, reflecting the social diversity, are increasingly numerous. The place also attracts professionals from the art world who perceive it as a laboratory.

In 2005, the Foundry is sold and the municipality of Bagnolet offers Psyckoze a cultural partnership agreement in a space located at 115, rue Sadi Carnot . The place is called "the 115". This new space does not allow the public in compliance with safety standards. Psyckoze decided to make a space for residence for foreign artists who wish to develop an art project on Paris. Between 2005 and 2008, the "115" hosts from thirty urban artists from around the world (USA, Brazil, Iran, Chile, Taiwan ...) to which they offer a creative space with different technical skills with the key, an exhibition in Paris. Various workshops are created: painting, photography, music studio, screen printing shop, tattoo caravan, bicycle workshop. Fifteen artists permanently working there. The whole project is based on the exchange of expertise and artists (and permanent residents) stay free.

On the night 4 to 5 December 2008, the 115, is a victim of criminal origin fire. The space, very damaged is then closed.

The 115 has been a catalyst of energy and determination around what is now called the "street art". It has enabled many actors of that culture to meet, create projects and build this culture.


Activities

The entire Psyckoze approach is part of a decidedly urban environment. The city is the founding element of its shares.
Mosaic - underground quarries of Paris, 2012

On paintings, his work stems directly from graffiti codes. Tags, streaks overlap in his abstract works; its more figurative paintings, his characters without faces come to life with the same dynamic that tag: a line released as a signature.

In the street, his approach now takes a social dimension. Beyond his spontaneous interventions Psyckoze conducted during the spring of 2012, a mural at Bagnolet , in consultation with local stakeholders (associations, schools, residents, municipality). This collective work is the starting point of a park development project to achieve with the participation of other artists and locals.

Besides his work in the city, Psyckoze developing for over 25 years, an action under the city, in the underground quarries of Paris . In this timeless space and constraints of society, he pursued a timeless approach based on the track so that urban works survive the present generations. He has painted many murals, created a course with his characters in the maze of 69 km of the network. In 2012, he directed and installed in situ, a mosaic of one of his graffiti, as a snub to the ephemeral nature of this culture. This mosaic has also been vandalized.