JP Malot
JP Malot, was born in 1973 and attended a school for artistic and technical drawing for two years. However, when he found the school too academic for his liking, he left school and went back to his passion for spray painting (graffiti). During a graffiti exhibition of Agnes B's gallery, in addition to frequent visits to Wasteland, he also worked on decorating parades, fashion stores. It was a kind of cult of the time.
Influenced by the greatest graffiti artists of his youth in Paris (Steph, Jonone, Futura 2000) and the books Subway Art and Spray Can Art in the late 80's and early 90's, he was drawn to it the drawings and sketches of the great masters. He also became increasingly interested in the abstract work of Paul Jerkins and his colors and claims to be fully part of underground culture today. His current influences range from pop art, graphics, fashion to his travels, from which he brings back posters from the streets to incorporate them into his work. His techniques are mixed and combine collage, aerosol, painting, stencil, sitography, marker, acrylic, drawing and sculpted objects like his grenades in pop colors that he posts in the streets or on other objects, visual and pseudonymous, that are considered different Tags serve, sticks or signs to mislead his followers and satisfy his need to hide while creating new concepts and sometimes mysteries for the street art fans. We can see his work in cities like Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Palma, Malaga, Marbella, Ibiza, Naples, London, Galsgow, Lagos, Edinburgh, Beijing, Los Angeles, Barcelona, London, Berlin, New York, Tokyo and now also in Salzburg at the NL gallery ...
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JP Malot was born in 1973 and attended a school for artistic and technical drawing for two years. However, when he saw the school as too academic for his taste, he left school and returned to his passion for spray painting (graffiti). During a graffiti exhibition at the Agnes B gallery, in addition to visiting the wasteland, he also worked on decorating parades and fashion shops. It was a kind of cult of the time.
Influenced by the greatest graffiti artists of his youth in Paris (Steph, Jonone, Futura 2000) and the books «Subway Art» and «Spray Can Art» in the late 80s and early 90s, he was drawn to the drawings and sketches of the great master. He became increasingly interested in Paul Jerkins' abstract work and colors and claims to be a part of underground culture today. His current influences range from pop art, graphics, fashion to his travels, from which he brings posters from the street to be integrated into his work. His techniques are mixed and combine collage, aerosol, painting, stencil, sitography, marker, acrylic, drawings and sculpted objects like his grenades in pop colors, which he posts on the streets or on other objects, visual and pseudonymous, as different serve, glue or sign tags to mislead his followers and satisfy his need to hide, as new concepts and sometimes puzzles emerge for street art fans. We can work in cities like Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Palma, Malaga, Marbella, Ibiza, Naples, London, Galsgow, Lagos, Edinburgh, Beijing, Los Angeles, Barcelona, London, Berlin, New York, Tokyo and now also in Salzburg at the NL gallery ...