Born in a remote fisherman village in Quebec in 1971, with a pencil in my hand, I knew very fast that my path would be different. I was building my own universe in secret, while seeming to follow a normal path. I was introduced to art by my father, who was painting as a hobby in our basement studio. I started to paint more seriously at 18, after a night of love with a muse. From that point on, I decided that I would from now on do only what I really loved in my life.
I then started to show my paintings in various industrial alternative spaces.
I earned a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design at UQÀM (University du Québec à Montréal) but I spent half of my studies designing nightclubs in Europe.
At 19, I founded the ORGANIC FRESH HEROES, my first Art group with David Pelletier and made several happenings, parties, and exhibitions in Montréal and in Europe, completing the cycle by a giant happening at Museum of Contemporary Art of Montréal. Then, I started extended travels all over the world to learn art in the tradition of all cultures, from Mauritania, to Morocco, to Bali, Mexico and Thailand, creating on location hundreds of paintings and murals, living the gypsy existence.
In 1999, I founded CIRCO DE BAKUZA, a group of artists, a laboratory of existence based on the alchemic fusion of contemporary art and other arts and culture. With this circus, we created giant events for the Just for Laughs Festival, world premiere Galas for Cirque du Soleil and many more special events.
I also started to collaborate in several sculpture projects with my father, and on many films with different directors, always in the desire to spread the vision in various medias.
In between travels, I installed my studio in different cities: Montréal, Mexico, Bali, New York and Paris, creating in a bohemian spirit with local artists, accumulating collaborations in art, fashion, circus arts, photography (with famous Parisian Studio Harcourt), literature, film, mysticism and eroticism. Every city has brought me an intense period of painting.
For 10 years, I created an independent distribution system for my paintings. Only in 2003 have I started to present my work in art galleries and art fairs, in order to reach a wider audience.
I have been commissioned to create large-scale pieces for international headquarters of companies such as Cirque du Soleil and L’Oréal Canada, as well as restaurants and clubs throughout the globe.
I always loved to share the ritual of creation, resulting in big performances, such as for the “Nuit blanche” both in Paris and Montréal, as well as numerous live paintings all over the world. In 2007, I was commissioned to do a giant live-painting performance at the 1st edition of LUMINATO, Toronto’s Art festival, where I painted a 35 by 55 feet mural outside in 10 days.
Furthermore, I founded a new art group, the SECRET SILK SOCIETY, with several artists from all over the world, seeking for a new iconography with a revolutionary consciousness.
I am also an active member of MU, a non-profit organization which supports and promotes public art in the greater Montréal region. Its mission is both artistic and social as the project involves creating murals within and for local communities. In the summer of 2008, I did two large-scale murals on city walls.
I am attracted more and more to large-scale project, like the creation of my dream, a traveling carousel “The Wheel of Freedom”, and multi-media seven minutes of whirling magical experience, for free, traveling in all big cites of the world.
I then started to show my paintings in various industrial alternative spaces.
I earned a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design at UQÀM (University du Québec à Montréal) but I spent half of my studies designing nightclubs in Europe.
At 19, I founded the ORGANIC FRESH HEROES, my first Art group with David Pelletier and made several happenings, parties, and exhibitions in Montréal and in Europe, completing the cycle by a giant happening at Museum of Contemporary Art of Montréal. Then, I started extended travels all over the world to learn art in the tradition of all cultures, from Mauritania, to Morocco, to Bali, Mexico and Thailand, creating on location hundreds of paintings and murals, living the gypsy existence.
In 1999, I founded CIRCO DE BAKUZA, a group of artists, a laboratory of existence based on the alchemic fusion of contemporary art and other arts and culture. With this circus, we created giant events for the Just for Laughs Festival, world premiere Galas for Cirque du Soleil and many more special events.
I also started to collaborate in several sculpture projects with my father, and on many films with different directors, always in the desire to spread the vision in various medias.
In between travels, I installed my studio in different cities: Montréal, Mexico, Bali, New York and Paris, creating in a bohemian spirit with local artists, accumulating collaborations in art, fashion, circus arts, photography (with famous Parisian Studio Harcourt), literature, film, mysticism and eroticism. Every city has brought me an intense period of painting.
For 10 years, I created an independent distribution system for my paintings. Only in 2003 have I started to present my work in art galleries and art fairs, in order to reach a wider audience.
I have been commissioned to create large-scale pieces for international headquarters of companies such as Cirque du Soleil and L’Oréal Canada, as well as restaurants and clubs throughout the globe.
I always loved to share the ritual of creation, resulting in big performances, such as for the “Nuit blanche” both in Paris and Montréal, as well as numerous live paintings all over the world. In 2007, I was commissioned to do a giant live-painting performance at the 1st edition of LUMINATO, Toronto’s Art festival, where I painted a 35 by 55 feet mural outside in 10 days.
Furthermore, I founded a new art group, the SECRET SILK SOCIETY, with several artists from all over the world, seeking for a new iconography with a revolutionary consciousness.
I am also an active member of MU, a non-profit organization which supports and promotes public art in the greater Montréal region. Its mission is both artistic and social as the project involves creating murals within and for local communities. In the summer of 2008, I did two large-scale murals on city walls.
I am attracted more and more to large-scale project, like the creation of my dream, a traveling carousel “The Wheel of Freedom”, and multi-media seven minutes of whirling magical experience, for free, traveling in all big cites of the world.