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L'Atlas

Born in 1978 - France

BIOGRAPHY

Jules Dedet, alias L'Atlas, is a French street artist born in 1978.

L'Atlas is a meticulous artist, in search of a certain purity both in form and in the choice of colors, and he expresses through his life and his art the Asian philosophy of duality as a source of complementarity. In his hypnotic works, there is always the dichotomy between black and white.

Refusing academic studies and a conformist life, he abandoned his art history studies to devote himself entirely to his writing. He travelled to Morocco and then to Egypt to study Arabic calligraphy from the greatest masters and teachers. At his return to Paris, he transposed the ancient Arab techniques into contemporary mediums such as scotch tape and spray paint for his paintings and posters. He creates a unique and universal signature inspired by the labyrinth, a recurring motif in his work.

These compasses and labyrinths made of gaffer tape (white scotch tape used on film sets) and applied on the ground are an invitation to reflection. In each of these works, one can always guess a word, more or less hidden, which is one of the inherent characteristics of the urban art to which he is associated. His works have been shown in many museums and institutions such as the George Pompidou Center, the Palais de Tokyo or the Grand Palais.

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Painting Painting Abstract Painting Street art Print Print Street art Print Abstract Print Lithography Print Serigraphy Painting Acrylic French Artists

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO & GROUP SHOWS

2012
PERSISTENCE, Lebenson gallery, Paris (France)
London Art Fair, Londres (UK)
Cutlog / Contemporary Art Fair, Paris (France)

2011
MORPHOLOGIE, David Bloch Gallery, Marrakech (Maroc)
Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech (Morocco)
SKALITZERS CONTEMPORARY ART, Berlin (Germany)
L'ATLAS VS SALIM, Musée en Herbe, Paris (France)
Lebenson Gallery, Paris (France)
L'ATLAS VS TANC, Gallery Romain Rolland, French Alliance of New Delhi, New Delhi (India)
GRADATIONS / L'ATLAS TANC, Galerie Lebenson, Paris (France)

2010
London Newcastle project space, Londres (UK)
ART STARS PROJECT, Auction PHillips de Pury & Company - Londres (UK)
Biennale des Arts Graphiques, Contemporary art museum of Perm, Perm (Russia)
Art Kiev Contemporary, Kiev (Ukraine)
L'ATLAS IS HERE, Gallery G, Paris (France)
CUTLOG / Paris art fair, Paris (France)
ANIMAL DREAM / Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech (Morocco)
Les Labyrinthes de la Calligraphie, Avantgarden Gallery, Milan (Italia)
Vive l'art urbain, UNIVER Gallery, Paris (France)
NERVOUNESS, G Gallery, Paris (France)
CROSSWORDS, Galerie SEIZE, Marseille (France)
Street art passage, Museum quarter, Vienne (Austria)
Project Fabrika, Residence, Moscou (Russia)
Kiss the city, SKALITZERS Contemporary Art, Berlin (Germany)
Bombes Productions, Galerie G, Paris (France)
Strates, Maison des arts de Créteil, Crétail (France)
The middle age in the XXI century, Gallery FOTOLOFT, Moscou (Russia)
SCOPE, Galerie NINE 5, New York (USA)
Lettres de Noblesse, Auction Pierre Bergé et Associés, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France)
L'ATLAS / MISS TIC, L'oeil ouvert, Paris (France)

2009
The show, Galerie Joseph, Paris (France)
City fragments, Galerie Nine5, New York (USA)
Graffiti "etats des lieux", Galerie du Jour Agnès b., Paris (France)
Galerie Valentina Volchkova, Paris (France)
Born in the street, Fondation Cartier, Paris (France)
Street art, Galerie Alexis Lartigue, Paris (France)
ART BEIJING, Pékin (China)
T.A.G, Grand Palais, Paris (France)
RELOAD, Galerie Celal, Paris (France)
Toiles errantes, Maisons des Métallos, Paris (France)

2008
Sur les traces de l'atlas, South Painters, Toulouse (France)
Lay down the reality, Galerie Moretti, Paris (France)
D'un monde a l'autre, Galerie Il Trifolio Nero, Gênes (Italia)
Outside in, Prescription Art, Londres (UK)
Urban nature Interventions d'artistes urbains en milieu rural, Aude (France)
Point rouge, Paris (France)
LE M.U.R, Galerie L.J Beaubourg, Paris (France)
B CUBE, Doors Studio, Paris (France)
Des écritures dans la ville, Médiathèque de la ville, Issy-les-moulineaux (France)
Ne perd pas le nord, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
L'esprit vertical, Chaumont (France)
No new ennemies, Jardin Botanique, Bruxelles (Belgium)
Taguer n'est pas jouer, Galerie Bailly, Paris (France)
International poster art, Atelier occupato, Rome (Italia)
Cosmic graffiti, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris (France)

2007
Behind the seen, Ad Hoc Gallery, New York (USA)
Illisible city, Carhartt out let show, Weil and Rhein (Germany)
L'atlas city, Galerie GT29, Frigourg (Switzerland)
Back in the street, Galerie Vibes, Montpellier (France)
Louis Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Sardaigne (Italia)
Le monde de demain nous appartient, Galerie Wall, Orléans (France)
Galerie L.J Beaubourg, Paris (France)

2006
Ligne, Galerie Chappe, Paris (France)
Labyrinthes et spirales, Bourgogne (France)
Deux jours de nuit, Place Saint-Sulpice, Paris (France)
Synapses, Musée du Montparnasse, Paris (France)
Intersections, Bruxelles (Belgium)
The content of my head is visible, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris (France)
Capitales, Toast Gallery, Paris (France)

2005
Undercontrol, Galerie du moment, Bruxelles (Belgium)
Republik'art avec Sun 7, Ogjakharta, Jakharta (Indonesia)
L'atlas, Montpellier (France)
Versus color, La Kabak, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Section urbaine, Espace des Blancs-Manteaux, Paris (France)

2004
L'invention du monde, Galerie des enfants, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France)
Citadins en milieu artistique "La Lune en parachute", Epinal (France)
Monochrome (Tanc), Grenoble (France)
Concrete Jungle, Galerie Annie Stansal, Paris (France)
Art is stick, Galerie Artcore, Paris (France)
L'atlas, Montana Shop, Barcelone (Spain)

2003
Happy biennale !, Maison du Japon, Venise (Italia)
Toiles errantes / Exposition itinérante pour Agnès B, Tokyo, Osaka, Paris, London

2001
Street Art, Galerie du Jour Agnès B., Paris (France)