Homek & Jerome Mesnager

Jérôme Mesnager, born on 30 January 1961, in Colmar (Haut-Rhin), is a French painter. He is the father of the "Man in White"—a symbol of light, strength and peace. One of the first Parisian street painters, his works are part of the artistic movements of urban, street art or graffiti. In 1982, he was one of the founders of Zig-Zag, a group of a dozen very young artists who decided to occupy the street by drawing graffiti and also to briefly occupy disused factories for an artistic performance. With graffiti artist Renaud Reine, alias Homek, the pair have founded a productive partnership. The duo met during an ephemeral gallery on the Place de la République, in Lisieux in 2021. Born in 1986, Renaud Reine was immersed in urban cultures in the early 2000s, when, while training as a woodcarver, he began to travel around France and neighboring countries to make his mark under his graffiti artist name Homek. Since 2021, the pair continue to collaborate and further French street art.

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