Monsieur Smoking Flowers, 2021

Baptiste Laurent   Emerging artists

Baptiste Laurent (1980, Nantes) is a visual artist residing in Spain since 2007. He has exhibited in various artistic and cultural institutions such as the Palais de Tokyo, the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Madrid, the French Institute in Madrid, Esquina Nua , Espacio Seara, the Alliance Française de Madrid, the Gazzambo Gallery and the FL Gallery.

He developed his artistic practice as an autodidact, alongside his studies in political science and art history. He has been artistic director and manager of cultural projects in many cultural and artistic institutions (Palais de Tokyo, La Maison Rouge, Venice Biennale, Gallería Continua, etc.)

His traditional medium is painting, but he also works in sculpture and develops projects with a strong literary, social and anthropological component. In his recent publications and exhibitions "Mauvaises Tournures", "Bajo el mismo mar" and "Exit", he experimented with creative work in collaboration with other visual artists but also with literary authors.

He is an anti-academic, eclectic artist, who likes the syncretism of pictorial styles, and who wavers between neo-figurative narration, graphic painting, urban art and expressionist abstraction.

Founder of the "Latolier" shared studio, located in the Usera district of Madrid, he leads a dynamic community of Spanish and international visual artists.