Sans-titre, 2018

Valer  

In eastern France and its border countries, Valer made himself known through La Smala Crew, one of the most productive collectives of the 2000s, of which he is the founder and whose monumental frescoes, between others, have marked the minds of graffiti lovers.

Spotted under the pseudonyms Esy, then Moos, he has been signing his works since 2003 using the nickname that has followed him since childhood: Valer.

Valer takes part, in France and abroad, in numerous jams in the company of the most important European and international street artists; Trier, Milan, Luxembourg, Bali, Baronissi, ...

In 2017, the Galerie Les Artistes Témoins in Nancy organized his first solo exhibition for him, where he presented a spray paint created in collaboration with the Faïencerie Saint-Jean l'Aigle Émaux de Longwy.

At the end of 2019, the Prémontrés Abbey in Pont-à-Mousson welcomes him for 3 months for a major exhibition.

Equally at ease in lettering as in figurative art, he mainly creates very technical works, composed of implosive letters, compressed, twisted, placed on realistic sets, but also paintings-objects mixing graffiti and diverted manufactured objects ...