Trash Can
Tilt, 110x75x30cm
BIO
Tilt is an international graffiti art celebrity from Toulouse, France. A self-proclaimed “graffiti fetishist”, he has developed his style in the streets and on the sides of trains.
His first tags, on skateboard ramps, are from 1988. Since then his style has developed further and now testifies to the influences he brought back from his numerous trips. His journeys allowed him to exhibit and leave his mark in almost 40 countries, including the United States, Japan, the Philippines, Senegal, China, New Zealand, Australia, and numerous European cities.
Tilt uses his practice to demonstrate that the original form of graffiti art can have the same strong impact as more complex or figurative compositions. He uses a clear formal vocabulary and pure colours to express his interpretation of classic graffiti art. His extensive use of rounded shapes comes from his obsession with the female body. In keeping with the codes of classic graffiti, writing his styled name, the “throw-up”, remains a principal element of his work.
Loyal to his origins, he continues to get pleasure from painting in the streets, a place where he will always feel free.
BIO
Der Name Tilt steht für einen französischen Graffiti Künstler, der durch seine Malereien auf Gebäuden, Leinwänden und nackten Frauen bekannt wurde. Seine Bilder stellen das in den Vordergrund, worum es ihm in seiner Arbeit geht: dem Spaß am Graffiti Malen und der Intention, Spuren zu hinterlassen. Er fokussiert sich auf die klassische Ideologie des Graffiti Writing und sprüht Buchstaben, in Form vom ursprünglichen Bubble-Style. So bilden schnelle Graffitis mit runden, blasenartigen Buchstaben, die auf wenige, klare Linien reduziert sind die typischen Elemente seiner Bilder und Objekte.
Bekannt geworden ist Tilt unter anderem durch seine Fotografien der “Bubble Girls”, die weltweit Diskussionen anregten. In seinen Fotoarbeiten inszeniert er knapp bekleidete, hübsche Mädchen, deren Körper er in seinem typischen Bubble-Style bemalt hat. Obwohl seine Fotos voller sexueller Referenzen sind, heben sie sich von der üblichen Aktfotografie ab. Er inszeniert seine Fotografie als Schnappschüsse und erzeugt so eine Intimität zwischen Foto und Betrachter. Den Mädchen, die er für seine Kunst portraitiert, malt er als Gegenleistung ein Piece mit dem Namen des Models im Zentrum der Stadt.
Tilts Werke wurden unter anderem im Museum von der Heydt in Wuppertal und in der Urban Art Biennale im Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte präsentiert.
VITA
Born 1973 in Toulouse, France
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Too many ways to die, Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Lines and Dots (with Mist), Atelier des Bains, Geneva, Switzerland
2013
Tilt, Galerie David Pluskwa, Marseille, France
Magic & Destroy, Galerie Wallworks, Paris, France
All you can eat, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2012
Closer to God in heels, La Grille, Yverdon, Switzerland
Agnostic Fonts, Montana Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2011
A.B.C, Galerie Montana, Montpellier, France
2010
My Love Letters, Celal Gallery, Paris, France
2006
Bubble FeTiltism, Kidrobot space, New York City, USA
BubbleGirls, Aimecube, Paris, France
Worldwide Babitches, Grand OFR, London, United Kingdom
2005
Egodrips, Disrupt gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
FeTiltism, Refill Space, Sydney, Australia
Group Exhibitions
2014
STZ, Galerie At Down, Montpellier, France
NuArt Festival, Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway
Language of the wall, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Neo Vol #1, Die Kunstagentin, Köln, Germany
Abnormal activity, Tres punts Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
Art Wynwood, Art Wynwood – Fabien Castanier Gallery, Miami, USA
2013
Grand Master Opening, Atelier des Bains, Geneva, Switzerland
Avant Premiere, Atelier des Bains, Geneva, Switzerland
Hypergraphia, BC Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Inédite(s), Galerie David Pluskwa, Marseille, France
Mister Freeze, Le Frigo, Toulouse, France
La Dernière Vague, Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
Artstübli, Schleifferei, Basel, Switzerland
Wider than a postcard, Breeze Block Gallery, Portland, USA
Write & Repeat, Stolen Space, London, UK
M.T.A, Galerie At Down, Montpellier, France
2012
Graffiti Therapy, Openspace, Paris, France
Leave the beef on the BBQ, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Art and Toys (Collection Selim Varol), Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Suspect, Galerie Schöneck, Basel, Switzerland
French Invasion, Galerie Fabien Castanier, Los Angeles, USA
Fifty Fifty, Galerie MathGoth, Paris, France
Ne pas effacer, Galerie Wallworks, Paris, France
Off the Wall, Galerie Wallworks, Paris, France
2011
Santa´s Ghetto, Pictures On Walls, London, UK
Thrilla Manila, Secret Fresh Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Off The Wall, Artspace@Helutrans, Singapore
ArtYou, Ackermannshof, Basel, Switzerland
Europa Graffiti, Pavillon Carré de Baudouin, Paris, France
Infamous, The Space, Hong-Kong, Hong-Kong
Graffiti Art, Art Monaco’12, Monaco, France
Bad Painting, Galerie 208, Paris, France
UrbanArt – Graffiti 21, Völklinger Hütte, Saarbrücken, Germany
2010
Tribute to Dare, K31 gallery, Lahr, Germany
Street Art, Espace Croix Baragnon, Toulouse, France
Faux Jumeaux, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland
Encounters, AE studios LIC, Long Island City, USA
2009
Artotale, Leuphana Urban Art Project, Luneberg, Germany
Roots and Buds, GHP Galerie, Toulouse, France
The Generations, 2nd Floor Gallery, New-York City, USA
2008
Fresh air smells funny, Dominikanerkriche Museum, Osnabrueck, Germany
Call it what you like, Silkeborg Bad Center of Art, Silkeborg, Denmark
Explicit Fantastic, Keep Six Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Urban Art, Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, Germany
2007
Wildstylers, Carhartt Gallery, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Still on and non the wiser, Kunsthalle Barmen Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Waking up nights, De Pury and Luxembourg Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
We are the people darker than blue, Stilwerk, Hambourg, Germany
Hinter den Sieben Bergen, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
Coming soon, Von-der-Heydt Museum, Berlin, Germany
2006
Overdose, Mc Caig and Welles Gallery, New-York City, USA
Retour de Chine, Musée d’art contemporain les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
Art Berlin, Reinking Projekte, Berlin, Germany
Art Cologne, Revolver, Rik and René, Cologne, Germany
Paint Ball, Pirate Space Kidrobot, New-York City, USA
2005
Modern Graffitis, Tank loft, Art institute, Chongqin, China
2004
A change of direction, Galerie St Ravy, Montpellier, France
Yone Love, Thunderbirds, Tokyo, Japan
Kosmopolite, Kitchen 93 Galerie, Paris, France
Je m’installe aux Abattoirs (Agnès B collection), Musée d’art contemporain les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
2003
Style Heritage, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Alive Paintings, Phat Cat Space, Tokyo, Japan
2002
Graffiti Totems et tabous, Chateau Malromé Toulouse Lautrec, Bordeaux, France
Graffiti dans tout ses états, Taxie Gallery, Paris, France
2001
Rencontres Hip-Hop, Niort, France
Post Graffiti, Centre national Musée Jean Jaures, Castres, France
2000
Visions, Logoscope Galerie, Monaco, France
1999
Graffiti Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Vienna, Austria
1998
Biénale d’Art Contemporain Place Belcourt, Lyon, France
