JE BÉNI LE GRAFFITI


Mixed media on French linen

130cm x 162cm
  • Artwork Description
    Je Béni le Graffiti is the story of artist Kongo's artistic journey and career, starting with graffiti. As a graffiti artist, he attached to graffiti for more than 3 decades, combining to his unlimited talent, Kongo had the opportunities to work with many of the world's top brands such as Chanel, Hermès, Richard Mille… and from that he learned a variety of methods and materials for artistic expression. Grateful for what graffiti art has brought to him, artist Kongo always considers promoting the values he has learned to beautify life with this street art.

Cyril Kongo’s artworks is marked by his experience and his vision of life. After painting in the streets for more than 30 years and working so that graffiti can be perceived differently, this artist is now considered as a pioneer who understood how to break the codes and build something new through his contemporary and “avant-gardiste” point of view. His influences are multicultural, his level of excellence and his capacity to create new bridges between opposite worlds has forged his style and career.

 

 

Cyril Kongo has been able to associate his name with excellence, abundance and virtuosity. He comes from a marginalized environment which has been set aside of the institutionalized art industry but today this visionary artist is known internationally. His singular universe and his strong identity gave him the opportunity to collaborate with the most prestigious names of fashion such as Hermès, Chanel, Richard Mille but also with luxurious brands based on art and craftsmanship such as La Cornue, Pinel&Pinel, Atelier Victor, Daum,…