SP 38

"Escape" (about 7 yards x 13 yards), sticker by SP 38 on one of the main entrances of Gare du Nord, Paris (France), June-October 2015.JPG

Sylvain Perier, professionally known as SP 38, is a French painter, street artist, billsticker and performer. He was born in 1960 in Coutances, Normandy (France). First classified as belonging to the Figuration libre artistic movement, this international figure of street art has produced artistic works in many countries.

Biography

Sylvain Perier was born and grew up in Coutances, Manche, in 1960. From 1976 to 1979, he studied for two years at " La Poulinière " art school in Saint-Lô, and then joined the Fine Arts School in Cherbourg.

After his studies, he lived in Paris for fourteen years (1981–1995). Settling first in Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood, he then continuously moved around and was involved with a number of artistic squats : CAES, Boinod, Garage 53, Europaint, Trévise, Forge de Belleville, Turquetil,[1] rue du Dragon, rue Blanche, Grange aux Belles... SP 38 was also part of Zen Copyright,[2] an underground artistic movement which gathered the artists Pierre Davis-Dutreix, Momo, Pedrô!, Yarps, Ed. Néant and Myster X.

In 1985, SP 38 was on the first meeting of the graffiti and urban art movement in Bondy (France), on the VLP's initiative, with Speedy Graphito, Miss Tic, Jef Aérosol, Epsylon Point, Blek le rat, Futura 2000, Nuklé-Art, Banlieue-Banlieue…

In 1987, he participated in the exhibition "Free Art, l'année Beaubourg" at a Free-Time in Paris, which was organized to mark the tenth anniversary of Centre Pompidou, with Monique Peytral, Jean Starck, Robert Combas, Miss Tic, François Boisrond, Lolochka, Jérôme Mesnager, Henri Schurder, Daniel Baugeste, Jef Aérosol, les VLP, Ody Saban, Pascal Barbe, Paella Chimicos, Epsylon Point, Banlieue-Banlieue, Rafael Gray, Frédéric Voisin…

SP 38 has performed frequently in rue Dénoyez, painting and putting-up posters on the walls in this Belleville Parisian neighbourhood. His works have been exhibited at the Frichez-nous la Paix Gallery.[3] Until the gallery shut down in June 2015, he remained highly invested in this location.[4]

In August 1995, he moved to Berlin (Germany), which to him "represented the place where everything was made possible for the Street art movement".[5] He joined German artistic squats : Tacheles, Acud, Prora in Rügen, Blühende Landschaften Gallery, Stattbad. He scanned the city, putting-up posters carrying ironic statements, such as "Vive la bourgeoisie", "Vive la crise".[6]

Since 2008, SP 38 has been very active in the "Instin" literary and artistic adventure initiated in 1997 by the French writer Patrick Chatelier, by sticking his posters "INSTIN" on the walls of many towns in the world.

In 2018, SP 38 is still living in Berlin. He travels the world, attending exhibitions, painting performances and displaying his stickers and posters.

Exhibitions and performances

Non-exhaustive list.

2018
  • The Box Factory, exhibition — OMAE Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • Street Art City — Lurcy-Lévis, France
  • Post-Vandal Residency 3 — Lab 29, Seoul, South Korea
  • Post-Vandal Residency 2 — Urban Spree Gallery and Boddinale, Berlin, Germany
  • Coloriage géant, exhibition — Office franco-allemand pour la Jeunesse (OFAJ), Berlin, Germany
2017
  • No Exit, Street Art Festival — Bangkok, Thailand
  • Made in Berlin, exhibition — Le Cabinet d'amateur Gallery, Paris, France
  • Erased, exhibition — Frichez-nous la Paix Gallery, Paris, France
  • Street art Residency — Seoul, South Korea
  • Street Art / Inventory, mural paintings — Open Walls Gallery, Berlin
2016
2015
  • Escape (Legalize Freedom), exhibition – Quin Hotel, New York City, United States[9][10]
  • Instin in New York, stickers - USA[11]
  • Art Résidence Paris Gare du Nord, Quai 36, exhibition and performances – Paris, France[12][13]
  • Rue Instin, street art performance – rue Dénoyez, Paris, France
  • Collective exhibition and performance – Le cabinet d'amateur Gallery, Paris, France[14]
  • La friche, la fin, la fête – Frichez-nous la Paix Gallery, rue Dénoyez, Paris, France
2014
  • Rousseau sur 1 plateau – Paris, France
  • No Money No Art – Berlin, Germany[15]
  • Street collective 2 – Paris, France
  • Rencontres – Mers-sur-Indre, France
  • Paris Zone libre 3 – Paris, France
  • Mural Biennal – Dongpirang, South Korea
  • Typozine – Warsaw, Poland
  • Haribo Verboten – Berlin, Germany
  • Inspire Collective – Jerusalem, Israel
  • Instin in Berlin – Berlin, Germany
2013
  • Reclaim Your City – Berlin, Germany
  • Druck Berlin – exhibition, Berlin, Germany
  • Mythiq 27, exhibition – Espace Cardin, Paris, France
  • Graves – Victoriaville, Canada
  • Following or not – New York City, USA
  • Under pressure – Montreal, Canada
  • Viva ! – Montreal, Canada
  • Street art – Le Cosset, France
  • Ex voo – Avallon, France
  • The urban artist home – Brussels, Belgium
  • Collective street 1 – Paris, France[16]
  • Paris Zone Libre 2 – Paris, France
  • Cut – Berlin, Germany
  • Instin, collage – Toronto, Canada
  • Les murs ont la parole – Paris, France
  • Instin – Montpellier, France
  • Escapade en librairie – Montpellier, France
  • Mix art – Berlin, Germany
2012
  • An art market in the bath – Berlin, Germany
  • Arts fund exhibition – Boulan Hotel, Miami, USA
  • The future starts now – Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  • Blue Wind International Multimedia Art Festival, performance – Myanmar (Burma)
  • Korean Experimental Arts Festival – Seoul, South Korea
  • International performance art festival – Anyang, South Korea
  • Paris Zone Libre – Frichez-nous la Paix Gallery, Paris, France
  • Escape, International Performance Festival – Berlin, Germany[17]
  • The Stroke Urban Artfair – Berlin, Germany
2011
  • Print Making Festival – Estonia
  • Hunger, performance – Berlin, Germany
  • Artaq, Angers, France[18]
  • Keaf, performance and street art – Seoul, South Korea
  • Viva Montreal, performance, street art – Montreal, Canada
  • Fresh paint, exhibition – Montreal, Canada
  • Grabowsee, street art – Berlin, Germany
  • Print festival – Berlin, Germany
  • Tama tupada, performance, street art – Philippines
  • Obseded 3, performance – New York City, USA
  • Dissidents, exposition – Berlin, Germany[19]
2010
  • Beyond pressure, performance, street art – Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
  • Keaf, performance, street art – Seoul, South Korea
  • 360 years in exile, art residency – Gangjin, South Korea
  • Artaq, street art – Berlin, Germany
  • Diverse universe, performance – Berlin, Germany
  • Ravy 2010, performance – Yaounde, Cameroon[20]
  • Crane in K.Faust, street art – Hannover, Germany
  • Printemps des Poètes, street art – Berlin, Germany
  • Le MUR, 3 years, street art – Paris, France
  • Reclaim your city, street art – Berlin, Germany
  • Warter, exposition – Berlin, Germany
2009
  • Vive la poésie, Printemps des Poètes – Berlin, Germany[21]
  • Viva Montréal, performance, street art – Montreal, Canada
  • Zaz, performance, street art – Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Israel
  • Du street art à la campagne, exhibition – Le Cosset, France
  • Arrêt sur parcours, street art, exhibition – Chevigny, France
  • Urban affairs extented, street art, exhibition – Berlin, Germany
  • Papergirl, exhibition – Berlin, Germany
  • Drucker Festival, exhibition – Berlin, Germany
  • Museum of Capitalism – Berlin, Germany
2008
  • In graafika, performance, exhibition – Pärnu, Estonia
  • 1968 – 1989, agit prop - Berlin University of Arts, Germany
  • Squatt the world, with LAB 39 – Paris, France
  • Not a penny off the pay, street art – Bristol, UK
  • Urban affairs, street art – Berlin, Germany
  • Le MUR, street art – Paris, France
  • Instin, performance, street art – Arcueil, France
  • 400 ml, exhibition – Paris, France
  • Volks Luxus, exposition – Berlin, Germany
  • 12 days for X.mas, street art – Bristol, UK
2007
  • In graafika, performance, exhibition – Pärnu, Estonia
  • Pig me !, exhibition – Berlin, Germany
  • C.S.T, exhibition – Feldkirch, Austria
  • D.universe 3, performance, street art – Estonia, Finland
  • Fleischerei in Paris, exhibition – Paris, France
  • Open Space, exhibition, performance – Berlin, Germany
  • KEAF, performance, street art – Seoul, South Korea
  • Post Korea show, exhibition – Berlin, Germany
2006
  • Reveversible 2, exhibition – Feldkirch, Austria
  • 1 week, exhibition – Berlin, Germany
  • Street art workshop – Seoul, South Korea
  • The world is everywhere - Hanyang, South Korea
  • After vive la bourgeoisie, exhibition – Berlin, Germany
  • Inoperable, exposition, street art – Vienna, Austria
  • Blue S, exhibition – Le Cosset, France
  • Viva Montreal, performance, street art – Montreal, Canada
  • Desformes, performance, street art – Santiago, Chile
  • Dites 33, exhibition – Paris, France
  • Schichtwechsel plakatwettbewerb, exhibition – Schaan, Liechtenstein
  • After Seoul Montreal Santiago, exhibition – Paris, France
1991
  • Art Co'91, Grande Arche de La Défense, 1st official support from Ministry of Culture for French "street art" movement - Paris, France
1988-1989
  • L'Urbaine, exhibition and performances – La Locomotive, Paris, France
  • Exhibition at Monti-Curi Gallery - Paris, France
  • Exhibition B'Art-Cloche – Paris, France
1987
  • Free Art, l'année Beaubourg, exhibition – Free-Time in front of Centre Pompidou, with Monique Peytral, Jean Starck, Robert Combas, Miss Tic, François Boisrond, Lolochka, Jérôme Mesnager, Henri Schurder, Daniel Baugeste, Jef Aérosol, les VLP, Ody Saban, Pascal Barbe, Paella Chimicos, Epsylon Point, Banlieue-Banlieue, Pascal Barbe, Rafael Gray, Frédéric Voisin… - Paris, France
1985

References

  1. ↑ "Entrée des squartistes". lexpress.fr. 8 June 1995.
  2. ↑ "The Zen Rebel and the Underground Squart Movement". Pierre Davis-Dutreix. 2017. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ↑ "Les graffeurs de la rue Dénoyez au pied du mur". liberation.fr. 22 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Rue Dénoyez, le graff ne coule plus de source". liberation.fr. 7 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "La bourgeoisie s'affiche". lagazettedeberlin.com. 25 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "La crise, nouvelle muse du street art mondial". rue89.nouvelobs.com. 14 November 2011.
  7. ↑ http://www.ladressemuseedelaposte.fr › Accueil › Expositions
  8. ↑ Frédérique Roussel, « Les destinées du général Instin », Libération, 27 novembre 2015 (lire en ligne [archive])
  9. ↑ "Taking It to the Streets: Quin Hotel Launches Fall Exhibition Schedule With French Street Artist SP38 on September 17th". sys-con.com. 10 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Quin Hotel Launches Fall Exhibition With French Street Artist SP38, 9/17". broadwayworld.com. 10 September 2015.
  11. ↑ http://frenchmorning.com/artiste-de-rue-francais-ressuscite-general-a-new-york/
  12. ↑ "Paris street art: Gare du Nord goes graffiti with Quai 36 project". theguardian.com. 12 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "SP 38 / Technique : collage". quai36.org/. May 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015.
  14. ↑ "Le cabinet d'amateur, archives 2015". lecabinetdamateur.com.
  15. ↑ "SP 38, No Monet No Art". artconnect.com.
  16. ↑ "Expositions SP 38". lecabinetdamateur.com.
  17. ↑ "Escape, International Performance Festival 2012". openspace32.de.
  18. ↑ "SP 38 à Jean Vilar". angers.fr. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23.
  19. ↑ "Indoor : Dissidents @ West Berlin Gallery". facebook.com.
  20. ↑ "SP 38 street art et performance". ravy2010.blogspot.fr.
  21. ↑ "Printemps des Poètes Berlin 09".

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