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Taroe
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TAROE discovered the world of graffiti in 1995. Self-taught and passionate, he made his mark on the walls of disused factories, wastelands and train carriages from his native Basque country to New York, via Madrid, London, Pondicherry and Paris, where he lived from 2005 to 2015, very active in this still marginal environment.
He then became passionate about design, typography and contemporary art and developed his own minimalist artistic identity, on the border between the abstract and the figurative, which he used in both painting and design. He multiplies performances and collaborations with major brands through various exhibitions and advertising spots.
It is quite naturally that he turned to another medium, the canvas, in 2006, developing a new pictorial style, most often on a large format, inspired by artists such as Richard Estes or Paul Roberts, but also by his many travels, he produces hyper-realistic works on the theme of the "urban jungle". Present at auctions (Artcurial, Piasa, Tajan, Cornette de St Cyr...) his paintings are now quoted, visible and accessible in many exhibitions, in France and abroad.
