Blek Le Rat
Xavier Prou aka Blek Le Rat
Born on the 15th November 1951. Paris France.
Live and work in Paris, France.
1971-1976 Studied Etching, Lithography and Painting at the "Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-arts de Paris".
1976-1982 Studied Architecture at "United pedagogiqued'architecture No6" Paris, France.
From 1981 to 2005 his work has focused on urban art in different cities of the world. He is the pioneer of stencil graffiti art, introducing the technique into graffiti in Paris in 1081 and now followed by many artists across the world. He introduced to the urban art landscape the concept of creating life size figures of people.
Selected Exhibitions
1985
- Pierre Lescot Gallery, Paris, France "Les artistes au telephone"
- Saint Claude Gallery, Paris, Frnace "Peinture Sauvage"
- Fresco in the University of Nanterre Paris, France
- National center of contemporary art of Paris Gallery, "Affiches detrounees"
- French Ministry of culture "Frescoes on walls"
1986
- Agnes B Gallery, Paris, France. "Pochoirs"
- Ministry of culture, Saint Quentin, France. "Emotion"
- -Peuple et culture, Tulle, France "Stencil graffiti in Tulle"
- Forum of Rock, Montreuil, France
- Frasso Telessino, Napoli, Italy.
- Palais des Papes, Avignon, France "In between out"
- CNAP, Nice, France "Verbes d'Etats"
- Gallery Loft, Paris, France "Group Show"
- Jean Marc Patras Gallery, Paris, France. "Urban art show"
- Transmusicales de Rennes FNAC, Rennes, France.
1987
- Gallery Loft, Paris
- L'autre rive Gallery, Paris France "International museum of graf"
- French Institude of Oslo and Stockholm.
- Salon du Livre Saint - Etienne, France "Performance"
- Gallery Loft, Paris
1988
- Graffiti the Christ in NYC
- French Institute of Napoli, Italy. "Graffiti in the street, exhibition in the Institute"
- La Villette, Paris, "Histoire des Rockers"
- French Institute of Mainz, Germany. "Exhibition"
- Nuit du Palace, Le Palace, Paris, France. "Performance"
- Lara Vinci Gallery, Paris "Shadow and Light"
- T-shirt for Kenzo
1989
- French Institure of Marrakech, Maroco. "Les rencontres de Marrakech"
- Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany, "And der wand"
- Kunstverein Heildelberg, German. "Schablonen Graffiti"
- Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Nederland "Schablonen Graffiti"
- Palais des Festivals Cannes, France. "Exposition Biennale"
- Hotel de ville Buffemont, Val d'Oise, France. "Art Urbain"
- Huber Volker gallery Lisboa Portugal
1990
- Christophe Gallery, Avenue Matignon, Paris "Permanent exhibition"
- Parick Riquelme Gallery, Vannes France
1991
- Takarashi Gallery, Tokyo, "Blek le rat From Paris to Tokyo"
- Christophe Gallery, Avenue Matignon, Paris "Stencils on wood"
- Salon de l'Ephemere Ville de Fontenay sous bois France.
- Ephemere gallery, Leipzig, Germany "Exhibition Schabonen graffiti Blek le rat"
- Globus Gallery, Leipzig, Germany "Street art"
- University of Leipzig, Germany.
- Concert hall of Elysee Montmartre France "Performance"
1992
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, "Lart vif, la revue parlee
- Espace Carnot, Lille, France "L'art vif"
- Creusot museum, France "Un regard sur l'art"
- Espace Belleville CFDT, Paris "Fin de Millenaire"
- Le Cailar Gallery le Cailar France "graffiti in cavern"
1993
- Paul Ricard Gallery castle Paul Ricard, France "graffiti in the castle"
- Arnaud Brument Gallery Paris France "La belle et la bete"
1994
- After being arrested by the police in Paris fro graffiti, Blek stopped working in galleries and began creating exhibitions in the streets up until 2002. In direct opposition to the confines of the establishment.
- 1000 self portrait on posters in serigraphy were pasted up in the streets of Paris.
1995
- 1000 varied posters in serigraphy were pasted up in the streets of Paris.
1997
- 500 posters in serigraphy were pasted up in Napoli, Italy.
1998
- 500 posters printed in serigraphy were pasted up in Leipzig, Germany.
2000
- 100 posters printed in serigraphy were pasted up in Barcelona, Spain.
2001
- French institute of Maroco Volubilis - 100 posters stencil on paper were pated up in the archeological site of Volubilis.
2002
- Urban Art Gallery Berlin "Blek was here" first exhibition since 1993
- Workshop in Kokerei Essen Germany.
- Exhibition at the Teitschule with Lee Quineones (USA) Bern, Switzaerland.
Blek shows his work in the streets of cities like Buenos Aires, Argentina, London, England, Paris, France, Berlin, Germany, Florence, Italy, Madrid, Spain, Prague, Czech Republic, New York, USA.
Books
1985 Conte Richard "L'ordre du graffiti" ed Tribu, France
1986 Deville et Masee "vite fait bien fait" ed Alternatives, France
1985 Denys Ryout "Le livre du Graffiti" ed Alternative, France
1986 Huber "Paris Graffiti" ed Thames and Hudson, England
1987 Mattei "Pochoirs a la une" ed Parrallele, France
1989 Stahl "And der wand" ed Dumont, Germany
1991 Tessier "Paris art libre dans la ville" ed Herscher Paris, France
1995 Bernhard van Treeck "Die Graffiti Lexikon" ed Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, Berlin Germany
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