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Born in London, raised in Paris, living in New York City.
I paint to work through my questions around the male ego, romantic fantasy, how to live at the end of time, and where tropes go when they die.
Punk over prog.
Charli over Taylor.
Robert Rauschenberg, Nicole Eisenman, Dana Schutz, Beastie Boys, Philip Guston, Neue Sachlichkeit, Lisa Yuskavage, Martin Kippenberger, Jack Kirby, Jim Jarmusch, Yoshitomo Nara, Kerry James Marshall, Maurice Sendak, Peter Saville, Lucien Freud, Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, Wong Kar-Wai, Salman Toor, Thelonius Monk, Marlene Dumas, Spike Lee, Radiohead, Jean-Luc Godard, Tibor Kalman, Sophie Calle, Jenna Gribbon, Terry Jones, Somaya Critchlow, Celeste Rapone, Alberto Giacometti, Moebius, Peter Doig, Elizabeth Peyton, Albert Oehlen, Alex Katz, Maurice Ravel, Amy Silman, Luc Tuymans, Karen Kilimnik…
Magazine and album cover designer, video director.
Education
1990_ Parsons School of Design, Paris France, BFA
Solo Exhibitions
2000_ Colette, ‘Whatever Live’, Paris France
2001_ Tiphaine Deguelle, ‘Whatever Pop Song’, Paris France
Group Exhibitions
2025_ PYMK, ‘Cold Snap’, New York
2024_ IRL, ‘Fritto Misto’, New York
2024_ Harpers, ‘Crescent Heights’, Los Angeles
2010_ Gavin Brown Enterprise, “CRONE Benefit Auction”, New York
