Sun7 (pronounced ‘Sunset’) assembles words into subtle networks of condensed handwriting revealing images while hiding their true meaning.
Jonas Sun7 ( 1977) lives and works in Paris. He started graffiti in the streets of Paris and New York in the 90′s spray can in hand. As his art evolved to studio work on media like canvas, wood panels or metal plates, he kept on performing live at many street art festivals in Europe, Indonesia, China and Marrakesh.
Sun7 has also participated in major collective exhibitions at the Lyon Biennale, the Palais de Tokyo, Fondation Cartier and the Grand Palais. He has exhibited at the Espace Louis Vuitton in Paris with Tracey Emin and Jenny Holzer as part of the show ‘Les écritures silencieuses’.
Greatest Inspirations/Influences?
- My daughter !
- Keith Haring, Pierre Soulages, Jean Miotte,
- Jackson Pollock, Hans Hartung, Georges Mathieu,
- Gustav Klimt, Seen, Hassan Massoudy, José Parla,
- Sam Francis, Antoni Tapiès, Cy Twonbly
