SP 38

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.

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, rue du Dragon, rue Blanche, Grange aux Belles... SP 38 was also part of "Zen Copyright", an artistic movement which gathered the artists Davis-Dutreix, Momo, Pedrô!, 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…

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