Stéphane Blanquet

Born in 1973, near Paris, France, multimedia artist Stéphane Blanquet is a prolific figure in the contemporary art scene since the end of the 1980s

Born in 1973, near Paris, France, multimedia artist Stéphane Blanquet is a prolific figure in the contemporary art scene since the end of the 1980s. He creates and is involved in: art installations, artwork, urban art, animation movies, theater, books, publishing, art direction…

When he was a child, he once watched the 3D movie Creature from the Black Lagoon on TV with his grandparents. The experience had a strong impact on him and he has, since then, been strongly interested by the myths and codes of popular culture: illustrated magazines, joke shops, magic tricks, optical illusions and fairground art.

In the 1990s, Blanquet was very active both as an artist and a publisher and became one of the leaders of the underground art scene. His art was exhibited at the “Regard Moderne” gallery/library (Paris, France) in 1993 and 1996, in the USA and in Canada. It has been published in Blab! (USA), AX (Japan) and in Europe. In 1996, he received the prestigious Alph Art du fanzine prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for his work as a publisher.

In 2001, a major retrospective of his work was displayed at the Maison de la culture de Tournai (Belgium). It was followed by numerous solo and group shows throughout the decade: Blab! Exhibition in San Diego (USA) and at the Luzerne Museum (Switzerland), the Cult Fiction exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London and 6 others venues in the UK, a solo show in Fumetto (Luzerne, Switzerland), another one in Aix-en-Provence (France)…

In 2008, he created an outdoor mural for the Kabinett Passage in the “Vienna Museumsquartier” in Austria. It was his first foray in urban art.

In 2009, he presented a major installation for the “Quintet” exhibition at the Musée d’Art Contemporain of Lyon. It had a strong impact on a whole generation of artists.

In 2010, he spent 3 weeks in Japan, where he had a solo show at the Span Art Gallery in Tokyo and participated in various events.

He also presented installations in Singapore: in 2012, “Distorted forest” at the Night Lights festival and, in 2013, the “Glossy Dreams in Depths” installation at the Singapore Art Museum, covering 250 m2 seen by 100,000 visitors.

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