Guillaume Lemarquier [Mist] French, b. 1972

Guillaume Lemarquier started graffiti in 1988 under the name of Mist while attending the graphic illustration course at the Estienne school. Very talented and active, he started to influence the young generation in the early 90s, also showing his studio work very early on. Indeed, in 1991, his paintings on cut wood were exhibited alongside established artists such as Futura 2000 and Keith Haring at the Graffiti Art institutional exhibition organised by the Minister of Culture Jack Lang at the Musée National des Monuments Français. After training in a sculpture workshop, Mist published his first figurine in 1996. To this day, he is the author of 28 different figurines that are collected with fervour throughout the world. With a rich production in both sculpture and painting, Mist became in the late 2000s a major artist of the French contemporary urban art scene with a work on canvas reflecting all the energy of his graffiti on the wall, while taking an artistic direction tending towards abstraction. The letters of his name are always present in his works, but the lines and contours are mixed with a chromatic dance and a pictorial richness that take him far beyond graffiti, composing a new plastic vocabulary in which he uses spray paint, acrylic and solid markers. Mist is today considered as one of the icons of French street culture.

 

2023 - Retroperspectives, Solo show curated by Galerie Chenus Longhi at Lamazière Castle, Cormeilles-en-Parisis (FR)

2023 - Duality, Solo show with Galerie Chenus Longhi at Lille Art Up!, Lille (FR)

2022 - Réminiscence, Solo show with Galerie Chenus Longhi at District 13, Paris (FR)

2021 - The Rebirth, Galerie Chenus Longhi, Paris (FR)

2021 - Broken Loop, Kolly Gallery, Zurich (CH)

2020 - Eclipse, Kolly Gallery, Zurich (CH)

2018 - Constant Crush, Galerie AD, Montpellier (FR)

2019 - Primal & Rough, Kolly Gallery, Zurich (CH)

2019 - Match Point, Galerie Chenus Longhi, Paris (FR)

2017 - Free Will, Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris (FR)
2017 - Plastic Dreams, Avenue des Arts, Hong Kong
2017 - Resurgence, Galerie Zimmerling & Jungfleisch, Sarrebruck (DE)

2016 - Ascendant Cloud, Kolly Gallery, Zurich (CH)

2015 - Black Book Tales, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins (CH)
2015 - Extra Ball , Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris (FR)
2015 - Holy Land, Wallworks NY Gallery, New York (US)
2015 - Into the Wild, David Bloch Gallery, Marrakesh (MO)

2014 - Sketch or Die, Galerie At Down, Montpellier (FR)
2014 - Helvet Underground, Kolly Gallery, Zurich (CH)

2013 - Son Of Actarus, Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris (FR)

2012 - Melting Spot, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins (CH)
2012 - Dripping Sould, David Bloch Gallery, Marrakesh (MA)

2011 - Hypotenus, Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris (FR)

2010 - New Paintings and Sculptures, Galerie Le Feuvre, Paris (FR)
2010 - Abstract Calligraphy, David Bloch Gallery, Marrakesh (MA)

2008 - Class 88, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins (CH)
2008 - New Paintings, Montana Galerie, Montpellier (FR)

2005 - Chase My Debilz, Disrupt Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

 

2022 - Group show with At Down Gallery at Urban Art Fair, Paris (FR)

2022 - Group show with At Down Gallery at Lille Art Up, Lille (FR)

2022 - Group show with AD Gallery at Lille Art Up, Lille (FR)

2022 - Paper Works, Speerstra Gallery, Paris (FR)

2020 - Ensemble, Galerie Chenus Longhi, Paris (FR)

2019 - Group show with Galerie Chenus Longhi at Urban Art Fair, Paris (FR)

2019 - Group show with Galerie Chenus Longhi at Art Élysées, Paris (FR)

2019 - UrbanArt Biennale, Volklinger Hutte, Volklingen (DE)

2017 - Who's Your Daddy (with Jonone & MadC), Kolly Gallery, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2016 - Off The Wall (with Tilt, Kongo, PhenX…), D Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2016 - Episode IV (with Flying Förtress), Galerie At Down, Montpellier (FR)
2016 - Epoxy, Festival Rose Béton (with Futura 2000, Craig Costello, Boris Tellegen & Tilt), Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse (FR)

2014 - Lines and Dots (with Tilt), Atelier des Bains, Geneva (CH)
2014 - Langugage of the Wall (with Futura 2000, Jonone, Tilt, Cope 2, Martha Cooper
& Henri Chalfant), Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

2013 - Mister Freeze, Toulouse (FR)
2013 - Between the Lines (with Smash 137 & Defer), Fabien Castanier Gallery, Los Angeles (FR)

2012 - UrbanArt Biennale, Völklinger Hütte, Völklinger (DE)
2012 - Mist - Tilt – Alëxone, Galerie At Down, Montpellier (FR)

2011- Thrilla Manilla (with Tilt), Secret Fresh Gallery, Manilla, Philippines
2011 - Infamous, The Space, Hong Kong, HK

2010 - Faux Jumeaux (with Tilt), Speerstra Gallery, Bursins (CH)

2009 - Graffiti, état des lieux, Galerie du Jour (Agnès B), Paris (FR)

2007 - Fetiltims (with Tilt), Refill Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2007 - Triumphant March, Parco Factory, Tokyo (JP)
2007 - Sound Like Another Show, MI-5, New York (US)

2006 - Paintedball, Pirate Space, New York (US)
2006 - WildStylerz, Carhartt Gallery, Weil am Rhein (DE)

2005 - Future Fantasy  (with Jonone & Remy Rough), Showroom Cor-interlude, Strasbourg (FR)

2004 - Tag the System, Toy Tokyo Gallery, New York (US)
2004 - A Change of Direction, Galerie St Ravy, Montpellier (FR)
2004 - Toyworld, Colette, Paris (FR)
2004 - Woldwide Bearbrick Tour, Parco Factory, Tokyo (JP)
2004 - Dunny Show, Visionnaire Gallery, New York (US)
2004 - Je m'installe aux Abattoirs, Collection Agnès B, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse (FR)

2003 - Adidas meets Le Club, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)

2002 - Kosmopolite, Taxie Gallery, Bagnolet (FR)

2001 - GRAFFITI, Galerie du Jour (Agnès B), Paris (FR)

1997 - Graffiti Art exhibition (with Steph KOP), Centre culturel de Berlin (DE)

1991- GRAFFITI ART (with Futura, Rammelzee, K. Harring & J.M. BASQUIAT), Musée des monuments français, Palais de Chaillot, Paris (FR)