SP 38

"Escape" (about 7 yards x 13 yards), sticker by SP 38 on one of the main entrances of Gare du Nord, Paris (France), June-October 2015.JPG

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.

Biography

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,^[1] rue du Dragon, rue Blanche, Grange aux Belles... SP 38 was also part of "Zen Copyright", an underground artistic movement which gathered the artists Davis-Dutreix, Momo, Pedrô!, Yarps, 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…

SP 38 has performed frequently in rue Dénoyez, painting and putting-up posters on the walls in this Belleville Parisian neighbourhood. His works have been exhibited at the Frichez-nous la Paix Gallery.^[2] Until the gallery shut down in June 2015, he remained highly invested in this location.^[3]

In August 1995, he moved to Berlin (Germany), which to him "represented the place where everything was made possible for the Street art movement".^[4] He joined German artistic squats : Tacheles, Acud, Prora in Rügen, Blühende Landschaften Gallery, Stattbad. He scanned the city, putting-up posters carrying ironic statements, such as "Vive la bourgeoisie", "Vive la crise".^[5]

Since 2008, SP 38 has been very active in the "Instin" literary and artistic adventure initiated in 1997 by the French writer Patrick Chatelier, by sticking his posters "INSTIN" on the walls of many towns in the world.

In 2017, SP 38 is still living in Berlin. He travels the world, attending exhibitions, painting performances and displaying his stickers and posters.

Exhibitions and performances

Non-exhaustive list.

2017	Made in Berlin, exhibition — Le Cabinet d'amateur Gallery, Paris, France Erased, exhibition — Frichez-nous la Paix Gallery, Paris, France Street art — Seoul, South Korea Street Art / Inventory, mural paintings — Open Walls Gallery, Berlin
2016	Open Walls Gallery, exhibition — Berlin, Germany Mural paintings — Seoul, South Korea Village Voice — Berlin, Germany Ralentir Street Art^[6], — palisade in front of musée de La Poste, Paris, France Instin,^[7] stickers — in Istanbul, Turkey ; in Paris (Salon du Livre), France ; in Genoa, Italy ; in Seoul, South Korea
2015	Escape (Legalize Freedom), exhibition – Quin Hotel, New York City, United States^[8]^[9] Instin in New York, stickers - USA^[10] Art Résidence Paris Gare du Nord, Quai 36, exhibition and performances – Paris, France^[11]^[12] Rue Instin, street art performance – rue Dénoyez, Paris, France Collective exhibition and performance – Le cabinet d'amateur Gallery, Paris, France^[13] La friche, la fin, la fête – Frichez-nous la Paix Gallery, rue Dénoyez, Paris, France
2014	Rousseau sur 1 plateau – Paris, France No Money No Art – Berlin, Germany^[14] Street collective 2 – Paris, France Rencontres – Mers-sur-Indre, France Paris Zone libre 3 – Paris, France Mural Biennal – Dongpirang, South Korea Typozine – Warsaw, Poland Haribo Verboten – Berlin, Germany Inspire Collective – Jerusalem, Israel Instin in Berlin – Berlin, Germany
2013	Reclaim Your City – Berlin, Germany Druck Berlin – exhibition, Berlin, Germany Mythiq 27, exhibition – Espace Cardin, Paris, France Graves – Victoriaville, Canada Following or not – New York City, USA Under pressure – Montreal, Canada Viva ! – Montreal, Canada Street art – Le Cosset, France Ex voo – Avallon, France The urban artist home – Brussels, Belgium Collective street 1 – Paris, France^[15] Paris Zone Libre 2 – Paris, France Cut – Berlin, Germany Instin, collage – Toronto, Canada Les murs ont la parole – Paris, France Instin – Montpellier, France Escapade en librairie – Montpellier, France Mix art – Berlin, Germany
2012	An art market in the bath – Berlin, Germany Arts fund exhibition – Boulan Hotel, Miami, USA The future starts now – Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany Blue Wind International Multimedia Art Festival, performance – Myanmar (Burma) Korean Experimental Arts Festival – Seoul, South Korea International performance art festival – Anyang, South Korea Paris Zone Libre – Frichez-nous la Paix Gallery, Paris, France Escape, International Performance Festival – Berlin, Germany^[16] The Stroke Urban Artfair – Berlin, Germany
2011	Print Making Festival – Estonia Hunger, performance – Berlin, Germany Artaq, Angers, France^[17] Keaf, performance and street art – Seoul, South Korea Viva Montreal, performance, street art – Montreal, Canada Fresh paint, exhibition – Montreal, Canada Grabowsee, street art – Berlin, Germany Print festival – Berlin, Germany Tama tupada, performance, street art – Philippines Obseded 3, performance – New York City, USA Dissidents, exposition – Berlin, Germany^[18]
2010	Beyond pressure, performance, street art – Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) Keaf, performance, street art – Seoul, South Korea 360 years in exile, art residency – Gangjin, South Korea Artaq, street art – Berlin, Germany Diverse universe, performance – Berlin, Germany Ravy 2010, performance – Yaounde, Cameroon^[19] Crane in K.Faust, street art – Hannover, Germany Printemps des Poètes, street art – Berlin, Germany Le MUR, 3 years, street art – Paris, France Reclaim your city, street art – Berlin, Germany Warter, exposition – Berlin, Germany
2009	Vive la poésie, Printemps des Poètes – Berlin, Germany^[20] Viva Montréal, performance, street art – Montreal, Canada Zaz, performance, street art – Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Israel Du street art à la campagne, exhibition – Le Cosset, France Arrêt sur parcours, street art, exhibition – Chevigny, France Urban affairs extented, street art, exhibition – Berlin, Germany Papergirl, exhibition – Berlin, Germany Drucker Festival, exhibition – Berlin, Germany Museum of Capitalism – Berlin, Germany
2008	In graafika, performance, exhibition – Pärnu, Estonia 1968 – 1989, agit prop - Berlin University of Arts, Germany Squatt the world, with LAB 39 – Paris, France Not a penny off the pay, street art – Bristol, UK Urban affairs, street art – Berlin, Germany Le MUR, street art – Paris, France Instin, performance, street art – Arcueil, France 400 ml, exhibition – Paris, France Volks Luxus, exposition – Berlin, Germany 12 days for X.mas, street art – Bristol, UK
2007	In graafika, performance, exhibition – Pärnu, Estonia Pig me !, exhibition – Berlin, Germany C.S.T, exhibition – Feldkirch, Austria D.universe 3, performance, street art – Estonia, Finland Fleischerei in Paris, exhibition – Paris, France Open Space, exhibition, performance – Berlin, Germany KEAF, performance, street art – Seoul, South Korea Post Korea show, exhibition – Berlin, Germany
2006	Reveversible 2, exhibition – Feldkirch, Austria 1 week, exhibition – Berlin, Germany Street art workshop – Seoul, South Korea The world is everywhere - Hanyang, South Korea After vive la bourgeoisie, exhibition – Berlin, Germany Inoperable, exposition, street art – Vienna, Austria Blue S, exhibition – Le Cosset, France Viva Montreal, performance, street art – Montreal, Canada Desformes, performance, street art – Santiago, Chile Dites 33, exhibition – Paris, France Schichtwechsel plakatwettbewerb, exhibition – Schaan, Liechtenstein After Seoul Montreal Santiago, exhibition – Paris, France
1991	Art Co'91, Grande Arche de La Défense, 1st official support from Ministry of Culture for French "street art" movement - Paris, France
1988-1989	L'Urbaine, exhibition and performances – La Locomotive, Paris, France Exhibition at Monti-Curi Gallery - Paris, France Exhibition B'Art-Cloche – Paris, France
1987	Free Art, l'année Beaubourg, exhibition – Free-Time in front 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, Pascal Barbe, Rafael Gray, Frédéric Voisin… - Paris, France
1985	Exhibition at L'Hélium Bar – Paris, France First meeting of the graffiti and urban art movement, on the VLP's initiative, with Speedy Graphito, Miss Tic, Epsylon Point, Blek le rat, Futura 2000, Nuklé-Art, Jef Aérosol, Banlieue-Banlieue… - Bondy, France

References

↑ "Entrée des squartistes". lexpress.fr. 8 June 1995.
↑ "Les graffeurs de la rue Dénoyez au pied du mur". liberation.fr. 22 October 2014.
↑ "Rue Dénoyez, le graff ne coule plus de source". liberation.fr. 7 April 2015.
↑ "La bourgeoisie s'affiche". lagazettedeberlin.com. 25 October 2013.
↑ "La crise, nouvelle muse du street art mondial". rue89.nouvelobs.com. 14 November 2011.
↑ http://www.ladressemuseedelaposte.fr › Accueil › Expositions
↑ Frédérique Roussel, « Les destinées du général Instin », Libération, 27 novembre 2015 (lire en ligne [archive])
↑ "Taking It to the Streets: Quin Hotel Launches Fall Exhibition Schedule With French Street Artist SP38 on September 17th". sys-con.com. 10 September 2015.
↑ "Quin Hotel Launches Fall Exhibition With French Street Artist SP38, 9/17". broadwayworld.com. 10 September 2015.
↑ http://frenchmorning.com/artiste-de-rue-francais-ressuscite-general-a-new-york/
↑ "Paris street art: Gare du Nord goes graffiti with Quai 36 project". theguardian.com. 12 June 2015.
↑ "SP 38 / Technique : collage". quai36.org/. May 2015.
↑ "Le cabinet d'amateur, archives 2015". lecabinetdamateur.com.
↑ "SP 38, No Monet No Art". artconnect.com.
↑ "Expositions SP 38". lecabinetdamateur.com.
↑ "Escape, International Performance Festival 2012". openspace32.de.
↑ "SP 38 à Jean Vilar". angers.fr.
↑ "Indoor : Dissidents @ West Berlin Gallery". facebook.com.
↑ "SP 38 street art et performance". ravy2010.blogspot.fr.
↑ "Printemps des Poètes Berlin 09".

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