John Fou

John Fou (b.1983, Lilas, FR ) lives and works in Paris, FR.

John Fou is a self-taught artist with a background in the world of live performance and more particularly in the circus, dance and theatre. He has developed a practice of figurative painting in which he stages social relationships between animals of different species, as an allegory of his life and more generally of human relationships. The artist explores the following influences that include mythology, cave paintings, psychology, dance, video games, cartoons and painting, from Géricault to Huguette Caland, via George Stubbs, Piero di Cosimo, Etruscan frescoes and Le Douanier Rousseau.

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Recent solo and group exhibitions include Roman Road, London UK; Stems Gallery, Paris, FR; Greenline foundation, Paris, FR; Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, FR; Le Château du Marais, Val-Saint- Germain, FR, POUSH Manifesto - OFF Art Paris, Paris, FR, Ruttkowski; 68, Paris, FR; Guido Romero Pierini, Paris, FR; CIRCUS , Théâtre de Vanves, FR, The Hole gallery, New York, NY. Also with cultural institutions at Space José Augusto Santos, Natal, BR and FRAC, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FR. He followed recently a residency at UMA PENHA, Lisbon, PT, Greenline foundation, Paris, FR and Château du Marais, Val-Saint-Germain, FR. John Fou’s works are part of Hermès Collections and Greenline Foundation’s collection.

John Fou is an artist-in-residence at Plop Residency and in May he will be at Palazzo Monti, Brescia, IT

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