Alexis Robiov

Alexis Robiou ( born 1974 in Vannes , France)


Alexis started to experiment with photography at the age of 14 in his own dark room located in his parents attic.At the same time , he co founded a musical indie pop xeroxed fanzine in brittany called Tea Time ... He quickly moved onto stencil graffiti .He held his first show in 1993 , aged 18 at the Merced arts center , California , USA .He then moved to London where he met his partner and collaborator Benedicte Andersen, where they both graduated from the Camberwell college of arts , London institute in 2000.In the mean time , he was part of several bands , electrocreme , the kick diggers and Monsieur Bricolage ,to name just a few ... They moved to Paris ,where they were awarded a workshop/ gallery as a grand prix de la création de la ville de Paris. This would be the first of their three artist run galleries . The second one , located in the heart of the marais district allowed them to directly sell their paintings to customers from all over the world ,traveling without moving , delivering their paintings themselves to their new owner´s homes with a bottle of champagne whenever possible .Producing in the morning and selling in the afternoon while the work was barely dry ...T...

fine arts / graphic design joint honours BA camberwell college of arts
graduated in 2000