Chris Aka Tian Lecouble

Tian is a French painter and Streetartist. He was born in le Mans in 1964 and grew up in the workers city of Allonnes.

In 1982, he founded the Punk-Reggae band NUCLEAR DEVICE, which, worn by the alternative movement, plays intensely on the French scene until 1989.

In 1990, with the band called MEGA REEFER SCRATCH, he recorded the album « Honky Soul Times » on Sony Music.

From 1993, Tian is getting more involved in picture : he works as a graphic designer, a webdesigner, then an artistic director.

From 2004, the work of Tian slides from the screen to the canvas : he put his skills of photographer and graphic designer at the service of painting. Therefor, he appropriates the silkscreen and stencil technique. He participates to several fairs and develops its visibility on the web.

In 2007 he starts to decline his work in the street, using paper collage. Thus, he pastes his streetart in London, Paris or New York and participates in many collective actions. Since 2009, as the crisis affects the art market and therefore the daily life of emerging artists, Tian develops alternative strategies, organizing his own exhibitions, selling his works on the web, and improving his international presence.

in 2011, the Artis...

2019
Solo show "l'Usage des Plaisirs" - Le Mans

2018
Artist’s residency, Leipzig - Germany
Solo show at MJC, Pacé - France

2017
Solo show at GalerieK, Le Mans - France
Solo show at Black Market, Dijon - France

2016
Solo show at Art Sur Le Fil - Alençon - France
Solo show at ASCA - Beauvais - France

2015
Solo show at GalerieK, Le Mans - France
Jinako Gallery, Lodz, Poland

2014
Solo show at GalerieK, Le Mans - France
End of residency show, Lodz, Poland
“Murs Ouverts” exhibition Lavo//matik, Paris, France2013
Solo Show at AG2R LA MONDIALE, Paris

2012
MAC.PARIS Fair, Paris - France "FACE" project, first 3D project.

2011
Solo Show at Kamaleon, Le Mans - France
25e Festival Bebop - Le Mans - France
3 months artistic residency & exhibition at Espace Provisoire, Hôpital Etoc Demazy, Le Mans - France
Solo Show Puls'Art Off, Le Mans - France
Group show Galerie Next, Toulouse - France

2010
Plastic Festival, Bruxelles - Belgique
Festival Rue Stick #4, Paris - France
"Matrices" group show, Galerie 59Rivoli, Paris - France
Solo Show Puls'Art Off, Le Mans - France
Solo Show Hôtel Mercure, Le Mans - France
Résidency at St Céneri-le-Gerei - France

2009
"Art In Mind" exhibition, Brick...