Baptiste Ibar

Born just outside Paris in 1977, at the age of seven Baptiste Ibar immigrated with his family to the U.S. In response to linguistic and environmental difficulties, he started communicating through drawings. While growing up in the confines of NYC’s white suburbs, Baptiste became increasingly fascinated with indigenous people and their art; through his grandfather, a respected French collector, he developed a great knowledge of European paintings and sculptures; and as the son of a physicist, he cultivated genuine respect and curiosity towards the natural world.

After obtaining his BFA in Painting at the renowned Rhode Island School of Design in 2000, Baptiste decided to stay in Providence, inspired by its prolific underground art and music scene. Here, surrounded by a healthy and vibrant artistic community, Ibar found the optimal condition to develop his vision and his work. In 2004 he moved to Brooklyn to join his siblings, but after a few years he decided to renovate a barn in Connecticut and move there to better focus on his art and avoid distractions from the City.

During the fall of 2004, Baptiste got a call from the director Michel Gondry about doing a series of disaster paintings, which he needed for his film “the sci...

Rhode Island School of Design BFA painting 2000

2024 "Quatre Porte " Solo show Eric LeBlay Gallery, st Jean Le vieux , France
2015 “Innocence and symbolism” Solo show, Pioche Projects, Biarritz France
2014 “Information age” Solo show, Pioche Projects, Biarritz France
2013 "Come together:Surviving Sandy" group show, Brooklyn, NY

"Le slip de Duchamp" Solo show, La Cantinella, Paris
2012 "Before your eyes" (busts) Solo show, Art Barter & The last tuesday society London
2010 "Water and Gold" a collaboration exhibit with Maia Ibar, La Residencia Gallery, Bogota, Columbia

"Its a wonderful 10th" group show, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 “Crewcuts window installation” 1200 Madison Ave. NY , NY

“Transient Memory Intervals” solo show, Wayfare Projects, Brooklyn, NY

“Fortress of solitude” group show, 56 bogart st., Brooklyn NY

“It’s a Wonderful Life” group show, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 “8 1/2 X 11 /A4” group show, James Fuentes LLC, NY, NY

“Lovely Daze issue 5: Hunters and Gatherers” Original publication 
at the New Museum, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and MOMA , NY , NY

“Guided Men” The lot, Artspace , New Haven, CT 

“Peace” group show...