Laurent Nurisso

I studied art & design at the college of Beaux-Art in Chalon-sur-Saône, France and then went on to attend art school in Lyon. I still tend to think of myself as being a self-taught artist as I don’t have as such a traditional artists background training.

I got back into painting & drawing after attending the Royal Drawing School a few years ago whilst living in Shoreditch in East London. I made a decision to move back and live in Marseille, France where I have my studio. I now dedicate my time to painting and more recently sculpting, although painting in oil and acrylic is really my main interest.

Whilst my work may appear at first glance to be inspired by either pop-art or street-art culture, I aim to tell new stories from what appears to be typical stereotypes. I like to re-appropriate for myself toys, products, signage from a common background knowledge -then add my own memories of places I’ve been to and transpose these into a brash today’s world. A new story, a new meaning perhaps.

I'm interested by how we’ve created false idols and use these stereotypes for our own needs; be that an ideology or just for some new commercial gain. In fact from very early religious times to today's consumerism, we have always liked ‘mak...

Ecole des Beaux-Art Chalon-sur-Saône - France
Art School - art and architecture Lyon - France
The Royal Drawing School Shoreditch - East London

Expo4Art – Paris
La Halle des Blancs Manteaux (Paris 4ème)
3 – 5 Mars 2017

Le Sm'Art
11-15 May 2017
Parc Jourdan
Aix-en-Provence

Barcelona International Art Fair
16-17 December 2016
Museu Maritim de Barcelona

Berliner Liste 2016
September 15th to 18th, 2016 · Kraftwerk Berlin · Köpenicker Straße 70, 10179 Berlin · Opening: September 14th, 2016

Rotterdam International Art Fair
9 & 10 September 2016
De Laurenskerk
Rotterdam