The Circus Wall — artwork #16386 by Kafé Korsé · Pons, France

A native of Nantes, Nicolas Bertaud - known as Kafé Korsé - developed a passion for drawing as a child and discovered large-format work during high school after a formative encounter. In 2005, he took up graffiti and spent over fifteen years building a practice as a multi-medium illustrator, shaped by manga, comic books, and graffiti writers Reso and Persu. His graphic universe blends urban influ…

Originally from the Landes region, Syrk is a self-taught graffiti artist and illustrator based in Poitiers. He began painting in 2003 in Bordeaux without knowing any graffiti writers, and turned his art into a full-time profession by 2005. His pseudonym blends his first and last names, though the artist deliberately cultivates anonymity around his identity. His universe draws on children's litera…

Based in Nantes, France, Eskat is a graffiti artist whose work spans lettering, characters and large-scale wall compositions. A member of the 3GCartel, IBS and Range Ta Chambre (RTC) crews, he has been shaping walls since the mid-2000s, carving out a distinctive presence in the French urban art landscape. His practice extends beyond France's borders, with notable interventions in Mexico. In 2016,…

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Mickaël Graça, known as Sery, is a graffiti writer from La Rochelle who started tagging in 1994, drawn in by a Paris cousin from the TGC crew. He founded LORD (Lord Of Rupella Design), set up in 2001 to spread graffiti culture in the city, and runs its Lord in the West festival, which drew more than a hundred painters in 2023. His work plays on blue tones, wave effects and distortions, at scales u…

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