Theo Lopez has invested very early in an artistic approach. In 2008, his meeting with the 9ème Concept artist collective encouraged him to take a decisive pictorial turn. Surrounded by established artists and driven by a growing curiosity through his numerous trips to Russia, Israel or USA, he extends his vision beyond its original aspirations.
At 31, he shares his singular artistic universe through a sharp eye. At first inspired by tribal and spiritual influences, today Theo Lopez gravitates towards the abstract style. Initially creating works with patterns and optical effects, the artist in his research is driven by a need to return to the basics, to the essence of his line. Alike the Musicalism, European lyrical abstraction artists, American abstract expressionists or the contemporaries of the artist – the graffuturists, he develops a poetry working with the material, the line and the color.
The experimentation is an integrant part of the creative process of the artist. The creation of the work oscillates constantly between two opposite but complementary concepts: reflection and spontaneity. His first work, spontaneous and intuitive, is formed of random curves and gestures that the artists then structures with straight lines and geometric shapes.This repeated process generates a transformation. The artist does not follow the predefined paths, he builds his painting in real time. Cut, break, trace, structure, cover, add, scrape, conceal, reveal …
Theo Lopez conceives the painting as a sculptor, playing with the random and causing the accident for inspiration. The metamorphosis emanates a hybrid poetry. Multiple layers blend together, the colors dialogue, the lines vibrate and echo, the accumulated painting gains dimension. These contrasts evoke energy flows, subconscious lights, thus the canvas becomes inhabited. Articulating this way all these apparent contradictions, the artist manages to awake secret harmonies in his work, which ultimately defines his style.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
– Octobre 2022: KONG CHRONICLES / Twenty Cinco / Hong Kong
– Juin 2022: SPOTKANIE / Vincent Tiercin / Paris
– Mars 2022: HORIZONS / OUTSIDERS / Lyon
– Septembre 2021: CICLOS / Vincent Tiercin / Paris
– Mars 2020: RESONANCES / Vincent Tiercin / Paris
– Septembre 2019: AURORA / Russo Yubero / Genève
– Septembre 2018: HIDDEN SIDES / Vincent Tiercin / Paris
– Octobre 2017: BRAINSTORMING / ArtistikRezo / Paris
– Juillet 2014: Apnée / NUNC / Paris
– Février 2013: Méandres / H2basement / Paris
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
Septembre 2020: Urbstractions – Pretty Portal – Dusseldorf
Juil/Déc 2020: Vision D’ensemble – 9eme concept/Fluctuart – Paris
Juin 2020: Color in the house – Artravel/Ventedart- Lyon
Novembre 2018: Expo 96 – Fondation desperados/ JCDecaux – Paris
Janvier 2018: Spectrum – City of Talent – Swinton and Grant – Madrid
Décembre 2017: Urbstractions – Pretty Portal – Dusseldorf
Avril 2017: Galerie Francis Noël – Expo Duo Indie 184 / Théo Lopez – Liège
Octobre 2016: FLOW – Retrospective 9ème Concept – Lille
Mai 2016: Fred Atax – STROKAR – Bruxelles – Belgique
Juin 2014: Palais de TOKYO – Google cultural Institute – Paris
Juin 2011: Musée du Quai Branly – L’afrique dans tous ses sens – Paris
Septembre 2009: Palais de TOKYO – IMAGINE – Paris
ART FAIRS
– Octobre 2019: Art Elysée / Paris
– Avril 2019: URBAN ART FAIR / Artistik Rezo / Paris
– Avril 2018: URBAN ART FAIR / Pretty Portal / Artistik Rezo / Paris
– Février 2018: URVANITY / Pretty Portal / Mardid
– Avril 2017: URBAN ART FAIR / Artistik Rézo / NUNC / Paris
– Avril 2016: URBAN ART FAIR / Francs Colleurs / Paris
