Born in Décize in the Nièvre in 1980. Lives and works in Clermont-Ferrand.
Far from the stereotypical image of the tortured artist, Motte radiates positive energy, insatiable curiosity and a fertile practice.
He has been drawing since childhood and discovered counter-cultures and alternative cultures as a teenager. He took his first steps in mural painting by vandal graffiti. During his studies in Lyon, the production of collective works and group graffiti, lead him to both illustrative and narrative achievements. He feeds his imagination with pulp and pop cultures, punk and hip-hop movements, comic books, American cinema and popular tales… references that he has not stopped integrating into his frescoes since.
His often mythical characters are staged in settings very different from their own history and he likes nothing more than to represent them in protest situations by skillfully combining humor, original compositions, slogans and a bright color palette.
He speaks of his art as a kind of sample where he tirelessly remixes different images as a musical composition. Eternally unsatisfied, he always goes further and never stops questioning himself to grow and evolve his practice.
Long time friend with the Clermont-Ferrand artist Keymi, they realize works with four hands and create together a painting with colored dynamics which answers each other and where their characters and decorations are mixed.
Exhibitions :
2022
Mo n’ Key pop – Galerie Artima – Paris
2021
Mo n’ Key pop #4 – Galerie Christiane Vallé – Clermont Ferrand
2020
Mo N’ Key pop #3 – Château de Val
2019
Mo n’ Key pop #2 – L’O du Dézert – Clermont Ferrand
Graff ‘in Clair Matin – Chamalière
Bad Cover – Galerie Christiane Vallé – Clermont-Ferrand
2018
Dump Art – Clermont-Ferrand
Murale la Halle aux blés – Clermont-Ferrand
Mo N’ Key Pop #1 – Clermont-Ferrand
2017
Bol d’art — Villerest
2016
Salon du Tatouage – Clermont-Ferrand
Murales Clermont Urban Graff 2016
Geek Convention – Clermont-Ferrand
2015
Médiathèque – Clermont-Ferrand
Galerie Herrero & Co – Clermont-Ferrand
2011
Rencontres graff de la Roche Blanche
2010
Expo graff Centre Jaude – Clermont-Ferrand
2009
Galerie Le 100 m2 – Clermont-Ferrand
Rencontres graff de la Roche Blanche
2006
Festival Chalon dans la Rue
2004
All of Fame – Graffiti France – Lyon
Education:
2004 Bachelor’s degree in color design – Roanne
2003 BTS Applied Arts : Graphic design, publishing, advertising – Lyon
2001 1st year Beaux-Arts – Lyon