Jo Di Bona

France

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Jo Di Bona is a French street artist born on July 16, 1975 in Seine Saint-Denis. After a period of vandalism under the pseudonym Anoze in the 1990s and a musical period from 2000 to 2012 in the rock band Hotel, he returned to graffiti in 2013 by developing his own technique: pop graffiti.

In 2014, he won the 1st prize in the EDF Foundation1 graffiti competition. The following years, he multiplies projects and gains recognition in the French street art scene, exhibiting and participating in projects internationally.

In 2016, he made the front page of the New-York Times International with an article for his mural created as part of Wall of Love, located next to the restaurant Le Petit Cambodge, in response to the Paris attacks of November 13, 20152. In 2017, he was one of the first French street artists to be present and exhibit at the UN headquarters in New York as part of the Street-Art for Mankind3 festival.

In 2019, he becomes the sponsor of Murmurs, a festival organized by the community of Decazeville. He will be in charge of the programming with the help of his partner Amélie and will create four murals, one of which will be in collaboration with Astro (Astro ODV). This event is notable in the world of street-art in France for the year 20194.

Jo Di Bona is a committed artist, who displays his convictions in his works or through the projects in which he participates. In particular, he defends the values of the family by supporting Emmaus5, Secours Populaire6 and the Pièces jaunes7 operation. But he also takes up other current issues such as the Syrian migrant crisis8, the LGBT+ cause9, immigration10 or the women's cause11.

He works both on canvas in the studio and on large walls in the street. He produces numerous works and murals each year.

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Jo Di Bona

Mixed media
20 x 29 cm

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Jo Di Bona

Mixed media
120 x 120 cm

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Jo Di Bona's Career

Education

Self-taught

Exhibitions

March 2020 - solo show "Animals" at GALERIE JOËL KNAFO, Paris.
March 2019 - solo show " Popopop ! " with JOËL KNAFO ART, Paris.
March 2018 - solo show " Transition " at GALERIE JOËL KNAFO ART, Paris.
September 2017 - solo show at HOTEL RENAISSANCE ARC DE TRIOMPHE, Paris.
May / June 2017 - solo show " Like a Woman " at GALERIE L'AIGUILLAGE // LES FRIGOS, Paris.
November 2016 - solo show " Pop Music " at GALERIE JOËL KNAFO ART, Paris.

Group Exhibitions

2020

November 2020 - group show at YAM GALERIE, Paris.
October 2020 - group show "Full Metal Placket" with URBAN SIGNATURE, Paris.
October 2020 - group show at GALERIE PERAHIA, Paris.
September/October 2020 - group show "Street Money" at GALERIE SAKURA, Paris.
June/July 2020 - group show "Polyphonissima" at GALERIE JOËL KNAFO ART, Paris.
June 2020 - group show "C'est pas la taille qui compte" at the BOUTIQUE CLOYS with URBAN SIGNATURE, Paris.
June 2020 - group show for "Les Enfants de la Mythologénie" by NOTY & AROZ at the EUROPÉEN, Paris.
May 2020 - group show for FRENCH MAY ARTS FEST with GALERIE L'ÉPICERIE FINE at THE STALLERY WCH, Hong Kong.
March/April 2020 - group show "Bestial" for the city of LEVALLOIS at GALERIE DE L'ESCALE, Levallois.
March 2020 - group show with URBAN SIGNATURE, LE SHACK, Paris.
February/March - represented by GALERIE VIRGINIE BARROU PLANQUART at URVANITY ART, Madrid, Spain.

2019 :

November 2019 - group exhibition "La Street Française" with GALERIE L'ÉPICERIE FINE at THE STALLERY WCH, Hong Kong.
November 2019 - group exhibition "Onemizer & Friends" at GALERIE PERAHIA, Paris.
November 2019 - auction with ARTCURIAL of a longboard to benefit SECOURS POPULAIRE and sponsored by AGNÈS B, Paris.
October 2019 - realization of the cover of the magazine shortlist of CB NEWS.
October 2019 - represented by JOËL KNAFO ART for UAF SOLO SHOWS, Paris.
October 2019 - realization of the cover of the book " Under the Street Art The Louvre " EDITIONS ALTERNATIVES.
October 2019 - represented by JOËL KNAFO ART on the exhibition ART ÉLYSÉE, Paris.
October 2019 - represented by GALERIE VIRGINIE BARROU PLANQUART at the PARIS CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW, Paris.
September 2019 - 5th edition of the FESTIVAL UNDERGROUND EFFECT with SAATO on the square of LA DÉFENSE, Paris La Défense.
September 2019 - collective exhibition " C'est la rentrée du Street Art " with URBAN SIGNATURE at 59 RIVOLI, Paris.
September 2019 - collective exhibition " Feat " at the GALERIE SAKURA, Paris.
July 2019 - realization of the 1st Urban Art wall realized on a freeway area with LE M.U.R for SANEF, Vironvay.
June 2019 - realization of a 5m by 5m portrait of Leonard Cohen for Canada Day on L'AMBASSADE DU CANADA, Paris.

May 2019 - represented by GALERIE VIRGINIE BARROU PLANQUART on the AAF HONG KONG exhibition, Hong Kong

Awards

EDF Graffiti Prize 2014: 1st Prize