Stéphane OPERA – Street artist and Street Designer Parisian
From the scene Graffiti and Street Art where he has been an activist since 1998, he has worked for over 10 years as Artistic Director of an agency and on his own account, before turning to work in studio, focusing more on his personal universe.
Saturday Painting, directly influenced by the Contemporary graphic design and architecture, reveals a geometric approach through abstract, incisive and colourful graphic compositions.
Influenced by the Cubism, Constructivism and the Bauhaus school, Stéphane OPERA explain his fathers' techniques such as Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, Robert and Sonia Delaunay or Francis Picabia.
Stéphane Opéra is part of the group of friends and collective known as Street Designers. He takes part in our evening events to create a participative fresco or a Show live or to coach participants during NOS team building activities.
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A poetic Street Art Tour through the artist’s world, as seen by Marie Ange Baudin
Red, white, yellow, red, blue, blue… like a tune of’Opera, the colours vibrate to the rhythm of the geometric shapes that make up the works of the’Graffiti artist. This melody finds its way into our streets, our hearts, and our homes. It doesn't leave us. As we stroll, we can walk to the rhythm of the frescoes.’Opera like that of the Allée Jean Renoir in Pierrefitte.
Like a surprise, it stands before the pedestrian's eyes. No more wandering in the greyness. This work was born from a collaboration with the’Graffiti artist Sweetener. A true trompe l'œil, it is composed of several «panels» that function independently of each other from a point of view artistic. This fresco It transports us on a journey on the edge of a bus, the 11B. We pass under arches that offer glimpses of the sea, along the coast. You can almost feel a cool breeze caress your face thanks to the intensity of the blues warmed by touches of red. There, a sun cut by a cloud or the sensual lips of a woman... Here, a drape flying in the wind. What a beautiful journey the street artists offer to our imagination!
Fancy prolonging this Artistic escapade Nothing could be simpler, thanks to the paintings in the Music series and the Astronomy Instruments series by Opéra. Indeed, he knows how to handle different formats, moving from the street to the canvas. His geometric universe, with flat, primary colours, allows for Street art decoration indoors. His Paintings are not unlike the works of the great Matisse, created in Collioure, in the south of France, on the Mediterranean coast.
Opera works also recall those of Picasso, from the Cubist period, which highlight the music so dear to the Spanish artist. Fancy warmth, sweetness, and positive vibes, relax in your favourite armchair under the protective gaze of one of the Opera backdrops. A violin tune or some jazz music, the music lover within you will know how to tune in to artist's colours.
If this universe has seduced you, it has also won over those of major brands Like Adidas. This iconic sports brand has enlisted Opera for dress the walls from his new store located on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris. The walls vibrate under the artist's brushstrokes. Like the heartbeats of the athletes he dresses Adidas, the geometric shapes of Opera dancing on the walls and communicating a positive energy to visitors. Waves of colour that run towards other places…
And join the melodies of the pianos from the «Play me I'm Yours» project initiated by the English visual artist Luke Jerram In 2008, pianos were made available to everyone, to share a moment of joy together through music. The piano invites one to be spectator and actor. It invites sharing and surprises with the location in which it is found: the street becomes a stage. It thus joins the large family of Urban art. Street art shares several points with this project. Indeed, it brightens up the cities, it makes passers-by ponder as they stop in front of it, or not, for a moment.
These pedestrians sometimes chat among themselves; they take photos which they share on social media, just like those listening to the pianists of the day. Project «Play me I'm Yours». So it’s only natural that the encounter between Opera and the «PIY» project».The colours harmonise with the piano, they echo its shapes and seem to come alive from the first notes played by this pianist for a day.
To end a beautiful day in the world of Opera, let's go discover the restaurant Palermo of which he decorated the walls. This time, its colours envelop us completely, like a jewel case. This intense blue, the red and yellow that accompany it, invite us to take our time to savour our meals.
On one of the walls, subtly hidden, one discovers a bust, a head tilted back as if sniffing the air and revelling in the scents of the various perfumes emanating from the savoury dishes. An invitation for all the senses is extended. Our minds thus travel once more thanks to these culinary artists and these Graffiti artists, these color passers.
Opera, graffiti artist, musician of colours, . It brings colour and joy back to our towns and hearts, and in this, it truly lives up to its name.
An opera transports us with its moments of violence, its moments of calm and respite, and never leaves indifferent anyone who listens to it, sees it, lives it. Let us therefore take you by the hand for this fabulous journey through opera scores.
© Marie Ange Baudin
Collaborations
2020 / NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS DESIGN Clichy, France
2020 / SCARF DESIGNS – With Atelier Boivin – Paris, France
2020 / SHORTLIST 2020 BOOK COVER – With CB News – Paris, France
2020 / COLMAR JAZZ MURAL – With Villa Tschaen – Colmar, France
2020 / BLACK FOREST BRIDGE PROJECT – Basel, Switzerland
2020 / PROJECT DJOKER – With Etendart & Lacoste – Clichy, France
2020 / ADIDAS STORE PARIS – With Togaether Agency – Paris, France
2020 / COLMAR JAZZ FESTIVAL – With Villa Tschaen – Colmar, France
2018 / CHAMPAGNE METISSAGE – With Métissage 94 – Paris, France
2018 / CAMPUS BIALIK ROGOZIN – With TNM – Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 / M2 COLOUR – With Villa Tschaen – Soultz, France
2018 / URBAN VIBRATIONS FESTIVAL – With Francs Colleurs – Pessac, France
2018 / URBAN LEGENDS – With Francs Colleurs – Bordeaux, France
2018 / GREEN PLAYGROUND – With Oji – Noisiel, France
2018 / SOPRA STERIA – With the Kaleart agency – Paris, France
2018 / ROTTERDAM ART RIDE – With Foundation Mesh – Rotterdam, France
2018 / MOLITOR PARIS – With Francs Colleurs – Paris, France
2018 / NIGHT OF THE MUSEUMS – With Gatien-Bonnet Museum – Lagny-sur-Marne, France
2016 / ST DENIS STATION – With Anyway – Saint-Denis, France
2016 / FLOWLILLE – With Francs Colleurs – Lille, France
2016 / CAPRICE DES DIEUX – With Anyway & From Paris – Paris, France
2016 / EUROPA VOX FESTIVAL – With Anyway – Clermont-Ferrand, France
2016 / EURO 2016 WALL – With Taroe & Monde – Toulouse, France
2016 / ADIDAS _NMD – With Black Pavilion and Taroe – Pantin, France
2016 / TOP TO BOTTOM 3rd ed. – With TNM Agency – Paris, France
2016 / COLORAMA FESTIVAL 1st ed. – With Anyway – Biarritz, France
2014 / FROM TOP TO BOTTOM 1st ed. – With TNM Agency – Paris, France
2014 / ADIDAS X CITADIUM – With the Aimko agency – Paris, France
2014 / Free Session Street Jam – For Free Session – Aurillac, France
2014 / ECEM FESTIVAL 1st ed. – With Ayway – Biarritz, France
2014 / OBEY FIEND CLUB – Bordeaux, France
2014 / EAST BLOCK PARTY 5th ed. – With Arsenal – Metz, France
2014 / SKIN SHOW – With the Riofluo agency – Paris, France
2014 / FESTIVAL FRAÎCHEUR – With Hard Deco – Torcy, France
Personal exhibition
2019 / MILESTONE EXHIBITION – With Villa Tschaen – Colmar, France
Group exhibitions
2019 / GALERIE EQART – With Taroe & Tina Tictone – Marciac, France
2019 / PISCINE MOLITOR Molitor – Paris, France
2018 / EXHIBITION 96 – With 9th Concept – Paris, France
2018 / EXPOSITION QUAI-36 – With Quai-36 – Versailles, France
2018 / NÉO MURALIS – With TNM – Paris, France
2018 / ASTROLAB -With Taroe – Metz, France
2017 / WATCHING YOU – With Birdy Kids – Lyon, France
2017 / COLORAMA EXPOSITION – With Anyway – Biarritz, France
2017 / VIA HONG KONG – With Anyway – Hong Kong, China
2016 / COLORAMA EXHIBITION – With Anyway – Biarritz, France
2016 / TRAITS: // D’UNION – With Anyway – Villa Alliv – Marseille, France
2016 / SUNDAY HELLO 3 – With Anyway – Cobalt Space – Toulouse, France
2016 / INTERFERENCES – With Taroe – Oppidum Space – Paris, France
2015 / KOSMOPOLITE EXHIBITION – With Farm Prod – Leuven, Belgium
2015 / BARTH ET OPÉRA – CDT Festival – Noisy Le Grand, France
2013 / TICTAC THE EXHIBITION – With Splendens Agency – Paris, France
2012 / URBAN CONTRASTS – With Château Frontenac – Quebec
2012 / SWING AU TOP YACHT CLUB – For Grolsch – Paris, France
2008 / LIKE A VIRGIN – With F.Montlouis / Atelier MastiQ – Lyon, France
2008 / BALISTIQ – With F.Courmont / Atelier MastiQ – Lyon, France
2008 / PHOTOGRAPH {FEAT} – With F.Courmont – Paris, France
2007 / STAND 54 L'EXPO – With Hocus Pocus – Paris, France
2007 / PAPER GHETTO PROJECT – With Frozen – Marseille, France
2007 / ATTACK OF THE MASKS – Frichez Nous la Paix Gallery – Paris, France
2007 / LE DREAD RED SHOW BY C215 – Dadawan Gallery – Paris, France
2006 / GRAPHIK BATTLE CARDS by HGF – Caen, France
2006 / FANTASY FILM – Le Barbizon Cinema – Paris, France
2006 / CYANIDE – Galerie Artcore – Paris, France
2006 / MACHINES SONORES – Mange Disque / Triptych – Paris, France
2006 / UNUSUAL TOYS – Boutique Artoyz – Paris, France
Publications
2020 / CB News shortlist 2020
2020 / Courts Magazine
2018 / Stuart Magazine
2017 / Moriarty Magazine
2017 / Stuart Magazine
2015 / Graffiti Art Magazine # 25 Casio G-SHOCK Graphiclash
2010 / TUON # 03 Magic number
2009 / Graffiti art magazine
2009 / Immobile Voyages – Path 1 – HERE YS by R.Clemente
2007 / Un1que # 6
2007 / Focus Magazine
2006 / CUT Magazine
2006 / DEFISH Magazine
2006 / Innercity Mag
2006 / Graff it!
2006 / Flamboyant
2006 / NOW Mag
2006 / GraffBombz
Interviews
2016 / News Show / J-one (TV) – France
2016 / Fromparis.com – France
2014 / Drawingisnotacrime.com – France
2013 / Istanbul – France
2012 / Transfer Magazine V2 # 1 – France
2010 / La Charku Magazine # 5 Spain
Books
2019 / ALIAS – By N. Gzeley – Editions Alternatives – France
2019 / MOLITOR ARTISTIC VIBRATIONS – Hartpon Editions – France
2018 / WASTELANDS l’Art en Friche – Editions Alternatives – France
2014 / DICOGRAFF – By Thierry Grone – France
2014 / GRAPHIC DESIGN X100 – BRAUN Publishing – Switzerland
2006 / TERRITORY Vol.6 / Between Skin – Japan
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