A couple and artistic duo, SupaKitch and Koralie are far from finished making a name for themselves. For twenty years, the two French artists have tirelessly adorned walls and galleries around the world with their works. A joint portrait of these artists with their inimitable style.
SupaKitch and Koralie, the story of an artistic encounter
SupaKitch, whose real name is Guillaume Gando, was born in the Parisian suburbs in 1978. After a Graphic design studies, he works as an art director in advertising agencies. He designs logos and illustrates campaigns by day, and indulges his passion by night: graffiti. He then marked the urban space with the lettering of his first tags.
Koralie, born in 1977, is originally from a village in Petite Camargue. She does Architecture studies in Montpellier, while outlining the early stages of her career as a street artist. After working as a set designer in audiovisual advertising, she decided to dedicate herself fully to her art. It was then one of the first women to speak on site, in the street.
Nothing predestined their paths to cross, if not this common vocation for urban art. In the late 90s, street art was still struggling to gain recognition. The two artists, who didn't know each other yet, illegally laid the foundations of their identities on walls. Quickly noticed, they were invited to create a first joint fresco in 2001.
The artistic meeting is sparking, SupaKitch and Koralie are inseparable. Life and creative partners for 20 years now, the artists masterfully blend their individual careers with their collaborative work. Inseparable and complementary, their worlds enhance each other in an inimitable graphical jumble.
SupaKitch and Koralie, the fusion of two complementary styles
Neither SupaKitch nor Koralie confine themselves to a single artistic medium. Their vast range of techniques and inspirations coexist with intelligence and delicacy. Reciprocally, they elevate and inspire each other, both humanly and artistically.
The universe of SupaKitch
SupaKitch first draws inspiration from Music, hip-hop culture, cartoons, and manga from his adolescence. With maturity, graffiti gradually gives way to a phantasmagorical universe populated by Japanese-inspired imaginary creatures. Passionate about The board culture and tattooing, SupaKitch then infuses his creations with graphic influences and a sea breeze. His technique takes root in on-site observations and feelings, particularly during his surfing sessions. He likes to let himself be surprised by Uncontrolled pictorial accidents, which will form the starting point for his/her creative process.
His style takes a new turn in 2016. In his series titled The Shape of Matter, the states of matter rhythm his works.
It renders the invisible visible by depicting the random movements of water, the golden reflections of the sun, the sand shifting in the wind, the veins of time-worn rock. To embody these diverse textures of living natural elements, he uses mass-tinted resin, acrylic and gold leaf. Once out of the studio, he reproduces his works on walls using acrylics and spray paint.
The World of Koralie
If they both share A definite appeal for travel, Koralie operates a real cultural melting pot. During its early years, it populated the streets with Japonisme-inspired characters clad in folk costumes from all corners of the world. From geisha outfits to the long necks of the Padaung, it's a small step. ethnic motifs intertwine harmoniously to form graphic icons with millimetre precision. Her practice gradually leads her towards Overlay games increasingly poetic and kaleidoscopic. The Natural elements, and particularly palm trees, populate its rich and colourful frescoes.
She wishes to «pay homage to nature, to its soul, to give it the respect it deserves». Inspired by notions such as animism, spirituality and occultism, she creates her own language by blending symbols and traditions in a multicultural harmony. Her preferred mode of creation is the stencil. She has designed a whole range of independent elements that she assembles at will to form her clearly recognisable pictorial compositions. After the phase of Computer-assisted graphic design, Koralie reconnects with architecture by investing the walls of the urban environment with spray paint.
SupaKitch and Koralie give new life to the surfaces they inhabit, through the harmonious union of abstract organic motifs from culture and nature.
SupaKitch and Koralie, their prestigious collaborations
Over the course of these two decades of mural collaboration, SupaKitch and Koralie's aesthetics have merged to give birth to a new dreamlike horizon at the international renown.
They are invited to create and exhibit worldwide, by institutions, companies, and private collectors alike. They create monumental murals in Ministry of Culture, Paris or The Venice Biennale, gallery exhibitions In Zurich, Taipei, New York to Madrid. Major brands call on their talent, such as Carhartt, Ikea and Microsoft. Nothing seems to be able to stop the urban artist couple's success any longer.
Their latest four-handed fresco was unveiled in April 2021. In collaboration with Eiffage Immobilier and the artistic production company Q__36, the duo was commissioned to create a 130m² mural for the Grand Canal project south of Clamart. Titled Cascade Palm, the fresco perfectly illustrates the fusion of SupaKitch's and Koralie's talents. The blend of SupaKitch's aquatic universe and Koralie's vegetal universe directly echoes the environmental issues of this burgeoning new district.
This sublime work makes us eager to discover their future projects!
Portrait of SupaKitch by @Welcome to the Jungle Studio
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