Jérôme Mesnager, Dance of the Bodies, Artist's Proof Screenprint

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Born in 1961, Jérôme Mesnager entered the Boulle School in 1974, where he trained as a cabinetmaker and later taught. … Read more Born in 1961, Jérôme Mesnager entered the Boulle School in 1974, where he trained as a cabinetmaker and later taught. In 1979, he took comics classes with Yves Got and Georges Pichard, professors at the Duperré School of Applied Arts.

He was one of the founders, in 1982, of Zig-Zag, a group of about ten very young artists who decided to occupy the streets by drawing graffiti and, also, to briefly occupy abandoned factories for an artistic performance.

On January 16, 1983, he invented the Man in White, "a symbol of light, strength, and peace." Jérôme Mesnager has reproduced this white silhouette all over the world, from the walls of Paris to the Great Wall of China.

In 1990, Jérôme Mesnager left his childhood home, the place where he met Jean-Pierre Le Boul'ch, the headquarters of his associations, and the studio where he produced his early works, to move to the 20th arrondissement of Paris. He exhibited a series of fences on the theme of combat at the Loft gallery, which published a catalog.

In 1995, he created a large mural on Rue de Ménilmontant, in the 20th arrondissement, entitled "We Are the Guys from Ménilmontant."

Jérôme Mesnager often collaborates with Nemo, whose favorite character is the black silhouette of a man in a raincoat wearing a hat. In this capacity, he supported the Parisian urban art movement (Blek le rat, Miss.Tic, Jef Aérosol, Némo, etc.) and Free Figuration in the early 1980s.

In 2006, Jérôme created a series of paintings inspired by Art Nouveau and Art Deco. That same year, he took on the Hôtel des Académies et des Arts in Paris, invading the space with his Corps blancs (White Bodies). This piece has an attribution mark,
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