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Manuel Fernandez, alias KiKo, is a French artist who was born in 1985 in Martigues, a town near Marseilles known as the \u2018Proven\u00e7al Venice\u2019, which inspires his Mediterranean colours and more particularly this burning orange that is so present in many of his works.<\/p>\n
KiKo has always had a taste for drawing. As a child, people said that for him drawing was as easy as breathing. With a single firm line, he sketched the emotions that he could not express with words. At school, he was only interested in art class and it seemed his path was already marked out. But art was never the topic of conversation in this family of sailors whose first love was the sea, and tuna fishing in particular. From an early age, KiKo was on the family tuna boats, 30m-long giants of the seas moored in Port-Vendres, exchanging his pencils for fishing nets; he couldn\u2019t just abandon ship! When he was older, he spent long months at sea hunting down banks of fish colonised by tuna. There, he learned discipline, resilience, teamwork, how to control his fear, go without sleep, and be alone. To escape this tough sailors\u2019 life, and the sea that constantly kept him in check, KiKo created an imaginary world where childhood, suspended in time, would inspire all his artwork.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Meeting his wife was a critical moment. She came from a family of artists and his father-in-law soon opened the doors of his studio to him. He then returned to his passion for art and tried out different media on increasingly large canvases. It was the multicoloured Chinese inks that were to make their mark on KiKo. Drawn to their fluidity, he decided not to use them on the traditional paper but on canvas. They gave him a unique signature that reconciles street art with expressionism, and favours emotion over reality. Trails of black Chinese ink running down a canvas, symbolically reminding us of tears or blood, testify to a sadness that gently contrasts with the gaiety of his coloured backgrounds.<\/p>\n
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f KiKo\u2019s success has been dazzling, it is because he immediately displays artistic DNA that is recognisable at first glance. To his Chinese inks, is added an artistic approach that is simple because of its clarity, authenticity and commitment \u2013 just like the artist. KiKo only paints to create the emotion that will revive our inner child<\/strong>. For this reason, in 2017, when he decided to devote himself entirely to his passion for art, he symbolically chose \u2018KiKo\u2019, his childhood nickname, as his pseudonym.<\/p>\n All of KiKo\u2019s art is a tribute to childhood and the privileged place it should have in the hearts of all children around the world.<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.6″ text_font=”Prata||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”15px” header_font=”||||||||” header_3_font=”|600|||||||” header_3_font_size=”18px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”12px||0px||false|false”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.6″ text_font=”Prata||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”15px” header_font=”||||||||” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”12px|||||”]In just a few years, the Les M\u00f4mes (The Kids) paintings by KiKo have become frequent travellers; in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Miami, Singapore, Melbourne and Europe, they are to be found in the homes of collectors, influencers and the many KiKo fans who have followed him faithfully from the beginning. \u201cJean et Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se\u201d, 150x150cm, 2021, Indian inks, aerosol and resin on canvas. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.6″ text_font=”Prata||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”15px” header_font=”||||||||” header_3_font=”|600|||||||” header_3_font_size=”18px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”12px||0px||false|false”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.6″ text_font=”Prata||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”15px” header_font=”||||||||” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”12px|||||” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Manuel Fernandez, alias KiKo, is a French artist who was born in 1985 in Martigues, a town near Marseilles known as the \u2018Proven\u00e7al Venice\u2019, which inspires his Mediterranean colours and more particularly this burning orange that is so present in many of his works.<\/p>\n KiKo has always had a taste for drawing. As a child, people said that for him drawing was as easy as breathing. With a single firm line, he sketched the emotions that he could not express with words. At school, he was only interested in art class and it seemed his path was already marked out. But art was never the topic of conversation in this family of sailors whose first love was the sea, and tuna fishing in particular. From an early age, KiKo was on the family tuna boats, 30m-long giants of the seas moored in Port-Vendres, exchanging his pencils for fishing nets; he couldn\u2019t just abandon ship! When he was older, he spent long months at sea hunting down banks of fish colonised by tuna. There, he learned discipline, resilience, teamwork, how to control his fear, go without sleep, and be alone. 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A fervent defender of the protection of children and respect for their fundamental rights, he is involved in many charitable works and hopes that his art will contribute to increased action in favour of children.
Because, although the sea stole KiKo\u2019s childhood, art allows him to (re)live it with every brush stroke.<\/p>\n Wind in his sails!<\/h3>\n
\nEvery year, they are the subject of solo exhibitions in well-known art galleries in France and abroad and in contemporary art fairs.
\nKiKo\u2019s artistic journey definitely has wind in its sails! [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/kiko-art.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Jean-Marie-Therese-150x150cm-2021-kiko-artiste.jpeg” title_text=”Jean-Marie-Therese-150x150cm-2021-kiko-artiste” show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.6.6″ border_width_all=”20px” border_color_all=”#ffffff” border_width_all_last_edited=”off|desktop” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_horizontal=”0px” box_shadow_vertical=”0px” box_shadow_spread=”1px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.34)” box_shadow_color__hover=”#000000″ box_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”on” border_width_all__hover_enabled=”on” border_width_all__hover=”30px”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text ul_position=”inside” _builder_version=”4.6.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ ul_font=”||||||||” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_font_size=”20px” header_line_height=”1.3em” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_font_size=”14px” header_3_line_height=”1.3em” text_orientation=”center” link_option_url_new_window=”on” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”10px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” text_line_height_tablet=”” text_line_height_phone=”1.3em” text_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” text_text_align=”center” locked=”off”]<\/p>\n
\nThis canvas, which represents KiKo\u2019s grandparents at the port of Marseilles, is now to be found in the home of a Hong Kongese collector. <\/p>\nFrom anchors to inks!<\/h3>\n
Manuel behind KiKo<\/h3>\n
In ten questions…<\/h2>\n
\nAmedeo Modigliani\u2026 because the emotion of the human soul emerges from his canvases.<\/p>\n
\nMy wife Rachel, my children; I like when they are near me. The ideal studio is my living room!<\/p>\n
\nThe Robin Hood of childhood! The Peter Pan of art! A mixture of the two\u2026<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIn every child, there is an artist. The problem is knowing how to remain an artist as you grow up\u201d<\/em>, by Pablo Picasso.<\/p>\n
\nChildhood! The one I missed out on. The one that was stolen\u2026 and also the happy and protected one that all children around the world should grow up in. <\/p>\n
\nMaking an emotion felt.<\/p>\n
\nThe resin technique \u2026 because it is a technique and I prefer to talk about art.<\/p>\n
\nArt has all the roles\u2026 but amongst others, the role of connecting humans and conveying important messages.<\/p>\n
\nLet’s protect the children, all the children!<\/p>\n
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The studio<\/h2>\n