Ërell (Romain le Liboux)
Artist / Designer Ërell experiments with an ephemeral form of appropriation of urban space.
His work is rooted in the practice of tagging in Bordeaux in the early 2000s. In 2006, inspired
by minimal art, urban art and organic design, he began simplifying his signature. Inspired in
particular by Olivier Stak, East Erik, Jürgen Mayer and Sol Lewitt, he eventually reduced it to
a simple geometric shape, the hexagon, which he later fragmented.
The genesis of this new identity lies in the transformation of a handwritten signature, initially
a tag, into a modular, reproducible visual emblem whose main function is to be identifiable
by all, while at the same time being striking and lively.
His work is nourished by the bridges he creates between urban art and design, both in the
conception and realization of his productions. This transversality is at the root of the
transformation of his graffiti practice into work on geometric abstraction.
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Born: 1987, Lyon
He lives and works in Bordeaux.
Education
2024 CACES A + B Certificate
2014-2015 Postgraduate diploma in design and research, ESAD, Saint-Étienne
2011-2013 Master of Design, ESAD, Saint-Étienne
2009-2011 DNSEP in object design, ESAD, Saint-Étienne
2009 Carpentry qualification (CAP), G. Poinso Chapuis Secondary School, Marseille
2008 Product Design BTS, J. Perrin High School, Marseille
Solo and group exhibitions
2024
Street Up - International Urban Art Exhibition, M21 Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
2023
C6H10O5, Autour de l’Image Gallery, Lyon
Modular Grid, Artistik Rezo Gallery, Paris
2021
Variation, Autour de l’Image Gallery, Lyon
Corrosion, Artistik Rezo Gallery, Paris
2020
Artists in residence, Robespierre Gallery, Grande-Synthe
Filigrane, Magnetic Artlab, Bordeaux
2019
(Re) Construction, Artistik Rezo Gallery, Paris
Public space projects
2024
City of Antibes, Antibes Metropolis & Coul'Heures d'Automne Festival, 180 m² mural at the entrance to Antibes
City of Marseille, Marseille Metropolis & Backside Gallery, 300 m² mural at Marseille St. Charles trainstation
City of Paris, Fluctuart Urban Art Center, Lefranc Bourgeois, XXL-size mural for the 2024 Olympics
City of Givors & Les Cités Éducatives, mural at the Edouard Herriot Nursery School, Lyon
City of Lyon & Little Beaux Art, mural at Les Battières Kindergarten, Lyon
2023
City of Lyon & Little Beaux Art, mural at the Marcel Pagnol School, Lyon
2022
City of Paris & Artistik Rezo, 270 m² mural in the Tunnel des Tuileries, Paris
Renault, Lyon Métropole Habitat & Peint à la Main, 500 m² of land painting, Lyon
Joël Knafo Gallery & Le M.U.R., mural, Paris
City of Paris, Haropa Port & Artistik Rezo, Simone De Beauvoir Footbridge installation, Paris
Marseille City Hall & Backside Gallery, 1600 m²-es land painting, Marseille
RATP & Quai 36, installation at Villiers metro station, Paris
2021
City of Paris, 400 m² earth painting on the banks of the Seine, Paris
Peinture Fraîche Festival, mural, Lyon
2020
Le M.U.R. Pôle Magnetic, mural, Bordeaux
2019
Château Seneffe, monumental steel sculpture, Belgium
Le M.U.R. Oberkampf, mural, Paris
Urban Jungle Festival, mural, Lyon
Art Exprim Festival, mural, Párizs
Other projects
2024
City of Antibes, Keolis Group & Coul'Heures d'Automne Festival, Tram-Bus decoration for the Antibes - Sophia Antipolis network
2023
Noc 42, installation on the campus of École 42, Paris
OpenCell, installation in start-up offices, Paris
Pécs Program, wall painting, Pécs, Hungary
Invest & Terrart, mural in corporate offices, Paris
Gamned, mural in corporate offices, Paris
Cogedim & EM’ARTS Gallery, mural in corporate offices, Lyon
2022
Rothschild Foundation, mural in corporate offices, Paris
2020-2021
Superbrand Design, installation in a boutique, Cavaillon
2020
Bouygues Real Estate & Art-Five Gallery, permanent mural, Nice
2019
Art-Five Gallery & SMTRT, mural on a semi-trailer, Marseille
OpenCell, installation in start-up offices, Paris
Fluctuart, permanent installation on the façade of the urban art centre, Paris
Praxis Real Estate & Backside Gallery, permanent mural, Aix-en-Provence
