Jef Aérosol is the pseudonym of Jean-François Perroy (born 1957),Bio (in French)
Jefaerosol.com. Retrieved 2023-02-25. a French

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. He has been an urban art proponent in France since 1982, and is a contemporary of Blek le Rat and Speedy Graphito. Aérosol was born in

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in 1957. He

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ed his first

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in 1982, in

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, and has been living in

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since 1984. He has left his works on the walls of many cities. In 1985, he was on the first meeting of the graffiti and urban art movement in Bondy (France), on the VLP's initiative, with Speedy Graphito, Kim Prisu Miss Tic, SP 38, Epsylon Point, Blek le Rat, Futura 2000, Nuklé-Art, Banlieue-Banlieue... Aérosol is represented by several galleries in France and abroad. He made the cover and gave its name to a book about street stencil art, ''Vite Fait, Bien Fait'' (éditions Alternatives/Agnès B,

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, 1986). He has released several books: ''VIP Very Important Pochoirs'' (éditions Alternatives, Paris 2007), ''Risques de Rêves'' (éditions Critères 2011 + re-release in 2012), ''Parcours Fléché'' (éditions Gallimard / Alternatives, Paris 2013) and several exhibition catalogues.

Gallery

P1060340 Paris IV place Igor-Stravinsky rwk.JPG, alt=La fresque ''Chuuuttt !!!'', sur toute la hauteur du pignon d'un immeuble ancien de quatre étages bordant la place Igor-Stravinsky. Elle représente, en noir sur fond blanc, le visage d'un homme aux yeux écarquillés portant son index levé devant ses lèvres., ''Chuuuttt !!!'', on the wall of a building on the north-western edge of Igor-Stravinsky Square Syndicat d'initiative de Marquette-lez-Lille 01.jpg, The Marquette-lez-Lille tourist office, decorated by Jef Aérosol in 2019 Jef-Aérosol-at-work.jpg, Jef Aérosol in Paris, 2010

References

External links

Interview with Artistik Rezo
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