JonOne (b. 1963) is one of the most influential urban artists of his generation. He grew up in Harlem, New York, where he discovered the thrill and personal expression found through painting in the streets and on train cars. A critical moment in the history of graffiti occurred during this time in the 1980s, and JonOne chose to transport his New York graffiti roots to the streets of Paris when he was only 20 years old. Establishing his life in France, he has since grown his career and reputation for the past 40 years with a unique style, unparalleled in his genre.
Akin to Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, JonOne’s pieces exhibit an enormous sense of movement and color. His compositions combine freestyle, precise strokes, repetition and texture for a uniquely balanced yet dynamic visual experience. His paintings represent a new era of contemporary artists who have moved beyond their roots as graffiti writers to establish themselves as painters. His works are at once universal revelations and deeply personal musings on life’s struggles and triumphs. His paintings take you on a journey through his story – abound with spirit and the endless desire for exploration and discovery.
JonOne has worked on a number of collaborations and projects in recent years, lending original designs of his style to notable companies such as Perrier, Air France, Lacoste, Guerlain, Hennessy, and LG. He has also exhibited at several important galleries and institutions, including the Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art and the Grand Palais in Paris. In 2015, he was given the Legion of Honor from France, celebrating the achievement with a painting “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” which was unveiled at the Palais Bourbon, the seat of the French National Assembly.
“Thaï Love” ArtTime | Rosewood, Bangkok, Thailand – SOLO
ArtTime At IPAF Cape Town, ArtTime – mural – Cape Town, South Africa
“Never Stop! Never Settle!” Galerie Provost-Hacker | Lille, France – SOLO
“The Voices Of Water” Kolly Gallery | Zürich, Switzerland – SOLO
“Contemplations” Galerie David Pluskwa | Marseille, France – SOLO
“Jonone” Galerie Brugier Rigail | Seoul, South Korea – SOLO
Saint-Tropez Art Show, David Pluskwa Art Contemporain | Saint-Tropez, France
“Sun-Downs” Wunderkammern Gallery | Rome, Italy – SOLO
“The Big Takeover” Hôtel Goüin | Tours, France – SOLO
“Over The Rainbow” Imperium | Brussels, Belgium – SOLO
Not A Gallery group show | Paris, France
“Lille Art’Up” Galerie Provost-Hacker | Lille, France
Fabien Castanier Gallery group show | Miami, FL
“The Way Of Colors” ArtTime | Dubaï, UAE
“On The Wire” Galerie Brugier-Rigail | Paris, France – SOLO
“20th édition artistique” Galeries Bartoux | Honfleur, France
“Free Spirit” Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez | Bordeaux, France – SOLO
“Graffiti dans la collection d’agnès b. 1985-2021” La Fab. | Paris, France
“Vibrations” Wunderkammern Gallery | Milan, Italy – SOLO
“Es Zieht” Galerie Rabouan Moussion | La Baule, France
Group Show, Galerie Rabouan Moussion | Paris, France
“Trailblazers” Kolly Gallery | Zürich and Genève, Switzerland
Saint-Tropez Art Show, Galerie David Pluskwa | Saint-Tropez, France
Art Fair – Art-Up, Galerie Provost-Hacker | Lille, France
“Color Blast” Galerie Very Yes | Saint-Pierre, La Réunion – SOLO
“The Time Keepers” Galerie David Pluskwa X Galerie Martine Ehmer | Brussels, Belgium – SOLO
“Spring Time” Galerie Provost-Hacker | Lille, France
“#21 Spring” Rasson Art Gallery | Knokke-Heist, Belgium – SOLO
“Liberté Chérie” Galerie David Pluskwa | Marseille, France
“Rock” Galerie Provost-Hacker | Lille, France – SOLO
“Héritage” Musée des civilisations noires / ArtTime | Dakar, Sénégal SOLO
“Follow The Current” | Geneva, Switzerland – SOLO
“Journal Intime” Galerie Rive Gauche-Marcel Strouk | Paris, France – SOLO
“Unlimited” Les Docks X Galerie David Pluskwa | Marseille, France – SOLO
“Jonone” Galerie Veyssière Sigma | Tours, France – SOLO
“Wedding Planners” Kolly Gallery | Zürich, Switzerland – SOLO
“The Border” Underdogs Gallery | Lisbon, Portugal – SOLO
“Infinity” Galerie Rabouan Moussion | Paris, France – SOLO
Group Show, Galerie Provost-Hacker | Lille, France
“Retour A La Source” ArtTime | Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Africa- SOLO
“Countdown” Kolly Gallery | Zürich, Switzerland – SOLO
Group Show, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Miami Art Basel | Miami, FL
“Colors Of The Uprising” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Miami, FL – SOLO
Art Fair – ST Art, Galerie Provost-Hacker | Strasbourg, France
Group Show, Galerie Rabouan Moussion | Paris, France
Not A Gallery | Paris, France – SOLO
“Palm trees And Ice Cream” Kolly Gallery | Zürich, Switzerland – SOLO
“Blue Night” Galerie Droste | Wuppertal, Germany – SOLO
Galerie David Pluskwa – Art Show | Saint-Tropez, France
“Spend The Summer With Us In La Baule” Galerie Rabouan Moussion | La Baule, France
“The Night Show” Galerie Bartoux | Paris, France – SOLO
“Shapes & Shades” Galerie Martine Ehmer | Brussels, Belgium
“Flash Back” Galerie Le Feuvre & Roze | Paris, France
“Plan B” Kolly Gallery | Zürich, Switzerland – SOLO
“Legends #1” Speerstra Gallery | Paris, France
“Poetry In Motion” Galerie Brugier Rigail | Paris, France – SOLO
“Basquiat, la rue nous inspire” Musée Boucher-de-Perthes | Abbeville, France
Art Paris, Galerie Rabouan-Moussion | Paris, France
“Abstracted Expressionism” Galerie Martine Ehmer X Galerie David Pluskwa | Brussels, Belgium – SOLO
Art Fair – Art-Up, Galerie Provost-Hacker | Lille, France
MoCA – Post Contemporary – Urban Graphic 7019 | Shanghaï, China
“Time is Now” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Miami, FL
“Abstracted Love” Galerie David Pluskwa | Marseille, France – SOLO
“Following My Path” Kolly Gallery | Zurich, Switzerland – SOLO
“In the Box” Galerie Rabouan Moussion | Paris, France – SOLO
“In Gotham” Agnes b. Galerie Boutique | New York, NY
“Niente puo Fermarmi” Wunderkammern | Rome, Italy – SOLO
“Birth of the Wind” Galerie Brugier-Rigail Paris | Paris, France – SOLO
“Un Reve Plus Long Que La Nuit” Monresso Art Foundation | Marrakesh – SOLO
“Wanderlust” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Miami, FL – SOLO
“L’Empire De Signatures” Fondation Clement | Martinique – SOLO
“Names” Speerstra Gallery | Paris, France
“No Rules” Galerie Rive Gauche Marcel Strouk | Paris, France – SOLO
“Who’s Your Daddy?” Kolly Gallery | Cambodia
“Longines Paris Eiffel Jumping” Galerie Rabouan Moussion | Paris, France – SOLO
“L’Empire Des Signatures” Fondation Clement | Martinique – SOLO
“Un Reve Plus Long Que La Nuit” Fondation Montresso | Marrkech, Morocco – SOLO
“A Wild Time” Galerie Rive Gauche Marcel Strouk | Paris, France – SOLO
“Today’s Abstract” Galerie David Pluskwa | Marseille, France
“Transit” Galerie Droste Wuppertal | Wuppertal, Germany – SOLO
“Sitting on the Cloud” Gallery 32 | Tel-aviv, Israel – SOLO
“Urban Legacy”, Fabien Castanier Gallery | Los Angeles, CA – SOLO
“Fire on Water” GalerieRabouan Moussion | Paris, France – SOLO
“Predictably Irrational” Wunderkammern gallery | Milan, Italy – SOLO
“JonOne: Masterpieces 1991-2009” Galerie Le Feuvre | Paris, France – SOLO
“Renaissance” Kolly Gallery | Zurich, Switzerland – SOLO
“Fireworks” GalerieDu Jour Agnès B. | Paris, France
“Above and Below”, Carré Sainte Anne Montpellier | Montpellier, France
“Sky Night Silver and Words- Group Show” Art Statements | Hong Kong
“Staring to the stars”, Magda Danysz, | Shanghai
“The Power of The Benjamins”, New Square Gallery | Lille, France
“Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez”, Bordeaux, Expo X Mai Lucas | Bordeaux, France
“JonOne Transformations II” Galerie Rive Gauche-Marcel Strouk | Paris, France – SOLO
“From Street 2 Art”, David Pulskwa Gallery | Marseille, France
“Art Contemporain” Galerie David Pluskwa | Marseille, France
“West Side Stories” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Los Angeles, CA – SOLO
“Black & White” Gallery Magda Danysz | Paris, France
“Dites-le avec de la poésie” Galerie Helenbeck | Nice, France
“Art-Up” New Square Gallery | Lille, France
“Cryptation” Kolly Gallery | Zurich, Switzerland – SOLO
“Love Etc…” Galerie David Pluskwa | Marseille, France
“Evolution to Oils” Galerie Rabouan-Moussion | Paris France – SOLO
“Art Paris” Galerie Rabouan-Moussion | Paris, France
“New York-New York OU New York”-Calvi La Villa | Calvi, Corsica
“JonOne: Back in Town” Art Statements Gallery | Hong Kong, China – SOLO
“Art Wynwood” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Miami, FL
“CONTEXT, Art Miami” Fair Fabien Castanier Gallery | Miami, FL
“JonOne Exhibition” BOCCARA Gallery | Moscow, Russia
“Art Southampton” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Southampton, NY
“Past | Present” Galerie Le Feuvre | Paris
“Chaotic Beauty” Foundation Protvor / En partenariat avec la Galerie Le Feuvre | St. Petersburg – SOLO
“Vhils, JonOne, Yz” | Centre Pompidou | Paris
“Vhils JonOne, Obey, ect.”| Voklienger Hutte Museum | Voklienger Germany
“Street Art par JonOne” Galerie Bartoux / Office de tourisme de Courchevel | Courchevel, France – SOLO
“When the Substance Becomes Bigger Than The Being (Blood of Paris)” New Square Gallery | Lille, France – SOLO
“Moscow World Fine Art” Boccara Gallery | Moscow, Russia
“L’art contemporain s’invite à Saint-Germain” Boutique angès b. | Paris, France – SOLO
“Etat de Lieux” Galerie du jour agnès b. | Paris, France
“Iron One” Art Parner Galerie, Laurent Rigail & Eric Brugier | Paris, France – SOLO
“Lyrics!” Galerie Hélèlene Bailly
“U.R. Urban Renewal” Galerie Martine Ehmer | Brussels, Belgium
“Drawing Now” Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Carrousel du Louvre | Paris, France
“Group Show” Galerie Rabouan-Moussion | Paris, France
“Mix of Artists” Galerie Helenbeck | Nice, France
“Art Paris” Galerie Rabouan-Moussion | Paris, France
“Art Fair Grand Palais” Galerie Martine Ehmer | Lille, France
“J-Punk” Art Partner Galerie, Laurent Rigail & Eric Brugier | Paris, France – SOLO
“Vanité(s) / Memento Mori ou Les Précieuses Morts de…” Galerie David Plukwa / Espace 53 | Marseille, France
“Twi-Lights of Colors” Galerie Martine Ehmer | Brussels, Belgium – SOLO
“Scope NY 2013” Fabien Castanier Gallery | New York
“Los Angeles Art Show” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Los Angeles
“Art Wynwood” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Miami
“A Beautiful Madness” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Los Angeles
“Hey! / Modern Art and Pop Culture” Halle Saint-Pierre | Paris, France
“Untitled” Galerie David Pluskwa | Marseille, France – SOLO
“Untitled” Galerie Barbara De Palma / Galerie David Pluskwa | Saint-Tropez, France – SOLO
“Freestyle” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
“PostGraffiti” Ancien Collège des Jésuites, Association Traffice | Reims, France
“La Peau De L’ours” Galerie Rabouan-Moussion | Paris, France
“& Friends” Galerie Le Feuvre | Paris, France
“French Invasion” Fabien Castanier Gallery | Los Angeles
“Nicolas Laugeron Collection / Angers”, Grand Theatre d’Angers | Angers, France
“Transformations” Galerie Rive Gauche | Paris – SOLO
“Performance” Barrière Hotel | Lille, France
“PostGraffiti” Maison Folie de Moulins, Association Traffic | Lille, France
“Lille Art Fair” New Square Gallery | Lill, France
“Overlook” Gallery Magda Danysz | Shanghai
“Art Paris” Galerie Rabouan-Moussion | Paris, France
“The City Breathes” Galerie Rabouan Moussion | Paris – SOLO
“Out of Nowhere” New Square Gallery | Lille, France – SOLO
“Throw Up” BKRW | Paris, France – SOLO
“Out of the Wall” Galerie Martine Ehmer | Brussels, Belgium
“Untitled” Venise Cadre Gallery | Casablanca, Morocco – SOLO
“One Wall One Painting” Galerie Le Feuvre | Paris, France
“Melange of Street Art Artists” Galerie Helenbeck | Nice, France
“Untitled” Galerie Magda Danysz | Shanghai, China – SOLO
“Untitled” Bund 18 Gallery | Shanghai, China – SOLO
“Words and Dreams, Where Technology Meets Dreams and Vice Versa” Gallery Magda Danysz | Shanghai
“Da Sun Will Always Shine” Galerie Le Feuvre | Paris, France – SOLO
“Urban Activity” Centre Culturel Jean Cocteau | Les Lilas, France
“Da New Work” Galerie Helenbeck | Nice, France – SOLO
“We’re All Graffiti Artists” Galeire Helenbeck | Antibes, France
“City Time-Off the Wall” Brigitte Argième & Swatch Group | Geneva, Switzerland
“Abstractions” Gallery Magda Danysz | Paris, France – SOLO
“Retrospective 20 ans / 20 years” Speerstra Gallery | Bursins, Switzerland – SOLO
“Art You Curious” Galerie Martine Ehmer | Brussels, Belgium
“Escape From New York” Galerie Australe | Saint-Denis de la Réunion, France – SOLO
“C1TY Arts, Architecture and Music” Gallery Magda Danysz | Shanghai, China
“Carved in Stone” Art Partner Galerie, Laurent Rigail & Eric Brugier | Paris, France – SOLO
“Collection 3” Foundation Salomon / Collection de Claudine & Jean-Marc Salomon | Annecy, France