Jibé

Jibé discovered graffiti in 2001. A self-taught artist, he learned drawing through this discipline and developed his sense of dynamism and color. After a break of a few years, he returned to painting in 2014, seeking to move beyond traditional lettering.

In May 2015, he completed a large-scale street art signage project in Persan Beaumont (95). For this project, he repurposed the small pedestrian crossing pictogram and, seeing that the simplified graphic design of the character allowed him to easily convey ideas and messages, he quickly adopted it as his signature. Considering this little figure as an avatar of the average person, he began to place it in various situations, multiply it, and give it a voice: the Jibiz were born.

Over time, his character grew and evolved, becoming a graphic element that he distorts and multiplies. Nowadays, Jibé’s works most often take the form of “mosaics” where the Jibiz figures blend together and become increasingly unrecognizable. Straddling the line between abstract and figurative, these compositions invite contemplation and stimulate the imagination by inviting the viewer to “enter the work” and interpret it according to their own individual sensibilities.