Mr. Brainwash, born 1966 in France, is a street artist and videographer known for his large-scale installations and prints that combine the worlds of street and pop art. His practice of subverting cultural iconography and appropriation borrows from Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Bansky. His work often features celebrities such as Madonna, Kate Moss, and Marilyn Monroe. Perhaps best known for his role in the creation of Banksy’s documentary, ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ (2010), which features Mr. Brainwash’s rise to success in the art scene. “Banksy captured me becoming an artist,” Mr. Brainwash has said, “in the end, I became his biggest work of art”. Born Thierry Guetta, he moved to Los Angeles when he was 15, where he attended high school before dropping out. The artist later ran a successful vintage clothing store in the city. His interest in street art was spurred by a trip to France in 1999, where he learned that his cousin was the famed graffiti artist known as Space Invader. Having developed a knack for filming, Mr. Brainwash started to record the nightly escapades of Invader and other street artists, such as Shepard Fairey. In 2013, he was included in the exhibition “Art Wars'' at Saatchi Gallery in London. Mr. Brainwash has since developed an exceptional international reputation of positive messages, uplifting outlook, and nostalgia fueled retrospection. Inspired by the beauty of life, Mr. Brainwash currently lives and works in California.
S E L E C T E X H I B I T I O N S
2008 . ‘Life Is Beautiful’ CBS Studios,Los Angeles, CA
. ‘Life Is Beautiful’ Fader Fort, New York, NY
2009 . ‘Worlds on Fire’ Pacific Electric Lofts' Building, Los Angeles, CA
2010 . ‘ICONS: Part One’ Meat Packing District, New York, NY
2012 . ‘Mr. Brainwash’ Opera Gallery, London, England
2013 . ‘Mr. Brainwash’ 34FineArt, Cape Town, South Africa
. ‘Bambi Street Artist meets Mr. Brainwash’
Galerie Fluegel-Roncak, Germany
2014 . ‘Life is Beautiful’ Galerie Fluegel-Roncak, Nuremberg, Germany
. ‘MR. BRAINWASH, NEW WORKS’ Taglialatella Galleries, New York, NY
2017 . ‘Germany is Beautiful’ Galerie Fluegel-Roncak, Germany
