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Yannick Martin is a graduated architect working as a Visual & Street Artist in Marseille, France.
His work is developed in a studio or urban environment. 
It is articulated as sculptures, illustrations, design, painting and murals.
Its realizations are based on the exploration of architectural, structural and pictorial potentialities. 
They are concretized through the decomposition then recomposition of volumes or abstract forms.
The result is minimal compositions playing with abstract shapes, symbols and architectural configurations. 
They take the appearance of alphabets.

A few years back (with his brother Niko) he mades short films and music videos, the last one having been shot in India for the song ''Partir ou Rester'' (to stay or to leave) by Brigitte Fontaine and Philippe Katerine.

THE BOX, his first graphical and architectural book, has been sold in museums such as The Centre Pompidou, La Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Le Palais de Tokyo or Le Pavillon de l'Arsenal in Paris.

Publications

La Provence

Archdaily

Etapes

Graphism Fr

Collaborations

KULTE

POËCO

Daniel Salisbury

Loackme

Emiceram

VANGART

Atelier Royère

Les Animals

Selected Clients

META2

Planète Emergences

FRAC P.A.C.A

Le Spot

Editions Parenthèses

Intercontinental

Visionary

Fondation Le Corbusier

UNESCO

Awards

2022 Children's Right Competition, 1st Prize 

2012 National Steel Competition, 1st Prize (Group)

2009 Trophée des Lumière (ephemeral category), 2nd Prize (Group)

Exhibitions

2023 Urban Gallery (Solo)                                 - Marseille   FRANCE

2022 Le Spot (Solo)                                            - Nîmes       FRANCE

2022 Intro Gallery (Solo)                                    - Sofia          BULGARIA

2022 Kells Typetrail (Group)                              - Kells           IRELAND

2022 OH! MIRETTES (with David Vanadia)      - Marseille   FRANCE

2021 Thalassanté (Solo)                                     - Marseille   FRANCE

2020 SIBI (Solo)                                                   - Marseille   FRANCE

2019 My Cowork (Solo)                                      - Paris           FRANCE

2019 Atelier Marc Bloch (Group)                       - Paris          FRANCE

2018 Atelier Marc Bloch (Group)                       - Paris          FRANCE

2017 Thalassanté, Marseille (Group)                 - Marseille   FRANCE

2015 Kiblind, Paris (Group)                                 - Paris          FRANCE

2012 Arbeit, London (Group)                             - London     ENGLAND

Interviews

Archdaily

With Bilos                          - Sofia         BULGARIA

Realisation: Bogodome @bogodome

Producer: Visionary @visionary.found

Project is a part of Visionary`s art program 2022 and it is organized with the financial support of National Culture Fund, BulgariaThe Singer-Zahariev Foundation.

With Derick Smith            - Dublin         IRELAND

Trousse à Projets              - Marseille     FRANCE

Interview by @trousseaprojets for the mural at the nursery school Saint Barthélemy les Flamants for @planete_emergences

Lovespots                          - Marseille     FRANCE

Interview by @lovespots_marseille around my work and exhibition WHAT THE HECK

in collaboration with @visionary.found

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