Paul Garcin

PERFORMER, MUSICIAN
RESIDENT IN: 2024

Biography

Paul Garcin graduated from the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire in 2019. He lives and works in Aubervilliers. His work has been shown at Point Éphémère during the Superflash and Jerk Off festivals, at the Villa Savoye in Poissy for Nuit Blanche 2024, at the TU-Nantes, at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Paris for Felicita19, and at the Graineterie art center in Houilles, as part of the 13th Biennale de la Jeune Création in 2020.
He also mixes under the name joyful aries, and started a radio show « Main Character Energy », on Tikka in September 2024.

His practice is resolutely collaborative, and he is one of the founding members of KimPetrasPaintings, a variable-geometry collective with whom he is presenting his first exhibition GO FAR, GO HARD at Glassbox, the result of his summer 2021 residency at l’Estive. Subsequently, KPP will be invited to create an installation and workshop at the Palais de Tokyo in February 2023, and at ESACM in autumn 2022.