Jean-Baptiste Launay
, better known as
Jisbar
,
is a
French
urban artist
born in 1989. His strong and recognizable pop-street
style allowed him to spread his art worldwide. He now lives and works between
Paris, Amsterdam and Lisbon, and he has been exhibiting since 2008 in
prestigious museums and galleries in Venice, Paris, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
New York, Miami, London, Lausanne, Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok, Taiwan and
Australia. He made some important collaborations with well-known brands such as
Armani, BMW, JM Weston, Watch Gshock and others. Being innovative and
contemporary, he always launches himself in new projects. For example in 2020
he has been
the first one in history who has launched a work of art into
space, a Mona Lisa painting in honor of the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da
Vinci's death,
and in 2021 he was the
author of the
first NFT sent in space and then sold for 20 Ether
. He was invited by the Louvre to be an artist
of the permanent exhibition “La Joconde”, conceived and produced with the Grand
Palais Immersif. In 2022, he has been the first to paint a Formula 1 showcar,
in honor of Ayrton Senna. The car was exhibited at the Grand Prix of Imola and
Montecarlo. He also designed special suits and helmets for MotoGP rider Fabio
Quartararo and with the race car driver Pipo Derani. He is very active in
social work and some of his artworks have been auctioned for charity (both in
France and in Italy).
His art reflects contemporary society
based on consumerism. He uses the most famous icons of art, music, fashion,
cinema, cartoons and sport and reinterprets them translating these subjects in
his own world. In fact, you can observe his paintings again and again and every
time you will discover something new, including what he defines "
moments of
life
". These are personal memories that assume new meanings
inside the works, thanks to this transparency the observer can completely
immerse and identify himself in Jisbar's art.
