Biography
PRO was born in the 12th district of Paris in 1976.
He spent his childhood in the district of Choisy-le-Roi. A first graphic impact hits him very early: some comics of Jack Kirby, which he learns to draw at the age of 5 . The Marvel’s drawings, the Strange’s characters and others Nova will follow him all his life.
In June, 1987, the artists Mode 2 and Colt accomplished a wall called " direct Revolution ", a baseline which revealed true for him. Hypnotized by the technique of the two artists, he decides in spite of his young age to devote his life to painting.
In 1991 Pro steals his first classic : the book Spraycan Art. Completly contaminated, the krylon paint runs definitely into his veins. His study of Graffiti continues in parallel of the rap and school is quickly replaced by the meetings at the Railway station « gare de lyon ».
In 1996, renamed " Pro176 ", he creates the International Ultraboys crew. With Gold Jaba, prince Pro, Sozyone, Kool Func 88, Byz, Shake and Kool Recto, they assert a new form of graffiti, an esthetic impregnated with Marvels, with futuristic abstract mathematics of alphabetic constructivism and facials. A kind of new Pure Graffiti, ignoring quite other vision of the graffiti, assumed useless.The same year, he joined the group of the famous " Grim Team " collective of urban artists composed by artists such as OENO, CHAZE or ARMEN the photographer, as well as the ULTRABOYZ’s team.
The steam of paint sticks more than ever to the sneakers of Pro. He multiplies the outputs in group in the French capital and write many tags. His galactic style evolves very rapidly and starts to develop a particular affection for "throws up".
In the vanguard of the graffiti, PRO has a rare and unequalled style, between futuristic lines imitating the styles of an earlier period and Cubism. In painting as in his songs, the cyber painter assert a premonitory lexical field, which is centered around the notions of galaxy, hyperspace and planets.
In 2010, he joins the RTZ crew (Return To Zero), based in Berlin, while continuing his ascent in the art industry.
After many years now, PRO entirely dedicates his life to painting of all kinds: Canvas, Sketches, Walls…
He works at the SEEN STUDIOS in order to improve his style and technique on canvas, keeping his coloured and futuristic style.
PONÉ
PONÉ was born in 1985. He comes from the west suburbs of Paris and discovered graffiti in 1999 from a give up land on his way to school.
He used to sit for hours on a stone covered up with paint observing the « older » painting and watching the trains passing on the bridge, then he rapidly passions himself for this kind of art.
Some months later in June 1999, he begins handling with the spray. Then meetings after meetings and exits after exits, he starts multiplying paintings and graffitis over the streets.
In 2000, Pone joins the AOC crew and carries out his first paintings in group. He quickly falls in love with the game and performs his style day after day. Being at first interested by his district, he rapidly bombs at the entire french capital and its surroundings.
In 2002, having made his proof on the capital, he joins the KSF crew. Refusing to limit himself to French borders, he exports his name abroad, travelling a lot. Pone rapidly went to the conquest of the European railway systems: Holland, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Serbia, Hungary…
The year 2005 is a turning point in his graffiti artist carrier, he joins the famous VMD crew (DIZE, ONEA, TOMEK…) and continues to perform his style an technique years after years.
PONÉ is a multi support artist, painting walls, trucks, railways and trains, he now approaches the graffiti in a different way by working and painting on canvas and participating in many art exhibitions.
Exhibitions :
2009
VECTOR MINDED /// Gallery A /// Bordeaux
2010
REECRIRE /// Barbershop /// PARIS
MUSEUM « A CIEL OUVERT » by Galizia /// PARIS
AUCTION ARTCURIAL by Galizia /// Champ Élysée /// PARIS
2011
TRAINS OF FAME /// Gallery Oberkampf /// PARIS