Taupenas Mathieu (alias Swed Oner or simply Swed), is a French figurative artist living in the south of France (Uzès). Born in 1985, his career as a muralist began in the late 90’s with graffiti.
His art acts as a bridge between the street, the people, the cultures. He draws his inspiration from the cradle of diversity, the arteries of cities. His fortuitous encounters with the other lead him first to a work of photography, then in a second time, to the realization of a painting. The singularity of his subjects questions us all at once on the passing of time, the definition of beauty, feelings.
His acrylic and aerosol technique, exclusively in black and white, brings us a stamp, an authenticity, striking in his portraits. The luminous halo which comes to underline his paintings makes reference to the equality, the protection, the spirituality. Capturing the real to transpose it into the unreal, is the outcome of the work of Swed Oner.

SELECTED SHOWS

2023
10 year anniversary - OUT IN THE OPEN, Mural project, KIRK Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark

2022
Urban Currents, KIRK Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark

2020
Inside Out, KIRK Gallery, Denmark
A Cappella Solo exhibition, Chapelle Saint Sauveur, Saint-Malo, France
Playtime Solo exhibition, Galerie Itinerrance, Paris

2019
Up The Wall, KIRK Gallery, Denmark
A l’école buissonnière Solo exhibition, M 50 Art Center, Shanghai
Solo exhibition, Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux
Made in Haiti - Exhibition with Martha Cooper, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Miami

2018
Chambrum Rangeum Solo exhibition, Dorothy Circus Gallery, London, UK & Rome, Italy
Mausa Vauban Group exhibition, UNESCO Mausa Vauban, France
Like Child’s Play Solo exhibition, MOCA Shanghai

2017
Urban Nation Berlin Group exhibition, Berlin, Germany

2016
Wall Drawings, Urban Icons Group exhibition, MAC Lyon, France
Range ta chambre Intervention, Mira Lanza, Rome

2015
Icastica, Arezzo Art Festival 2015 Intervention, 999 gallery
Walking on a dream Solo exhibtion, Galerie Itinerrance, Paris

2014
Looking through Group show, Bund 18, Shanghai
In & out Group show, Mac de Créteil
Urban Legends with Philippe Beaudelocque, Group show, MACRO Roma
Seth-Vilcollet duo show, Galerie Geraldine Zberro, Paris

2013
Graffiti « Etats des Lieux »
with Philippe Beaudelocque, Galerie du Jour agnés.b
Tour XIII Group intervention, Galerie Itinerrance, Paris
Les bains douches Group exhibition, Galerie Magda Danysz

2012
Les Entrailles du Palais Group intervention, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Intramuros Solo exhibition, galerie Géraldine Zberro, Paris

2009
Graffiti « Etats des Lieux » Group exhibition, Galerie du Jour agnés.b, Paris