Born in Paris in 1972, Seth Globepainter (Julien Malland) began to express himself on walls in the mid-90s. He is a street artist, painter, and author. Over the years, Seth has affirmed his name as one of the top artists in the field continuing to create childhood-inspired interventions around Paris and the rest of the world.
Looking to open doors to people’s unconsciousness, their youth, and their dreams, Seths works feature a reoccurring theme of childhood. Drawing inspiration from his surroundings, he includes cultural elements into his art and turns the children into spokespeople and messengers of his investigations.
Seth, who graduated from the National School of Decorative Arts in Paris, says he puts his characters into difficult social, political, or geographical contexts to raise awareness on said issues around the world.
After intensively travelling to over 50 countries during the last two decades, Seth is very much aware of the way globalisation and modernisation are influencing local traditions.Starting in 2003, he went on a trip around the world to blend with artists from different cultures, and to open up to new ways of living and painting in urban areas. This experience culminated in the book Globe Painter published in 2007, followed by the documentary series Les Nouveaux Explorateurs, where Seth proposed to discover a country through the prism of its urban art.
EDUCATION
Uddannet fra National School of Decorative Arts i Paris
2024
Urban Fractions, KIRK Gallery, Aalborg, Danmark
2022
Urban Currents, KIRK Gallery, Aalborg, Danmark
2020
Inside Out, KIRK Gallery, Aalborg, Danmark
A Cappella Solo exhibition, Chapelle Saint Sauveur, Saint-Malo, Frankrig
Playtime Solo exhibition, Galerie Itinerrance, Paris
2019
Up The Wall, KIRK Gallery, Danmark
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, Italien
Mausa Vauban Group exhibition, UNESCO Mausa Vauban, Frankrig
Like Child’s Play Solo exhibition, MOCA Shanghai
2017
Urban Nation Berlin Group exhibition, Berlin, Tyskland
2016
Wall Drawings, Urban Icons Group exhibition, MAC Lyon, Frankrig
Range ta chambre Intervention, Mira Lanza, Rom
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 Rom
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
