| Year | Exhibition Title | Museum/Gallery | Solo/Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | URVANITY - Pretty Portal | Madrid | Group |
| 2018 | Spectrum | City of Talent,Swinton and Grant, Madrid | Group |
| 2018 | ART UP Lille - Francis-Noël Gallery | Lille | Group |
| 2017 | BRAINSTORMING | Artistik Rezo, Paris | Solo |
| 2017 | URBAN ART FAIR Artistik Rezo | NUNC, Paris | Group |
| 2017 | Urbstractions | Pretty Portal, Dusseldorf | Group |
| 2017 | Kaliatropia | AYM, Generation Y / Ethereum, Paris | Group |
| 2017 | Duo show Indie 184 / Théo Lopez | F. Noël Gallery, Liège | Group |
| 2017 | KALIATROPIA - KROMACITY. (SOLD OUT) | Paris, | Group |
| 2016 | FLOW - 9ème Concept’s retrospective | Lille | Group |
| 2016 | Loures arte publica | Loures City,Loures, Portugal | Group |
| 2016 | Rouen Expo evenement - ART UP AGNEZ ART | Rouen | Group |
| 2016 | Carreau du temple - URBAN ART FAIR Francs Colleurs | Paris | Group |
| 2016 | STROKAR | Fred Atax, Bruxelles | Group |
| 2016 | L’anvers | Dérive, Paris | Group |
| 2016 | Marseille street art show | Galerie Saint Laurent, Marseille | Group |
| 2015 | Parcours Aucwin – Le Mans | Gallery K, | Group |
| 2015 | Parcours Aucwin – Paris | Gallery Amarrage, | Group |
| 2014 | Google cultural Institute | Palais de TOKYO, Paris | Group |
| 2011 | L’afrique dans tous ses sens | Musée du Quai Branly, Paris | Group |
| 2009 | IMAGINE | Palais de TOKYO, Paris | Group |
| 2009 | 9ème Concept | Scratch Paper, Paris | Group |
Theo Lopez has invested very early in an artistic approach. In 2008, his meeting with the 9ème Concept artist collective encouraged him to take a decisive pictorial turn. Surrounded by established artists and driven by a growing curiosity through his numerous trips to Russia, Israel or USA, he extends his vision beyond its original aspirations. At 28, he shares his singular artistic universe through a sharp eye.
Style
At first inspired by tribal and spiritual influences, today Theo Lopez gravitates towards the abstract style. Initially creating works with patterns and optical effects, the artist in his research is driven by a need to return to the basics, to the essence of his line. Alike the Musicalism, European lyrical abstraction artists, American abstract expressionists or the contemporaries of the artist – the graffuturists, he develops a poetry working with the material, the line and the color.
Reflection and Spontaneity
The experimentation is an integrant part of the creative process of the artist. The creation of the work oscillates constantly between two opposite but complementary concepts: reflection and spontaneity. His first work, spontaneous and intuitive, is formed of random curves and gestures that the artists then structures with straight lines and geometric shapes. This repeated process generates a transformation. The artist does not follow the predefined paths, he builds his painting in real time. Cut, break, trace, structure, cover, add, scrape, conceal, reveal,… Theo Lopez conceives the painting as a sculptor, playing with the random and causing the accident for inspiration.
Contrasts
The metamorphosis emanates a hybrid poetry. Multiple layers blend together, the colors dialogue, the lines vibrate and echo, the accumulated painting gains dimension. These contrasts evoke energy flows, subconscious lights, thus the canvas becomes inhabited. Articulating this way all these apparent contradictions, the artist manages to awake secret harmonies in his work, which ultimately defines his style.
Featured image: Theo Lopez – portrait – photo by Jules Hidrot
All images courtesy of the artist
