Iano

Art Collect - Iano

Born in 1977 in the suburbs of Paris, Iano grew up in a creative environment that shaped his artistic sensitivity from an early age. Gifted in drawing but resistant to academic conventions, he quickly turned toward a path combining art and technique. Unsuited to conformity, he found his grounding in hip-hop and electro culture. As a DJ, graffiti artist, and performer, he joined the underground troupe *Circus Road System*, known on the technival scene for its raw and powerful happenings.

His artistic eye was sharpened through the urban and subversive universe that surrounded him. Fascinated by forms of expression often labeled as “vandal,” he developed an instinctive aesthetic, nourished as much by the street as by his personal study of masters such as Escher, Dalí, and Arcimboldo. Within this apparent chaos, he traced a thread — that of creation refusing silence and affirming the right to dream.

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His journey, marked by hardship, forged a vital necessity — to create in order to survive. In the corridors of the metro, he exposed his art raw, without mediation. His practice is intense, impulsive, frenetic. Iano never paints with a brush. He favors raw gestures and rebellious materials: Posca, pastel, spray paint, fluid pouring, acrylic mixed with everyday products. The result: organic, unpredictable textures that seem to emerge from a controlled inner chaos.

What is he seeking? To trigger a reaction, awaken the imagination, and above all, stimulate the right hemisphere of the brain — the one that opens to the unknown. For Iano, art plays an almost therapeutic role: by awakening creativity, we also heal humanity. This is how he conceives his work — at the crossroads of instinct, visual alchemy, and a deep commitment to a more conscious world.