Matthieu bourel biography

“An evocative but unknown image that somehow feels familiar.” How beautiful is this? All of them together, probably. And how did your career in art start?

Thank you for that. Evolve or die, they say.

I need to be quite alone in my field to create my own and to feel free, but I would strongly suggest anyone to do collage with his own books if you want to know more about yourself. And also, because of the limitation of the file size on the Internet years ago. Your body of work blurs the line between illustration, graphic design and even art installation.

Where does this interest for portraits or paintings from the past time come from?

Sadness, joy, past, present, success and downfall, death. To use samples in music, to mix different periods of time in films, colours and forms in painting, to use my own identity and personal influences as material to work with, to search for new ways.

It was a hazardous beginning in illustration; I was struggling in my life transition from music ten years ago when the indie music market fell down.

Most copying others, for fun and practice, so it started to look all the same – with National Geographic vintage pictures, galaxies and planets, killing any surprise.

I, of course, don’t speak here about the passionate and creative people. Cut and paste. I’m quite a faithful person in all ways. Are there any specific topics you wouldn’t like to touch with your creations?

I guess the benefit of having established my own style before being commissioned made the difference.

Not having received final processing; unfinished: a blank key.

4. It’s a good combo for not resting on your laurels.

I would strongly suggest anyone to do collage with his own books if you want to know more about yourself. You were more into music before and then art came, if I’m not mistaken.

My first common dream was to make a record.

I personally find myself hypnotized by your animated illustrations. Max Ernst and early collage artists were using what they had on their hands, and I’m quite sure that they wouldn’t have used vintage magazines if they had been born today.