French graffiti and street artist Zest, was born Franck Noto in Montpellier, France, 1980. With the local graffiti crew, Tdm, Zest started painting graffiti and murals in the early 2000âs around Europe and in New York. Although early works by Zest were highly figurative, they nearly always contained some elements of the graffiti culture he was involved in, which have come to form an important part of his current artworks. It wasnât until 2011 that Zest moved into studio work, experimenting on canvas with brushes, markers and rollers and also moving into graffiti sculpture, as with his Bubble Brick piece. The freedom of experimenting with different mediums has allowed Zest to move into graffiti abstraction as can be seen in the new solo exhibition, Line Up, figures becoming increasingly enveloped by the graffiti abstraction that surrounds them in wonderful compositions. For artists working in graffiti abstraction, you may like to check out the work of Augustine Kofie, Poesia and Chazme.
