Coming from the world of publishing as an image director, photographer and then tattoo artist, he gradually expanded his practices. From canvas to skin, from concrete to steel via wood, Carlo Amen plays with materials, shapes and colors to help us discover a universe of his own..
Passionate about primitive art and the history of disappeared civilizations, his works are in the continuity of naive expressions, keeping only the essence of his inspirations. He draws his inspiration from his daily life; the men and women he meets during his travels, the colour of Mexico, the sweetness of life in the Mediterranean islands.
The sun and the moon, the duality of " La Vie L'amor "
The striking and mastered simplicity of his lines is often associated with an explosion of bright colours in his paintings and raw materials such as steel or concrete for his sculptures.
His "Neo-cubist" approach, as he likes to call it, allows him to represent a part of his reality without being encumbered by reality.
His flat surfaces, lines and faces become the naive expression of his observation of contemporary society.
Exhibition
2021
Sculpture "Couple de divinités", Musée du Louvre of Paris
2020
2018
Solo exhibition at Galerie Solo, Paris
Exhibition at Galerie Sonia Monti, Paris
Exhibition at Galerie espace Le Marais
2017
Performance at Recyclart, Bruxelles
Residency
2019
Art residency at the brand Sézanne
Art residency at Bakalarte festival, Mexico
2013
Art residency at Recyclart, Bruxelles
Collaboration
2022
2020
2019
Collaboration with the hotel Experimental Project, Menorca
Limited edition of prints for Le Tanneur
Design of bottle and packaging of Champagne le Pontet Blanc
Design of beer bottle for LBF Special edition SNCF-TGV
Other
2019
2017
2016
2013-2016
2013
Design of children book for les Editions du Trésor
Performance at Pitchfork festival, Paris
Opening of "Les Maux Bleus" tattoo shop, le Marais Paris
Tattooing around the world
Launch of erotic magazine "HANHAN"