Kilat

Quillat/Kilat Eric Visual Artist Born in Marseille, lives and works in Bordeaux Kilat has been "making art" since 1984. After a brief stint at the Beaux-Arts and training in graphic design, it was on the street and through the practice of graffiti that he began to take an interest in painting and contemporary art. Kilat is recognized as the first graffiti artist in Bordeaux. Co-founder of the legendary and uncompromising Groupe INFLAMABLES, Kilat and his cohorts eventually carried out self-filmed "artivist" actions during international contemporary art events. In 2005, after a decade of video performances and pictorial abstinence, Kilat returned to painting "to see," revisiting the angry little characters of his early days. He then painted committed works on large tarpaulins denouncing the ills of humanity. The almost obsessive use of his filiform graphic characters—the "Kilat Touch"—allows him to experiment simultaneously with several plastic directions without betraying his identity or his approach. 2018 > Through a radical rejection of the figurative, Kilat decided to stop painting on the surface of the canvas and only on the edges. 2020 > Kilat draws inspiration from the dynamics of starling flocks, "Murmurations," to develop semi-abstract, semi-figurative works created by multiplying and layering thousands of small characters. 2025 > "Witness Walls" series. A return to radical abstraction. Kilat is inspired by the involuntary rhythm of paint traces on the walls of painters' studios.

2025 > Week-End des art - Loiré - Angers
(sélection d’artistes médaillés de l’Académie des arts-lettres et science de Paris)
> Ruée vers l'art - Château des bourdeilles - Dordogne
> CDC grand Cubzaguais - Solo show 2024 > Ki-gallery - Poitiers
> Biennale ART+ - Tours
> Galerie Anna Tschopp - Marseille
> Salon d’Automne Paris 2023 > Exposition Château le Mas de Montet - Dordogne
> Résidence de création Normandie
> Exposition/Vente aux enchères Lions Club - Arcachon
> Solo Show chez collectionneur privé - Paris XIV 2022 > Salon Art Atlantique - Larochelle
> Prix international du graffiti - Paris (vente aux enchères Drouaut) 
> Exposition Entités - Galerie EST - Paris 11e 2020/2021 > Salon Art Atlantique - La Rochelle
> Salon MAC PARIS - Espace bastille - Paris (20 artistes sélectionnés sur 3000 candidatures)
> Covidélire - Auto-Edition du recueil de 120 dessins sur le thème du Covid réalisés pendant les confinements
> Sélection Carré sur Seine (Rencontres artistiques en vidéo conférence avec des professionnels du monde l’art) 2019/2018 > Salon YIA (Young international art fair) - Rue de Rivoli - Paris
> Le passé sera le futur - Solo show - Peinture monumentale de 80m de long Ancien Prieuré de La Reole
> Hifi Bordeaux - Solo show - Bordeaux - France
> Galerie Anna Tschopp - Marseille - France
> Voyage, voyageurs - Exposition collective - La Collégiale - Ribérac- France
> Coop’Art - Exposition collective - Serviès-en-Val - Carcassonne