Mr. Brainwash French, b. 1966
Works
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Mr. BrainwashBanksy Thrower, 2025Silkscreen and mixed media on paper22 x 22" -
Mr. BrainwashCaught Red Handed, 2025Silkscreen and mixed media on paper22 x 22"
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Mr. BrainwashBeautiful Girl, 2025Silkscreen and mixed media on paper22 x 22"
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Mr. BrainwashWork Well Together, 2025Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Canvas Panel with Splashed Frame20 x 18"
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Mr. BrainwashDreaming Together, 2025Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Canvas Panel with Splashed Frame36 x 29"
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Mr. BrainwashBalloon Girl, 2025Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Canvas Panel with Splashed Frame16.5 x 14.5"
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Mr. BrainwashEinstein (Never Give Up), 2025Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Canvas Panel with Splashed Frame20.5 x 16"
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Mr. BrainwashLife is Beautiful , 2025Stencil and Mixed Media on Fiberglass Sculpture27 x 42 x 8"
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Mr. BrainwashSpray Can, 2025Stencil and Mixed Media on 13" Fiberglass Sculpture13 x 4.25 x 4.24"
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Mr. BrainwashVandalized Car, 2025Stencil and Mixed Media on Fiberglass Sculpture6 x 20 x 8"
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Mr. BrainwashBalloon Heart - I Love You!, 2024Spray Paint and Stickers on 16" Fiberglass Sculpture and Acrylic Base17 x 13 x 8"
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Mr. BrainwashWith All My Love, 2024Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Canvas with Splashed Frame26.75 x 22.75"
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Mr. BrainwashEinstein (Life is Beautiful), 2024Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Canvas with Splashed Frame38.75 x 34.75"
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Mr. BrainwashBalloon Girl, 2023Stencil and Mixed Media on Street Signs, Wood and Brick Panel43 x 45"
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Mr. BrainwashBanksy Thrower, 2023Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Street Sign, Cement, Wood, and Brick Panel50 x 50.5"
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Mr. BrainwashLife is Beautiful - Chrome Silver, 2023Polished Stainless Steel Edition Sculpture50 x 85 x 17.25"
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Mr. BrainwashSubway Panel, 2023Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Aluminum, Plywood and Plexiglass Panel20 x 36"
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Mr. BrainwashMarilyn Monroe, 2023Broken Vinyl Records on Canvas36 x 36"
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Mr. BrainwashLife is Beautiful - Raspberry, 2022Painted resin7 x 12 x 1.75
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Mr. BrainwashLife is Beautiful - Black, 2022Painted resin7 x 12 x 1.75
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Mr. BrainwashLife is Beautiful - Bubblegum, 2022Painted resin7 x 12 x 1.75
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Mr. BrainwashBalloon Heart, 2019Polished Stainless Steel11 x 13 x 8"
Overview
Balloon Heart, 2019
A provocative figure in the world of street art, Mr. Brainwash practices an irreverent brand of appropriation characterized by the use of copyrighted images from history, popular culture, and art history. The artist subtly alters the picture or its context, mischievously undermining the tone of the source material. Brainwash, a pseudonym for Thierry Guetta, is known for producing massive spectacles to display his art. He came to prominence through mounting large-scale public projects in his current home of Los Angeles and as the main figure in the Banksy-directed film Exit Through the Gift Shop. His work hinges on the idea that anything is possible in his practice. “Art has no walls. Anybody can be an artist,” he says. “Art has no rules. There’s no manual.”
Biography
Mr. Brainwash is a French street artist and videographer known for his large-scale installations and prints of celebrities like Madonna, Kate Moss, and Marilyn Monroe. His practice of subverting cultural iconography and appropriation borrows from Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Bansky. Fellow street artist Alec Monopoly has said that he considers Mr. Brainwash a mentor. He is perhaps best known for his role in Banksy’s documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010), which features Mr. Brainwash’s rise to success in the street art scene. “Banksy captured me becoming an artist,” Mr. Brainwash has said. “In the end, I became his biggest work of art.” Born Thierry Guetta on November 11, 1966 in Garges-lès-Gonesse, France, he moved to Los Angeles when he was 15, where he attended high school before dropping out. The artist later ran a successful vintage clothing store in the city. His interest in street art was spurred by a visit to France in 1999, where he learned that his cousin was the famed graffiti artist Space Invader. Having developed a knack for filming, Mr. Brainwash started to record the nightly escapades of Invader and other street artists, such as Shepard Fairey. In 2013, he was included in the exhibition “Art Wars” at Saatchi Gallery in London. The artist currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.