ARTFWD was born from a simple desire: to give art back its living, accessible, human dimension.
In a landscape where galleries sometimes keep their distance, ARTFWD embraces proximity: direct conversation, a grounded gaze, and a curatorial approach conceived as a link rather than a posture.

We champion an intuitive, urban and sensitive contemporary creation, where practices intersect and respond to one another. Our gallery operates like a gallery–media: a living, editorial space that tells the artists’ stories as much as it exhibits their work.
Each artwork is approached as an experience, a heartbeat, a fragment of the world seeking to meet the gaze of the viewer.

Taking part in District13 is, for us, a way to amplify this gesture: carrying the voices of artists, creating common ground, and letting art circulate with generosity.

Artists presented:

Behoa
Behoa explores a moving memory, blending expressionism and urban aesthetics. Her works, somewhere between silhouettes and mental landscapes, open up fragile and sensitive spaces.

Cyprien Rimbeault
Cyprien sculpts the letter as a living gesture: calligraphy, gilding and sign painting become urban breaths, where each stroke is a presence.

Dawal
Between surrealism, childhood and mental architectures, Dawal creates worlds with double readings. His work invites you to enter the mind as an inner landscape.

Ensemble Réel
A fraternal duo and founders of “défragmentisme”, Ensemble Réel elevates chaos to reveal a new kind of coherence. Colours, ruptures and dreamlike visions echo through their work.

Mapecco
A nomadic artist, Mapecco weaves together multicultural influences and social engagement. His colourful works question and open up spaces where identities and stories meet.

Tom Geleb
Tom Geleb draws hearts like signs of life. His character Téva brings a mural poetry that chooses tenderness as a form of resistance.

Caphar
Caphar paints in urgency, with a raw and luminous energy. His instinctive work transforms chaos into a living pulse.

Ster
Ster turns the wall into a vibrant organism: a post-graffiti language where gestures and colours become acts of connection. He awakens the city, line after line.

Wawapod
Wawapod reveals pop icons from abstract grids. His tender and joyful universe lets street art and popular culture converse, with his emblematic “Bonjour Amour Toujours”.

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