Works by street artist, Chanoir, are created with the cat that became his signature. Alberto Vejarano, also known as CHANOIR, was born in 1976. He lives and works in Paris.
In 1996 he gets involved in the post graffiti Parisian culture, creating the CHANOIR persona. He invented the systematic transformation of his logo. He studied at the Beaux Arts in Paris with Jean-Michel Alberola. In 2002 after his graduation, he explores the pictorial adaptations for children of European literature made in America and in Japan.
He shows the different mythologies of cartoons in the context of our globalized culture. He takes part in the show “l’humour dans l’art” then assists François Boirond for the exhibition “La beauté” in Avignon. He produced the documentary film “Murs libres” about the street art scene in Barcelona.