Yannick MARTIN (alias WHA-T) is a graduated architect working as a Visual & Street Artist in Marseille - France.
Its realizations are based on the exploration of architectural and structural potentialities. They are concretized through the decomposition then recomposition of volumes or abstract forms.
The result is minimal compositions playing with abstract shapes, symbols and architectural configurations taking the appearance of alphabets.
A few years back (with his brother Niko) he mades short films and music videos, the last one having been shot in India for the song ''Partir ou Rester'' (to stay or to leave) by Brigitte Fontaine and Philippe Katerine.
THE BOX, his first graphical and architectural book, has been sold in museums such as The Centre Pompidou, La Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Le Palais de Tokyo or Le Pavillon de l'Arsenal in Paris.
PUBLICATIONS
La Provence
Var Matin
Archdaily
Etapes
Graphism Fr
COLLABORATION
KULTE
POËCO
Daniel Salisbury
Loackme
Emiceram
VANGART
Atelier Royère
Les Animals
Rafeutre
SELECTED CLIENTS
META2
Planète Emergences
FRAC P.A.C.A
Editions Parenthèses
The Intercontinental
Fondation Le Corbusier
UNESCO
SETEC
AWARDS
2022 Children's Right Competition, 1st Prize
2012 National Steel Competition, 1st Prize (Group)
2009 Trophée des Lumière (ephemeral category), 2nd Prize (Group)
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Atelier 50 (Group) - Marseille - FRANCE
2023 Urban Gallery (Solo) - Marseille - FRANCE
2022 Le Spot (Solo) - Nîmes - FRANCE
2022 Intro Gallery (Solo) - Sofia - BULGARIA
2022 Kells Typetrail (Group) - Kells - IRELAND
2022 OH! MIRETTES (Duo) - Marseille - FRANCE
2021 Thalassanté (Solo) - Marseille - FRANCE
2020 SIBI (Solo) - Marseille - FRANCE
2019 My Cowork (Solo) - Paris - FRANCE
2019 Atelier Marc Bloch (Group)- Paris - FRANCE
2018 Atelier Marc Bloch (Group)- Paris - FRANCE
2017 Thalassanté (Group) - Marseille - FRANCE
2015 Kiblind (Group) - Paris - FRANCE
2012 Arbeit (Group) - London - ENGLAND