Milan Sanka

Statement

Born in 1991 in Toulouse (FR). Lives and works in Paris since 2015.

Artist with an insatiable curiosity, Milan Sanka’s work is rooted in his Martinican and Spanish origins, giving life to satirical, offbeat and even serious scenes from an obscured topicality.

As part of the figuration narrative movement, the artist depicts his environment with a concern for synthesis that allows the message of his work to be grasped at a glance. The characters drawn in white stand out against their black background to reveal a scene with a reduced palette, as if to leave clues without cluttering up the message to be delivered.

The importance of communicating is reflected in his masked characters, whose anonymity gives them a universal appeal. Each of us can recognise ourselves, question ourselves and observe the world around us.

GlogauAIR Project

A painting project about nightlife and the night.

The night is a time when we can take stock of what we like, dislike and worry about. It’s a very important time, because it allows us to readjust during the day what doesn’t make us happy.

It is both mysterious and charged with a certain magic. Night attracts, intrigues and sometimes frightens. It’s a time when time seems to slow down and shadows gradually envelop the world. When the hustle and bustle of the day gives way to calm and silence. It’s also a time when opposites meet and mingle: the tranquility of sleep and the dreams of some, alongside the euphoria of festivity, work, artistic creation and the anxieties of others.

Painting

CV Summary

Solo shows

• 11 May – 30 June 2023
  “31 points de suture”
  Samba Résille, Toulouse
• 18 February 2023
  Openstudio
  Montreuil
• October/December 2021
  “Room Twenty-Five”
  End of residency exhibition
  the hotel French Theory, Paris
• 21 November 2019
  “CHICO”
  End of residency exhibition
  59 Rivoli, Paris

Group shows

• 8 April 2023
  Groupshow organized by La Douce at Artplex, Marseille
• May 2021
  “BERLIN93”
  Mural for the Group show organized by Berlin93
  La Courneuve
• 8 – 11 October 2020
  “Prix Art Canister ”
  Group show organized by Don Papa at Gallery Joseph, Paris
• 14 – 26 July 2020
  “HORS”
  Gallery 59 Rivoli, Paris
• 24 – 26 January, 2020
  “When Basketball Inspire”
  Trajectoire Studio, Paris

Artistic residencies

• July – October 2023
  Artistic residency,
  GlogauAIR, Berlin
• September 2022
  Artistic residency
  Montresso Jardin rouge, Marrakech.
• May – June 2022
  Artistic residency
  Buropolis, Marseille 9.
• August 2021
  Artistic residency
  Hôtel French Theory, Paris
• May/December, 2019
  Artistic residency
  59 Rivoli, Paris

Gallery