Born in Paris in 1977, Soklak Elgato lives and works in Montreuil.

When he was 8 years old, he experienced his first pictorial shock in the Paris subway when he discovered the halls and wagoncars covered with graffiti. A few years later, in 1995, he left his first tags and quickly developed a passion for aerosol paint. He’s involved in many crews, paints in numerous waste grounds and leaves his signature wherever he likes.

In the course of 2002, he tries his hand on other supports trying to retranscribe on canvas what many years of graffiti experience had taught him; a sort of summary. This initiative aims to give broader field of possibilities to his experiments: the use of new tools, materials and techniques giving another dimension to his work. Used to paint walls in a few hours, he can now spend more time on making pieces which are not short-lived.

The thematics he tackles are bound to urban and popular culture and to his unconditional love of words and graffiti. His influences are varied which have left him with a vast and diverse style .

We can qualify him as an artist who’s into everything since his field of work doesn’t limit itself to painting; photography, bodypainting sculpture and design are also parts of the many-faceted Soklak Elgato.