Lives and works in Tunis French Tunisian artist, born in Paris, he discovered graffiti in 1991, while leafing through “Spraycan art”. He had his first solo exhibition in 1999 at the Triiad store in Paris. He paints regularly, and it was in 2003 that his work took on a new lease of life with the meeting of Nilko, who would become his partner for many years. After having multiplied exhibitions and artistic collaborations in France (2003-2009), Jaye settled in Tunis in 2012 and began a new phase in his work. He quickly understands that he will lack adequate equipment and decides to experiment with new media. His meeting with the sculptor artist Nouthayel Belkadhi gave birth to a new artistic direction, metal tags. This was the beginning of the concept that he would later call : “Aerosolid”. Sculptures on which he transposes the spirit of the street, and confronts his aesthetics with that of three-dimensionality. He manages to develop a technique and manages to find his style.His new approach has met with great success from the public and artistic institutions such as the Mucem which will include two of his sculptures in its collection in 2016. Steps : Jaye’s work is a perpetual evolution of style, imbued with diverse influences and inspirations.From lettering to figuration to posters, the artist draws the features of a society in the midst of change.
In 2023 Jaye is the winner of the 1st prize “graffiti and street art prize” in Paris.
2024 - Collective exhibition "Ampersand show" curated by Casey Zoltan & Knowngallery / Los Angeles 2024 - Collective exhibition "éffacé" at the Wallworks gallery / Paris 2023 – Jaye is the winner of the 1st prize “graffiti and street-art prize” in Paris. 2023 – Participation in the exhibition “The Price of Graffiti” at the Salle Capitant, Place du Pantheon, town hall of the 5th arrondissement / Paris 2023 – Participation in the “Writer” exhibition at the Amarrage gallery / Paris
2021 – Participation in the art biennial “Pop art 2021” La Marsa / Tunisia
2019 – Participation in the contemporary art fair with the La la lande gallery and the Christophe Tailleur gallery / Strasbourg / France 2019 – Participation in the group exhibition “Kallos” with the Lalalande gallery / Paris 2019 – collective exhibition “Hello my name is” – Taxie gallery – Fougères / France
2018 – collective exhibition “Graff in the Mediterranean” at MUCEM – Marseille (acquisition by the Mucem of two sculptures as well as a series of posters) 2018 – collective exhibition “Wesh Fatma” – Tunis
2016 – collective exhibition “Le salon des refusés – Paris 2016 – collective exhibition “The beach house in Paris” – Paris
2013 – Performance at 5 POINTZ with artists MERES ONE and EL SEED – New York
2012 – collective exhibition of posters at le Printemps des Arts (Abdelya Palace) – Tunis 2012 – collective exhibition as part of the “VOTE” exhibition – Tunis
