Maripol has had an influence on the looks of influential artists such as Madonna and Grace Jones.
14 Facts About Maripol
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Maripol was a student of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nantes, France.
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Maripol was brought up in France, moving to New York City at the age of 19 in 1976 with her then-boyfriend Edo Bertoglio.
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Maripol took her first Polaroid with an SX-70 camera in 1977.
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Maripol photographed the characters frequenting Studio 54, including Andy Warhol, Steve Rubell, Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, and Grace Jones.
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In 1979, Maripol met Jean-Michel Basquiat, then a graffiti artist under the pseudonym SAMO, and the two would soon become close acquaintances.
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Maripol was the art director for Downtown 81, a film starring Basquiat and featuring Blondie lead singer Deborah Harry and with musical interludes by many New York No Wave bands.
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Maripol made a line of official Madonna jewelry and accessories for the 1985 Virgin Tour.
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Maripol was the art director on music videos for Cher, D'Angelo, Elton John, and Luther Vandross.
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Maripol has art directed films by Marcus Nispel and Abel Ferrara.
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In February 2010, Maripol had a collection of jewelry and tee shirts in the Marc by Marc Jacobs stores, inspired by the jewelry she created in the 1980s.
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In 2013, Maripol directed The Message, a documentary about Keith Haring, for his retrospective at the Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris.
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Maripol has been published in various publications such as The New York Times Magazine, ELLE, i-D, WWD, InStyle, The Village Voice and Time Out New York.
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Maripol's photographs have been exhibited at the Rizzoli and Earl McGrath galleries in New York.