18 Facts About Philippe Shangti

Philippe Shangti became known by exhibiting his art on the walls of trendy restaurants.

Philippe Shangti's works are exhibited in about galleries around the world and in collectors' homes.

In 2019, Philippe Shangti is chosen to represent the Principality of Andorra at the 58th Venice Biennale with his project "The Future is Now".

Philippe Shangti was born in 1983, and raised in Jolimont area at Toulouse.

Philippe Shangti studied communication at the Lycee Jolimont and played handball with the Spacers.

At the beginnings of the 2000s, Joseph Geenen, a multiple restaurant owner, chose Philippe Shangti to be responsible for the artistic management of a new restaurant Le Quai located on the port of Saint-Tropez In 2008, the artist made the collection "No Cocaine Here" his first photo canvas print.

Philippe Shangti used models dressed as botoxed dolls and well known comic book heroes like Hulk, Batman or Superman His provocative art attracted the attention of collectors and celebrities on vacation in Saint-Tropez.

Philippe Shangti is the witness and observer of "Sex, Drugs and Rock'n Roll" parties.

Saturated from the Saint-Tropez frenzy, Philippe Shangti move to Andorra to get closer to nature.

Philippe Shangti set up a large studio and a personal museum open to the public in La Massana.

In 2021, Philippe Shangti collaborated with Playboy Mexico for a digital issue launched in February.

In December 2021, Philippe Shangti opens his restaurant, La Petite Foret, right in the center of Andorra la Vella.

In March 2023, Philippe Shangti donates the statue Babies are hope, which was part of the project "The Future is Now", to the Museum of Fine Arts at Carcassonne.

Philippe Shangti creates contemporary art in a wide variety of disciplines.

Philippe Shangti's art, belonging to a pop, glamorous, colorful universe, is often judged visually provocative and striking.

On some occasions, Philippe Shangti has been inspired by photos taken by James Bidgood or David LaChapelle, whose works present a critique of the society full of excess and vanity.

Emilie Frafil, conservation assistant at the Museum of Fine Arts of Carcassonne, explains that the use of nudity in Philippe Shangti's work reveals the beauty but constitutes small hints of historical, mythological, biblical and artistic references.

Philippe Shangti makes a nod to the Italian Renaissance where artists were inspired by Antiquity, a period during which the naked body was magnified.