The artist & his Vision: JO DI BONA
POP GRAFFITI | When Urban Art Meets Pop Culture
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Jo Di Bona is not just an artist: he's a visual poet, an alchemist of collective memory. Born in 1975 in Saint-Denis, he discovered graffiti at a time when urban art was still synonymous with rebellion. In the 1990s, he painted his first walls under the pseudonym Anoze, exploring the city's textures like exploring a blank page. His career is atypical: after a decade as the lead singer of the rock band Hotel, Jo returned to his first love, painting, and gave birth to an unclassifiable style: Pop Graffiti.
Since 2013, his work has shone in France and internationally: from the Museum of Immigration in Paris to the UN headquarters in New York, he paints a shattered world, a world where torn posters, pop faces and forgotten icons echo one another.
The Vision of JO DI BONA
Pop Graffiti is more than a style, it's a language.
That of visual memories, of popular images that have shaped us, stuck back on walls like fragmented dreams. Jo Di Bona fuses old-school graffiti with advertising icons, the faces of our childhood, and forgotten concert posters. He paints as one assembles a collective memory, an intimate open-air fresco.
What makes his work unique are the tears . They don't hide the image, they reveal it. Each tear, each collage, each burst of color evokes a trace of the past, a story that still beats. It is a painting of the sensitive, the multiple, the living.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
“My work is a tribute to popular culture… to everything that is part of society and that we find on the street.”
Art as a Message
Jo Di Bona is an artist of connection. A connection between the intimate and the political. Between the individual and the collective.
His murals are visual shouts: in 2016, he paid tribute to Syrian refugees in the Place de la République. In 2024, he was appointed volunteer ambassador for the Paris Olympics, and created a participatory fresco with 45,000 volunteers.
Through his actions, he defends a clear vision: art for everyone, everywhere, now.
Each creation becomes a message: that of a possible world, fairer, more vibrant, more human.
“Urban art is popular art. It should get out of galleries, be seen on the streets, and have a direct impact on people.”
HIS WORK | JUST SMILE
Jo Di Bona, the multifaceted artist and creator of Pop Graffiti, powerfully embodies the spirit of Just Art Paris: making art a vibrant, emotional, and accessible experience. He reinvents the Mona Lisa with “Just Smile” for Just Art Paris: an urban Mona Lisa, saturated with memory, icons, and emotion.
Each piece in this limited collection is more than just a piece of clothing: it's a living work of art, a smile to wear, a piece of humanity to collect.
With its graphic tears, explosive colors, and vibrant universe, Jo Di Bona gives fashion an artistic soul. Discover a collection where art is worn, lived, and shared.
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JO DI BONA: POP Graffiti enters the UN
In 2017, Jo Di Bona made street art history by becoming one of the very first urban artists invited to exhibit at the United Nations headquarters in New York. There, he presented a poignant work dedicated to youth and the injustices they suffer, marking international recognition for Pop Graffiti.
This recognition marks a turning point in his career: his art, born in the street, is invited into the highest spheres, without ever losing its humanity or its universal scope.
Place de la République — Mural for Syrian Refugees
In 2016, Jo Di Bona created a monumental fresco in Paris with the NGO Première Urgence Internationale, paying tribute to Syrian refugees. A powerful artistic and humanitarian act, right in the heart of the capital.
Tribute to the Victims of 11/13 - A History in the New York Times
Following the November 13 attacks, he created a moving mural in Paris, paying tribute to the victims. The New York Times featured him on its front page, bringing his art into contemporary world history.
Through his work “Wall of Love” , he offers a vibrant fresco, inspired by the famous painting Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix.
Paris 2024 Olympic Games — Volunteer Ambassador
Chosen to represent the 45,000 volunteers of the Olympic Games, Jo imagines a monumental collective fresco: a human, artistic and unifying project, reflecting his commitment.
Over the years, Jo Di Bona has refined his Pop Graffiti , enriched by his travels, his international frescoes, and his artistic collaborations. Inspired as much by popular icons as by social commitments, he builds an accessible and deeply human body of work.
Jo explores new formats, from wall to canvas, from clothing to sculpture, always driven by the desire to make collective memory vibrate through color and material.
With Just Art Paris , he takes this approach even further, by bringing his art into everyday life: an open-air gallery, a work to wear, an emotion to share .
And that's just the beginning—because for Jo, every wall, every item of clothing, every look is a new canvas.
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