Lorem

Lorem is an urban artist active mainly in Paris. His pseudonym comes from "lorem ipsum", the dummy text that fills page layouts until the real content arrives. Before drawing in the street, Lorem studied at the École de Condé, then at Cifacom, where he followed a course in animation and graphic design.

His practice is based on street-doodling and the reuse of abandoned objects. It all began with a door found in central Paris. Since then, Lorem has been spotting boards, shelves and fridges left on the pavement, covering them with drawings in refillable paint marker, then putting them back in public space so that passers-by can take them. He geolocates each piece on Instagram, turning the city into a space for exhibition and discovery.

Lorem's drawing piles up symbols, shapes, faces and repeating motifs, traced in a thick black line that leaves almost no empty space. Within this network a character keeps returning, a double face slightly in the shape of a heart, which Lorem first drew when he lived in Asnières. He names Keith Haring and Mr Doodle among his inspirations, and more broadly street art and popular culture.

In January 2025, Lorem presented his first solo exhibition as part of the District 13 fair. Across some hundred square metres, the installation recreated the rooms of a house, from the garage to the studio, furnished with objects covered entirely in drawings.