Momies

Momies (born 1976) is a French graffiti artist based in Montpellier, known for his "modules", abstract lines made of curves and angles. He arrived on the Montpellier graffiti scene in 1993, under the name Pyre, with the city's first generation of graffiti writers. His early walls drew on classic New York graffiti, and he travelled to New York several times to meet the old-school writers there.

In 1998, Momies joined the POW crew, alongside Fode, Pang, Vania and Mire, just as his work was moving away from lettering towards abstraction. The modules were born on train carriages painted with Vania. They are quick lines, sparing with paint, designed for the little time these sessions allowed. Trips to Eastern Europe, the United States and then New Caledonia later broadened his palette.

Today Momies also works in the studio and exhibits in galleries. GCA Gallery in Nice devoted the exhibition "Lignes et modules" to him in summer 2018. In June 2018, for "Stream", a project by the Itinerrance gallery and the City of Paris, he painted the banks of the Seine in front of the Musée d'Orsay with blue, white and red abstractions. He takes part in festivals such as Meeting of Styles and the Street Art Fest Grenoble-Alpes.

On canvas, Momies layers spray paint and brushwork. Primary colours sit alongside black and white, and the lines cross in dense layers until they cover the surface.