Joaquin Lemaitre (*1985) alias FORTUNE HUNTER is a visual artist, born in Dortmund, Germany and raised in La Paz, Bolivia. He moved to Montreal, Canada for his undergraduate studies at Concordia University, where he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering but is self-taught in oil painting. Lemaitre has displayed his work internationally, including France, Spain, Germany, Lebanon, Taiwan and South Korea, and has been showcased in different contemporary art publications such as Create! Magazine and Friend of The Artist. He currently resides in Esslingen and works in Stuttgart, Germany.
ARTISTE STATEMENT:
I like to think that my art practice is a way of engaging with an uncharted reality of the self, which lingers back and forth between the physical world and the subconscious. I am interested in finding a common ground between the status quo and the seemingly impossible. My work explores the multifaceted human condition by portraying elements of the pop culture and natural world in unique settings and realities that are strongly affiliated with the subconscious.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 “Everything is something”, FFF, Seoul
2022 “The Hand of Curiosity”, Aout, Beirut Selected group exhibitions
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024 “NEW&COMING”, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen 2023 “Summer Mix. Vol. I”, Tuesday to Friday, Valencia 2023 “Spring Group Show”, VINS, Taipei
2023 UVNT Art Fair, Aout, Madrid 2022 Aout + Marian Cramer, Paris
2022 Cohle Gallery, Paris 2022 “PANORAMA”, Cohle Gallery, Menorca
2022 “Object Poem”, FFF, Seoul 2021 Cohle Gallery, Paris
2020 Discovery Art Fair, Frankfurt