Portait de © Olivier Metzger

Born in France in 1975.

Lives and works in Bretagne, France.

YZ (pronounced eyes) is the first street artist to be commissioned to create the new face of the “Mariane” stamp, allegory of the French Republic, inaugurated by President Emmanuel Macron on July 19, 2017.
Daughter of a ceramist and a sculptor, yz, famous for her poetic portraits, is one of the most active women on the French Street Art scene.

Solo shows (selection)

2007 Galerie Itinerrance, YZ...Open Your Eyes,  Paris, France.

2010 Marie de Sainte-Rose, Back to the Roots, Guadeloupe, France.

2011 Galerie La Tour, Women from Another Century, Paris, France.

2012 Maison Folie de Moulins dans le cadre de Lille3000 Fantastic, Invasions, Lille, France. 

2013 Espace Croix-Baragnon, La femme du dernier étage, Toulouse, France.
Centre d’art de l’île MoulinSart, Angel, Fillé-sur-Sarthe, France.

2014 Galerie Danysz, A London Adventure, Paris, France.

2015 French Art Studio, Amazing Amazons, London, England.

2016 Dak’Art-Biennale d’art contemporain, Amazone, Dakar, Senegal.

2017 Fondation Blachère, Eternelles amazones, Apt, France.

2019 Collégiale Saint-Pierre, Empress, Orléans, France.
Galerie Louisimone Guirandou, Street Vendors, Abidjan, Ivory coast. 

2020 Institut français, Street Vendors, Abidjan, Ivory coast.

2021 Fondation Goodplanet, Empress Amazigh, Paris, France.
Galerie Very Yes, Anamnèse, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France.

Expositions collectives (sélection)

2003 Electron Libre, Paris Pochoirs, Paris, France.

2007 Palais de Tokyo, Stencil History X, Paris, France.

2009 Fondation Cartier, Né dans la rue, Paris, France.
Institut Français, Stepanska Street Art, Prague, Tcheque republic.

2010 Biennale d'art contemporain, Moscow, Russia.

2011 Fondation Clément, Mix'art, Le François, Martinique, France.

2012 Le Silo, Street artistes, Château-Thierry, France.
La lune en parachute, Contexte, Epinal, France.
Musée Dupuy Mestreau, Inside Walls, Saintes, France.

2013 Les Bains Douches, Les Bains, Paris, France.
Centre Pompidou, Ex Situ, Paris, France.

2014 Danysz gallery, Look Through, Shanghai, China.

2015 UrbanArt Biennale, Völklingen, Germany.
La SIP, Ride the Wall, Genève, Switzerland.

2016 CAFA Museum, Street Art : A Global View, Pékin, China.

2017 La Condition Publique, Street Generation(s), Roubaix, France.

2018 Institut Bernard Magrez, Kaléidoscope, Bordeaux, France.
ArtScience Museum, Art from the Streets, Singapour.

2019 Lazinc x Danysz, Watch this Space, London, England.
Fluctuart, Veni Vidi Vinci,  Paris, France.

2021 Galerie Mathgoth, Nu, Paris, France.

2022 Ancienne usine EDF, Journées du patrimoine, Le Port, La Reunion, France. 
La Condition Publique, Urbain.es, Roubaix, France.

2024 Jupiter Museum, Shenzhen, China.
Danysz Galerie, I am fine - Identity Focus, Paris, France.
Danysz Galerie, Urban Art Fair, Paris, France.
Mazel Galerie, Rock, paper, scissors, Brussels, Belgium.