Miles Debas
France 1985
Miles Debas is a contemporary artist, born in Paris in 1985 and based in Brooklyn, New York. He received his MFA from Hunter College in New York in 2019 and has exhibited extensively across the United States and Europe.
Debas is known for his distinctive figurative paintings, drawings and sculptural works, combining rich surfaces, bold shapes and unexpected imagery. His visual language brings together influences from Cubism and Fauvism with a more contemporary, graphic approach to composition.
Drawing plays an important role in his process. Debas often begins with quick, spontaneous sketches and develops these ideas into paintings or sculptures while deliberately preserving some of the immediacy and imperfection of the original drawing. This gives his work a playful, energetic and sometimes dreamlike quality.
His works frequently explore people, relationships, memory and everyday experiences, transforming familiar situations into strange and imaginative scenes. Debas often combines ink, acrylic, collage and other materials, creating works that sit somewhere between abstraction and storytelling.
He has held solo exhibitions in New York, London, Berlin and Paris, and his CV also lists a solo exhibition in Aalborg, Denmark, in 2024
Debas is known for his distinctive figurative paintings, drawings and sculptural works, combining rich surfaces, bold shapes and unexpected imagery. His visual language brings together influences from Cubism and Fauvism with a more contemporary, graphic approach to composition.
Drawing plays an important role in his process. Debas often begins with quick, spontaneous sketches and develops these ideas into paintings or sculptures while deliberately preserving some of the immediacy and imperfection of the original drawing. This gives his work a playful, energetic and sometimes dreamlike quality.
His works frequently explore people, relationships, memory and everyday experiences, transforming familiar situations into strange and imaginative scenes. Debas often combines ink, acrylic, collage and other materials, creating works that sit somewhere between abstraction and storytelling.
He has held solo exhibitions in New York, London, Berlin and Paris, and his CV also lists a solo exhibition in Aalborg, Denmark, in 2024
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Miles Debas