Born in France, lives and works in Miami, FL

education

1996 MFA
International Art Pilote School, Villa Arson, Nice, France

1994 BFA
International Art Pilote School, Villa Arson, Nice, France

selected exhibitions

2008
Geisai #11 - West 1 & 2 Hall, Tokyo Big Sight 3-21-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Juried by
Jack Bankowsky, Alison Gingeras, Carol Yinghua Lu, Philippe Segalot, Marc-Olivier Walher.
What are you laughing at? Art Center South Florida, Miami, FL. Curated by Nina Johnson.

2007
Geisai Miami - Parliament Buiding of SoHo Studios 2136 NW 1st Ave, Miami. Selected by
Tom Eccles, Massimiliano Gioni, Carol Kino, Lin Lougheed, Walter Robinson.

2006
Bang Bang - Museum of Art & Industry, Saint Etienne, France/MIAM, Sete, France. Curated by H. Di Rosa.
Waiting for the pardon - Project Room - Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL

2005
Art Basel - Ambrosino Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
Complement - Art Center South Florida, Miami, FL. Curated by C. Wonder & C. Breukel.
Gods & Monsters - Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL. Curated by AA Rucci & H. Darcy.
Meter Exhibition - Art Center South Florida, Miami, FL. Curated by Claire Breukel.

2004
International ID @ Art Basel - Dot 51 Gallery, Miami, FL. Curated by Isaac Perelman.
Roving Fridays in Wynwood - Objex Art Space, Miami, FL. Curated by Dustin Orlando.

2003
Lee 3 Tau Ceti Armory Show - National Center of Contemporary Art, Nice, France. Curated by S. Magnin

2002
Super Hero show - Taste Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland. Curated by Edward Mitterrand.
Mondial exhibition - Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, MC/Hyundai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan/Chosun Ilbo Art Museum, Seoul, Korea. Curated by: Christine Schreyer.

2001
L’art a la plage - Pampelonne Beach, St Tropez, France. Curated by Enrico Navarra.
Blow up - Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Matthias Schwarz-Clauss.

2000
Air-Air - Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, MC. Curated by P. Nouvion, S. Magnin, M. Mestre.

1999
109 - Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France. Curated by David Leroi.

1998
Snark, le cabinet de desseins - Pierre Nouvion Gallery, Monaco, MC. Curated by Le 27th Stratageme.

1996
Nice by night - Nice, France. Curated by Stephane Magnin.

1995
We few, we happy few band of brothers - Prop’Art, Geneva, Switzerland. Curated by S. Magnin.

1994
Dream On - School of the arts, Grenoble, France. Curated by Paul de Vautour.

awards

2005 Leo & Raye Chestler Contemporary Visual Arts Award, Dade Community Foundation, Miami, USA
2004 Juried Member - Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, USA
1997 Artistic Residency - National Center of Contemporary Art, Nice, France

commissions

2002 Daddy Foot - Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France
2000 Transcendental Airlines - Grimaldi Forum Monaco, MC

public collections

Art Bank, Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, FL.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, Washington, DC
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland

selected bibliography

2009 French Television Interview, Echappees Belles (April 11)

2008 Carlos Suarez de Jesus,On The Funny, Miami New Times (May 7)
Kaikai Kiki Co, Ltd, Geisai #11 Brochure (September)

2007 Kaikai Kiki Co, Ltd, Geisai Miami Brochure (December)

2006 Carlos Suarez de Jesus,Fall Crawl, Miami New Times (September 26)
Bang Bang catalog (January)
Juxtapoz magazine (March)
Miami Herald Tropical Life supplement (April 13)

2005 Art Basel 2005 catalog (December)
The Miami Herald, Art Basel supplement (December 1-4)
Complement catalog (December)
Visual Art, The Sunpost (December 15)
Public Robbery Here, the Miami Herald Tropical Life (June 24)
ArtBank Collection catalog (August)

2004 ID International @ Art Basel catalog (December)
Artes y Letras, El Nuevo Herald, Miami (July 25)
Art Price, Korea (July)
Art Circuit, Miami (June)
Preference Magazine, Vol.2, France (May/June)
Preference Magazine, Vol.1, France (March/April)
Joseph Mouton, David Leroi: The Art of Survival

2002 Le Point, France (June)
Art in Culture, Korea (June)
Wolganmisool, Korea (May)
Mondial catalog, France (February)

2001 VSD, France (August)
L’Art a la plage catalog (August)

2000 Blow up catalog (December)
Air-Air catalog (July)