Uniting global childhoods
SETH uses street art to highlight societal issues. A passionate, political artist, his main subjects are innocent children at play. He depicts fun illusions, where books and toys appear as symbols of escape into the imagination – a key tool for survival in poverty or war zones. For his street murals, he often uses the Trompe l’oeil technique, where a flat surface appears to be 3D. SETH often begins these murals by sketching directly on site. He then paints the giant, colourful scenes on a crane lift, using a mix of aerosol spray and brushwork.
SETH aims to serve the people where his murals are...
Bio
SETH (he/him) was born in 1972 in Paris, where he lives and works.
TV Shows
SETH was the author and director of Les nouveaux explorateurs. A French TV series that he presented, produced by Canal+. Each show focused on a country and its local street artists – with accompanying Spotify playlists.
Publishing
In 2000, SETH published Kapital: Un an de graffiti à Paris. It was a best-selling book about French urban artists – sold through his self-founded publishing house Wasted Talent, specialising in street art.