He has more than 40,000 followers on Instagram, only 75 posts and some with 5,000 likes; he also has a YouTube channel, where you can see videos of his exhibitions, painting graffiti, advertising a beer advertisement wearing one of his shirts, which he designs himself with his personal iconography and that some of the his privileged collectors already own, or himself dancing with spectacular grace and rhythm; it is clear that he is one of the young artists of the moment. He is Mederic Turay (Côte d'Ivoire, 1979), who in 1999 was elected Best Young Artist of West Africa. His love of art began as a child; at the age of 4 he was already drawing imitating cartoon characters and works by Picasso, Dalí and Basquiat. He grew up immersed in American urban culture, since his father, a professional soldier, accepted a mission in Washington; it was 1984, so Mederic lived in America the golden era of hip-hop (the so-called "Hip Hop Golden Era"), living the dance as a body expression, singing rap and painting graffiti, a whole cultural explosion which clearly influenced the natural evolution of his work. In 1995 his family returned to Ivory Coast, Mederic then began his Fine Arts studies and found the roots of his culture, which have been manifested through his art.
