Mr. Brainwash, whose real name is Thierry Guetta, was born near Paris, in Sarcelles, in 1966.

Videographer and artist pop art He mainly creates stencil works and graffiti.

He attended Fairfax High school for about a year, but dropped out to organize events in Hollywood. He then began selling vintage clothing in Los Angeles, New York and Miami.

It was in 1999 that his interest in the world of street art during a trip to France, where he became close to his cousin, none other than Parisian street artist Space Invader. With a passion for video, Thierry Guetta began filming all his graffiti escapades alongside other street artists such as Shepard Fairey and Wevs. At the time, the videos were not meant to be shown. So he took up graffiti himself and became Mr.Brainwash. His universe is a mixture of Banksy's stencils and Andy Warhol's images. Andy Warhol .

In 2009, he met British artist Banksy and helped him launch his Barely Legal exhibition in Los Angeles, an event that attracted the interest of celebrities and art collectors alike. The two artists then decided to make a documentary about the world of street artists, until then shrouded in mystery. The footage shot was then edited to show Invader, Banksy and Mr. Brainwash himself at work.

The result was the Oscar-nominated docu-drama Exit through the Gift Shop (or Faites le Mur!), which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The film presents Mr. Brainwash's meteoric rise on the urban art scene, and his works sold for astronomical sums, such as his portrait of Jim Morrison, which sold for $100,000, or that of Charlie Chaplin, which fetched $50,000. Following the film's success, Mr. Brainwash's works became increasingly popular.

But history can also be taken in reverse. While it has been shown that Mr.Brainwash is not a fictional character, he is in fact fabricated by this film. Fiction has caught up with reality, making Mr.Brainwash a real player on the art market.