Biography
Joaquin Lemaitre alias FORTUNE HUNTER is a self-taught artist, born in Dortmund, Germany and raised in La Paz, Bolivia. He moved to Montreal, Canada for his undergraduate studies at Concordia University, where he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering. He has displayed his work in Germany, France, Lebanon and South Korea and has been featured in different contemporary art blogs and art magazines, such as Art Verge and Create! Magazine. His current work explores the multifaceted human condition by portraying elements of the pop culture and natural world in unique settings and realities that are strongly affiliated with the subconscious. He currently resides and works in Stuttgart, Germany.

Lemaitre in his studio (2021).

EXHIBITIONS

2022 Marian Cramer + Aout Gallery, Paris

2022 Cohle Gallery, Paris

2022 Cohle Gallery, Menorca

2022 FFF, Seoul

2022 Tchotchke Gallery, NY

2022 Aout Gallery, Beirut

2021 Cohle Gallery, Paris

2021 Stroke Art Fair, Munich

2021 THE NOW, Artistellar, London

2020 Discovery Art Fair, Frankfurt

2019, ROOMSERVICE#3 curated by THEWHYNOT, Regensburg

2019, Stroke Art Fair, Munich

2018, SINGULARITY - Bloody Colors Gallery, Stuttgart

2016 Inversion, Fluxus - Temporary Concept Mall, Stuttgart

2015 Through the lense, Fluxus - Temporary Concept Mall, Stuttgart

FEATURED / PUBLISHED

2022 Friend of The Artist, The Studio Image Project

2022 Create! Magazine, Issue #31

2020 Art Verge, Fortune Hunter: Reinforcement

2020 ZìrArtmag, Meet the Artist

2019 TheWhyNot, Artists we love

2018 Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stadtkind (14 December)

2017 0711 Blog, 0711er der Woche

2016 Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stadtkind (30 September)

2016 LIFT Das Stuttgartmagazine, Issue December

2015 IGNANT, Illustrated Interview with Fortune Hunter

2014 PICAME Magazine, Le illustrazioni di Fortune Hunter