About Us
1872 Bureau d'Artistes
1872 Bureau d'Artistes is a joint venture between 9è Concept, JC Clenet and partner associates. The foundations of 1872's expertise relies in more than two decades of partnership, collaboration, and friendship.
Timeline
1990
9è Concept
9è Concept is created under the impulse of three friends, Stéphane Carricondo, Ned and Jerk45.
1997
9è Concept X Desperados
In 1997, Desperados joined forces with the collective for a collaboration that had never been seen before. The members then used the Desperados Original bottle label as a creative canvas.
1998
ASP Surf Pro Event
9è Concept mantra is to exhibit outside museums to make their art accessible to as many people as possible. In this spirit, the collective exhibited at a professional surf event owned by JC
2001
Planet Reef Tour
The Planet Reef project was all about creating events that combined sport, art and music. The artists started by painting directly on the Reef shoes, after which they worked on the walls of the Reef stands and participated in traveling advertising campaigns all over the world in complete freedom of expression.
2015
Les Francs-Colleurs®
The 9è Concept collective has brought together a community of nearly 100 contributors: visual artists, designers, painters, and graffiti artists. Collective collages of giant drops, massive "stickers" operations and interactive events are organized across the world.
2018
Desperados Corporate Foundation
The Desperados Corporate Foundation was born from the historical and privileged collaboration with the 9th Concept collective. Committed to the promotion of contemporary urban art in all its forms and its artists, it favors exchange and sharing, and aims to be a bold, innovative and creative foundation.
2023
1872 Bureau d'Artistes
Creation of a global creative marketing agency based in San Diego California with creative studios in France (Paris and Bordeaux) serving the world of Art.
Creative direction board
Stéphane Carricondo
Co-founder of 9è Concept, Stéphane is the voice, the spokesperson of the group. He is above all an artist who makes his painting speak as a means of expression other than through words. Fascinated by human beings and all that he can gives and teaches them, Stéphane paints the other as he feels them. Between humanist art and shamanic rites, the visual artist gives us an intimate and singular anthropological and ethnological vision.
Jerk 45
Co-founder of 9th Concept, Jerk is a character as enigmatic as he is endearing, fascinating and paradoxical. His retro imagination, made up of collages from old magazines and scraps of collected posters, blends with a surrealist visual language. Through his imaginary, colorful and abundant universe, Jerk brings a unique creative vision to the group's projects and other works.
Ned
Ned is the one who gave the collective a name: the 9° Concept. Cornerstone of the starting trio, Ned sits on the border between realism and abstraction ensuring the successful execution of their projects. Ned works with a complex line imbued with tribal, Celtic, sometimes fantastical writing. By combining photography, drawing and painting, he creates characters on the border between realism and surrealism.
Clément Laurentin
Tinted with a strong musicality, his artistic expression takes shape between the head and the heart, he thus composes rhythmic and melodic architectures which leave the field free to a more sensitive and spontaneous writing. As an art Director, he manages the graphic identity of the collective projects and their artistic collaborations with world-renowned brands.
Since 1990
9è Concept
For 30 years, the artists of the 9è Concept collective have endorsed individualities within the same group, serving their art and the public by developing a creative process combining painting, collage, music, street art or graphic art.
They have actively contributed to various forms of expression of modern urban art such as advertising, creation of sets, art exhibition installations, concerts, festivals etc. And they were able to connect with artists from different backgrounds to work together. Also, musicians, photographers, filmmakers, DJ's joined the movement to contribute to the collective.
Business direction board
JC Clenet
JC Clenet is an entrepreneurial leader with extensive international experience and a history of success in generating breakthrough results for companies in the action sports and outdoor industry by creating models for product, marketing, and distribution segmentation strategies.
For over 20 years JC has provided expertise in international strategic development by implementing business architecture setup including distributors, licensing agreements and joint-venture recommendations. JC led marketing initiatives and facilitated co-branding efforts by cultivating opportunities to develop alliances, co-ventures, and agreements with other non-competing companies.
JC began his career by founding and managing a sporting event agency. JC was managing advisor on events for companies, originated events, and founded the now world-famous Tahiti Pro surf event at Teapuho'o (Olympic venue for 2024).
Passionate about art and music and keen to work only with other enthusiasts, it is quite natural that JC brings his professional expertise and his vision of a different business model to "1872 Bureau d'Artistes".
Sylvia Alvarez
Originally from Biarritz, Sylvia has been immersed in the world of surfing and the ocean since her early childhood. She held several sales management positions in the surfwear industry and was responsible for setting up a network of flagship stores across Europe.
Subsequently, Sylvia joined another French company at the helm of sales, operations, and go-to-market strategies for the Southern European region. And finally, she acquired expertise in purchasing management, market intelligence and customer's management for a major online platform in Europe.
Partner of 1872 since its inception, she brings her expertise in B2B and B2C sales while working in an environment that fascinates her including art, fashion, decoration and more.
Special advisor
Rob Machado
Rob Machado is not only one of the greatest professional surfers in the world, he's one of the sport's most recognizable figures, a living icon who continues to expand the definition of what professional surfing is all about.
Inducted into the Surfer's Hall of Fame in 2000 and re-inducted in 2006, the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) awarded him the prestigious honor of Waterman's of the Year in 2009 and in 20011 the city of Huntington Beach, California awarded him a star on the Surf Walk of Fame.
Machado's legacy continues as he was recognized by the San Diego Sports Association as the first professional surfer to be inducted into the Breitbard Hall of Fame.
Rob has deepened his commitment to supporting various humanitarian and environmental organizations, such as establishing his own non-profit foundation, the Rob Machado Foundation in 2004, which was created with the mission of helping children understand their contribution to a healthy land. Actively engaged in different modes of artistic expression, his commitment in 1872 is unequivocal, putting his experience and his network at the service of this collective of artists.
Tech partners
eComm Cartel, Threesixty
Building a brand story that resonates with customers will always be a distinctive quality of 1872. For this reason, we are partnering with two digital agencies for their expertise and know-how to design a digital platform designed as a communication tool, with a qualitative and original presentation, and different in its purpose.
In close collaboration with ecommcartel.co, a full-stack eCommerce Agency and Threesixty.art, a 3D creation studio specializing in the creation of virtual exhibitions for the world of Art, the consumer is invited to discover our artistic universe created virtually.
The landscape refers to the Bordeaux region, naturally composed of beaches, pine forests and countryside. During virtual walks, consumers can access online stores to discover collections,
artists, and art activations.