Reno Leplat-Torti Reno Leplat-Torti, born in 1984 in Marseille, is a silkscreen artist, graphic designer, comic book writer, documentary filmmaker, collector. From the graphzine, he joined the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes where he founded the publishing house Nunu.
Five years ago, gleaning on internet small artifacts made in prison, he discovered the art of paños. Struck by the power of both the subject and the form he took contact with the families of American prisoners and now has a collection of more than 200 handkerchiefs presented in many galleries in Europe. He is currently preparing a documentary film on the subject.

The exhibition Paños, Reno Leplat-Torti’s collection has been presented at La milonga del’angel in Nîmes (FR) in october 2011, at Going Blind gallery in Grenoble (FR) en février 2012, at Monte en l’air in Paris in march 2012, at Cri de l’encre gallery in Lyon (FR) in october 2012, at MOHS Gallery in Copenhagen (DK) in january 2013, at Lycaon in Brussells (BE) in february 2013, at MRAC in Sérignan (FR) in april 2013, at le Dernier Cri in Marseille (FR) in may 2013, at ChantierBoiteNoire gallery in Montpellier (FR) and in From point to point gallery in Nimes (FR) in september 2013, and will be presented at Bureau of Artistic Rehab in Manila (PH) in april 2014, and at Quai Branly in Paris in may 2014.

Galerie From Point to Point / Nimes / September 2013

Galerie Chantier BoiteNoire / Montpellier / September 2013

Le Dernier Cri / Marseille / May 2013

MRAC / Sérignan / April 2013

MOHS gallery / Copenhagen / January 2013