Salopecia first appeared in 2013, the latest embodiment of musical project by artist Robin Jiro Margerin. It was at a loud, short show in a tiny gallery space. It fit like a glove, and that was that.
Growing up in the Fillmore district of San Francisco, he went through pre-pubescent skate-punk garage bands, a teen angst dj scratch crew, a country-disco-drum-and-guitar duo and others; he relished and fomented varying degrees of mediocrity. At 19 years old he moved to Paris to study at the Beaux Arts. Switching from tacos to kebabs and from drum kits to DAWs, solutions were found for a variety of situations. Over his years in Paris he has developed a multi-disciplinary suite of projects ranging from his personal visual arts practice, organizing collective exhibitions, running artist-run spaces, storytelling, amateur horticulture, relationship advice, not selling drugs and electronic music.
