Alecse, the man behind the posters

Alexandre Jardel-A akaAlecsewas born in 1973 and is theyoungest son of french artist Bernard Jardelwhose composition paintings have been exhibited all around the world and who was called an "optical surrealist" by Victor Vasarely.

Alecse grew up in a large and cosy "hotel particulier" in Paris 16th district where his father had his studio and spent hours drawing, painting and taking pictures with an old Polaroid SX-70. He shortly attended graphic design classes atAtelier Met de Peninghenbefore he started his career as an advertising and eventscreative directorin 1995.

Alecse has always loved history and geography, travel and photography.

He had 2painting exhibitionsin 1998 inNew-Yorkat the Gold Bar (East Village) where he used to live at the time and in 2000 inParisat Galerie Got (6th). While never really giving up the artistic side, he started focusing more on his professional career as a business advisor and entrepreneur.

In 2013, Alecse moved toSri Lankawhere he is currently living with his wife and two sons, working as a consultant for the hospitality industry and surfing as often as he can.

In 2017, Alecse designed a collection of 32postcards(and posters) for Upali Beach Surf Resort which has proven to be a success and led him to decide in 2018 to createVintage Travel Postersfor all the world's most amazing destinations and to commercialise them through MyRetroposter.