Immersed in street culture since he was six years old—skateboarding, snowboarding and aspiring to professional-level extreme sports—Merger entered the techno scene in 1992. But a quick look at his background and artistic inspirations distinguishes him from the average skate-punk-turned-artist.

In their home of Reims, France, Merger’s father worked as a professional designer for thirty years, and is also a watercolor painter. Like him, Merger draws inspiration from a wide spectrum of visual artists, and also from nature and architecture.

 Merger’s perspective and color balance are heightened by his sheer technical wizardry. Specializing in “Fluo paintings,” mural-size works that require black light to be seen in their entirety, Merger’s work appears at clubs, raves, and music festivals throughout Europe and Asia. He incorporates both normal and U.V. light into his work, mixing matte and fluorescent paints to vary shades and luminosity.

The moment he discovered fluorescent paint was one of several artistic watersheds for Merger.