Robert Combas was born in Lyon, France. Combas was the leader of La Figuration Libre movement of the 80s in France, and is regarded as one of the most prolific artists of today. Combas is a multi-talented artist in painting, sculpting, poetry, and music. The amount of energy and passion Combas has for arts is just the same as for guitar, as he once said that mine painting is rock (Ma peinture c'est du rock). It is easy to see that he would excel in them as both activities allow him to express his imaginations wildly and spontaneously. For Combas who just turned the age of sixty this May, there' re mere traces on the appearances, and as seen above, his avant-garde minds with unconventional styling reveals the mischievous and energetic side of him. Combas is continuously evolving and in search of new inspirations, as a result, his creations are rich and innovative.

In the 1980s, as people seek for freedom of expressions as their core values, the result of this social phenomenon gave birth to the rise of La Figuration Libre. Combas draws inspirations from his surroundings, and often depicts various kinds of people as his centre theme; he uses bold black contour lines and protruding eyes to depict the world he sees. The studio of Combas was situated at Barbés near the Gare du Nord of Paris, an area that is surrounded with multi-cultures and ethnicity groups; whether it be the brightly-coloured African clothing, exaggerated Japanese comics, or Buddhist influences and Muslim beliefs, they all turned into the resourceful inspirations base for Combas. Some of his works are filled with colorful yet violent scenes, sometimes it possesses humorous look as a mockery of the society, whichever it may be, they all send the same message, which is the need to embrace a diverse society we live in.