Born on March 2, 1966, in Soissons la Montagne, Lionel Paul, known under the artist name of Onel, belongs to the younger generation of the Saint Soleil movement. In 1989, under the leadership of Tiga and having grown up in the sphere of his aunt's seamstress, he began moving towards recycling textile art that expanded with sawdust and gluing objects. Onel is one of the few artists who stand out from traditional modes of figurative Movement Saint-Soleil to provide innovative figural forms.