Bio
Born in 1967 in Fécamp and based in Montville, Normandy, graphic designer by profession, drawing has always been a passion of his from an early age.
At the end of his communications studies, in the early ’90s, he co-founded a collective of ten young artists in Fécamp, under the name « Baz’Art ». Two collective exhibitions were held, with the support of the town and the Palais Bénédictine as patron, before the adventure came to an end.
He put his pictorial desires on hold to devote himself to another passion, music, and took part in several rock bands. It wasn’t until 2020 that he made a frantic return to the visual arts…
In 2018, he began using digital techniques and Photoshop photomontage to create a series of surreal digital compositions based on assemblages of old photographs.
A few fine art prints will be produced for exhibition a few years later.
With digital art sometimes a little too reminiscent of a graphic designer’s day job, it’s now time to get his fingers dirty. First of all, with little challenges: create a weekly work with a theme and a defined constraint for several months. It’s also an opportunity to review different media (Indian ink, watercolor, charcoal, acrylic…).
With the pandemic, production became regular and refocused on acrylic painting on canvas.
It’s time to return to the gallery walls…
2021, first exhibition in Rouen in an ephemeral gallery with a photographer friend, then in 2022, once the pandemic was over, a tour of regional shows where his works were noticed.
Figurative in reference, yet borrowing emotion from expressionism, his work is essentially based on the human: looks, bodies, furtive expressions, sometimes in an immersive approach.
Known for his feminine faces, these move away from stereotypes to refocus on the singularity of the contemporary woman, far from the clichéd portrayals inspired by fashion images.
His aim is to distance himself as far as possible from the sexist, patriarchal view of women held by men.
A portrait becomes interesting for the personality that emerges from it.
The face tells the story of its soul, its flesh.
Its expression must share its complexity, between precision and suggestion.
The « accidents » of the brush, whether provoked or due to chance, impregnate the canvas and form the textures that will shape the face.
Contrasts, vibrations and the balance between light and color build the whole.
Details appear, while others are left to be guessed at…
In the end, intensity comes through in the brushstrokes, and the gestures must remain visible.
Projections and outlines sometimes make their appearance, the natural after-effects of the graphic artist, to reinforce the expressiveness sought.
Sélection d’expositions / Selected exhibitions
Sélection d’Expositions Personnelles / Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 / 7 au 30 janvier :
Dans le cadre de la Programmation Micro-Folie «La Femme- L’Amour»
Salle Hydre en Scène
Le Trait (76)
2024 / 18 octobre au 3 novembre :
« Histoires d’L »
Musée des Sapeurs-Pompiers de France
Montville (76)
2023 / 11 juin au 2 juillet :
Galerie Art et Grain de Café
Octeville-sur-Mer (76)
2022 / 1er au 30 décembre :
Art&ffimera
Louviers (27) – Normandie
Sélection d’Expositions de Groupe / Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 / 07 au 23 octobre :
Salon de Rouen (SAN)
Rouen (76) – Normandie
2024 / 12 au 27 octobre :
47ème Salon de l’AYAC
d’Yvetot (76)
2024 / 4 au 19 mai :
32ème Salon de Peinture et Sculpture
Maromme (76)
2024 / 9 au 24 mars :
84ème Salon des Artistes Indépendants Normands – Rouen (76)
3eme Prix de peinture
2023 / 18 au 27 novembre :
74ème salon de Peinture et Sculpture
d’Elbeuf (76)
2023 / 14 au 29 novembre :
46ème Salon de l’AYAC
d’Yvetot (76)
2023 / 14 au 22 octobre :
33ème Salon de Peinture et Sculpture
Notre-Dame de Bondeville (76) – Invité
2023 / 29 avril au 14 mai :
31ème Salon de Peinture et Sculpture
Maromme (76)
2023 / 23 au 27 mars :
13ème Salon de Peinture et Sculpture
Ecretteville-les-Baons (76)
Invité d’Honneur
2023 / 11 au 26 février :
83ème Salon des Artistes Indépendants Normands (AIN)
Rouen (76) – Normandie
Prix «Œuvre remarquée »
2022 / 05 au 24 novembre :
Salon des Artistes Normands (SAN)
Rouen (76) – Normandie
2022 / 22 octobre au 06 novembre :
45ème Salon de l’AYAC
Yvetot (76) – Normandie
2022 / 01 au 09 octobre :
27ème Salon d’Automne
Auffay (76) – Normandie
1er Prix du Jury
2022 / 30 avril au 15 mai :
30ème Salon de Peinture et Sculpture
Maromme (76)
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