About Philippe

French born artist based in New York, USA

I am self-taught artist and I started my career on 1996 in Paris.

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I graduated from EDTA SORNAS Graphic School, Paris, France with a Bachelor of Visual Communications degree (Graphic Design Major) in 1993.

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I am currently living and working in New York, USA since November 2016.

Statement

Spatial representation of emotion in abstract maps

Why not bring interconnections from urban environment into art?

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The blurry boundary between perception and experience always inspired me: I am interested in the randomness of emotional recognition through art by creating abstract landscapes from unconscious relations between humankind & urban or natural environments.

Guy Debord wanted to «change the city to change lives». In his «Poetics of Space», Gaston Bachelard created a philosophy of at homeness, rich in emotion and memory. As the urban question is at the heart of my art, I bring a poetic dimension to all these landscapes full of unknown connections and spontaneous interactions.

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From direct experiences, my work delves into the complex undercurrents of intimate and collective relationships to examine contradiction, equilibrium, and harmony in human nature. My process engages with our world and calls upon a sense framework as a construct to bring the audience inside their own subconscious: the geographic abstraction.

Exhibitions since 1998

CV

Selective collective shows

Selective solo shows

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• 2002

Critical reviews, lectures

• 2016    ARTiculAction Art Review, USA
               Art Forum, USA

• 2015    Access Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
               ArtBook Guy, art blog, New-York, NY, USA

•             The Disclaimer magazine, London, England, UK

• 2013   Art Quench magazine, New-York, NY, USA

• 2012   On Purpose magazine, New-York, NY, USA

• 2007   L’Express Magazine, Aix-en-Provence, France

• 2001   Artists from Aix-en-Provence, Pays d’Aix, France

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Art commissions

• 2016    Live painting, 912 Arty gallery, Lourmarin, France
                Tryptic canvas for hotel in The Bahamas

• 2014    Original illustration about Manhattan - Copyright 2.0, Paris, France

• 2009   Original artwork on wine barrel, Rognes-en-Provence, France

• 2008   6 original artworks about wine's theme, Aix-en-Provence, France
  
   

Selected murals

• 2016   'Shaddows in Faacad', The Hollow  s art center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

• 2013   Private wall painting, Jouques, France
  
   

Honors as invited juror

• 2012   Honor guest of Casseneuil art fair, Casseneuil, France

• 2008  Honor guest of Janson Industrie, Toulouse, France

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Artistic residencies

• 2018   The Arctic Circle 2018 Autumn Expedition, September, Arctic Circle

• 2017   Labverde, art immersion program In the Amazon, August, Brazil

• 2015   NARS Foundation, April 1 - June 25, New York, NY, USA

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Collections

• Château Beaulieu, Rognes en Provence, France, "L'été contemporain Dracénois", Draguignan, France, "Le Radar", Bayeux, France, Janson Industrie, Toulouse, France, Swisscom International, Bern, Switzerland

• Private & public collections: France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, The Netherlands, China & USA

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