Using 'pareidolia' as a drawing technique...

At the beginning, lines drawn at random in all directions jostle for space on my canvas. The game, very simple in its principles, consists in extracting from the chaos of intersecting lines some characters as expressive as possible. It is a bit like imagining crazy monsters in the clouds (‘pareidolia’) or inkblots (‘Rorschach test’). It is also like a mathematical equation to solve, except that variables and unknowns are many, solutions numerous and determined by the sensibility of whoever defines them, and a graphical solution is only the best until we find one that exceeds its expressiveness.

The game is not to draw a gorilla or bird, but a creature resembling a gorilla or a bird may appear here and there. However, no animal has served as a model, the creature will just have 'the look of a gorilla' or wings, but it will be neither gorilla nor bird. The features of the characters are retained only for their expressive power, without giving oneself any existing model to copy.

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- 2017, June 16-18 : Solid’Art, Exhibition & Sale of Contemporary Art, Palais Rameau, Lille, France

- 2017, Feb 15-19 : ‘Art Capital’ , Society of French Artists, Grand Palais, Paris 8e, France

- 2017, Feb 4-11 : Personal exhibition, Atelier A3, Lille, France

- 2016, Nov 18-27 : ‘Artists’ Wishes 2016', Maison de l’Artisanat et des Métiers d’Art, Marseille, France

- 2015, Nov 13-22 : 'Artists’ Wishes 2015', Maison de l’Artisanat et des Métiers d’Art, Marseille, France

- 2015, Feb 18-19 : Exhibition & Auction, Salle VV, rue Rossini, Drouot District, Paris 9e, France

- 2014, Oct 17-19 : 'Universal Art and Creation', Ferme du Gauquier, Lys-lez-Lannoy, France
* 1st Prize in Painting *

- 2013, Oct 18-20 : 'Universal Art and Creation', Ferme du Gauquier, Lys-lez-Lannoy, France

- 2013, Jan 15 - Feb 5 : Personal exhibition, Galerie XXIV, Angoulême, France

- 2012, Oct 6 - Nov 17 : 'At the Gates of the Fantastic', Galerie Schèmes, Lille, France

- 2012, Oct 3-23 : Personal exhibition, Galerie XXIV, Angoulême, France

- 2011, June 24 : Pasteur Primary School, Lesquin, France

- 2011, May 13-15 : 'The Affordable Art Fair' at Brunel's Old Station, Temple Meads, Bristol, UK

- 2010, Oct 28-31 : 'The Affordable Art Fair' at the Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands

- 2010, Oct 21-24 : 'The Affordable Art Fair' at Battersea Park, London, UK

- 2010, Aug 3-29 : 'Bicha First Anniversary Show', Bicha Gallery, South Bank, London, UK

- 2010, May 27-30 : 'The Affordable Art Fair' at the Halle Freyssinet, Paris 13e, France

- 2010, May 14-16 : 'The Affordable Art Fair' at The Passenger Shed, Temple Meads, Bristol, UK

- 2010, April 23-26 : '23rd Spring Show', Lions Club & Galerie Schèmes, Town Hall, Arras, France

- 2010, April 15-25 : 'Line, Form and Colour' Spring Show, Bicha Gallery, South Bank, London, UK

- 2010, Feb 25 - March 8 : 'Art In Mind', The Brick Lane Gallery, Whitechapel, London, UK
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