about
Member of the ADAGP
Member of a.c.b Art Contemporain en Bretagne
Member of La Maison des Artistes
Statement
Embodying silence
Substituting glass for canvas, I use shadow as the raw material in the composition of my installation-paintings.
I apply paint to the transparent surface, which becomes a vector for a shifting darkness, reacting to changes in perspective as well as to fluctuations in light.
Gradually, my research into the links between presence and absence led me to explore the idea of "painting" by subtracting the matter, favoring the use of blades rather than brushes.
Alexandre Lequœur Biography
Born in Pithiviers, France, 1987.
Lives and works in Rennes, France.
Selected exhibitions
2023 • Salon National des Beaux-Arts, Réfectoire des Cordeliers, Paris, France
2023 • P... Genèse et tombeau (group exhibition), Galerie Hors-Champs, Paris, France
2023 • Petits pays... sages (group exhibition), Galerie l'Antre Temps, Rennes, France
2023 • O.S.D., (group exhibition), B612, Rennes, France.
2023 • ÉCHO (group exhibition), Orangerie du Thabor, Rennes, France
2023 • TRACES (group exhibition), La Parcelle, Rennes, France
2022 • OUVERTURE 238 (solo exhibition), Pasteur (Hotel for Projects), Rennes, France
2022 • Salon National des Beaux-Arts, Orangerie du Sénat, Paris, France
2022 • Hors les murs (group exhibition), Jeu de Paume, Rennes, France
2022 • EXPORAMA (group exhibition), different places, Rennes, France
2022 • LPMA (group exhibition), Halles Martenot, Rennes, France
2022 • M.O.I., Atelier Julie Bellec, Saint-Grégoire, France
2021 • Oh là l'art (group exhibition), Pasteur (Hotel for Projects), Rennes, France
2021 • EXPORAMA (group exhibition), different places, Rennes, France
Collections
Dotation funds of La Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
and collected by various private collector in France.
Awards
2022 • Silver Medal at the Salon National des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
2022 • Prix du Géant des Beaux-Arts at the Salon National des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Residencies
2022 • Recherche et création, Pasteur (Hotel for Projects), Rennes, France
Selected Press & Interviews
Samuel Nohra, "Traces, l’exposition qui va étonner vos sens", Ouest France, 2023
Elisa Goudou, "Réunir l'invisible et l'ombre", Mlle Adèle, 2022
Agnès Le Morvan, "L’artiste A. Lequœur primé au salon des Beaux-Arts", Ouest France, 2022
Alexis Becquelin, "La création artistique en FabLab" (Master's thesis), Rennes 2 University, 2022
Publications
Alexandre Lequœur, L'Élaboration de l'aube. Rennes, éd. La Centaurée, 2023 (forthcoming)
Professional contributions
2023 • Teaching artist for "L'École-Logis", Pasteur (Hotel for Projects), Rennes, France.
2021-2023 • "The Line Experiment", workshop leader with Lyz B. (cellist), Rennes, France.
2012 • Curator for "Coïncidences" (group exhibition), Galerie L'Aléatoire, Paris, France.