Clotilde Maillard

"My artistic work is rooted in a deep introspective pursuit, where emotion is felt, examined, and given form through narrative."

Clotilde Maillard is a French painter born in 1960. Trained at the Ateliers Penninghen in Paris, where she refined classical painting techniques, she has developed a practice rooted in an introspective pursuit in which sensitivity and visual perception structure her work.

Starting from moments of intense perception, she documents them and accumulates them as visual fragments—in the form of photographs, notes, or videos—then constructs her paintings by prioritizing light, composition, and the materiality of paint. Each image must stand on its own, asserting its presence in the viewer’s mind.

She explores a wide range of supports (canvas, wood, paper, fabric) and techniques (oil, acrylic, tempera, pastel, ink), addressing portraiture and landscape alike, from the live model to a form of figurative abstraction grounded in reality.

A member of the collective “Dessiner le Vivant,” she has collaborated with other artists on representations of movement—dance, tango, horses—combining observation, performance, and creation.

Clotilde maillard also takes on commissions, which brings her a delightful rush of adr...

1979-1981 Académie Julian, Paris

2024 - Salon International des Arts Plastiques, Béziers, France
2024- Ruta de l'Art, Castillò d'Empúries, Spain
2024 - Residency/exhibition Château de Bonnemare,
Radepont, France
2024 - Galerie André Mounier, Boujan-sur-Libron, France
2023 - Nou Fusion, Palau Saverdera, Spain
2023 - Maison Cordier, Béziers, France
2023 - Château de Puimisson, France
2023 - Galerie Séraphine Sète, France
2023 - Église St Dominique Clermont l’Hérault, France
2022 - Chapelle des Pénitents, Caux, France
2021 - Colonie Espagnole, Béziers, France
2020 - Galerie Sophie Julien, Béziers, France
2019 - Galerie André Mounier, Boujan-sur-Libron, France