Aurelie Philippe

I am a French artist, born in Valence. I grew up with pencils and brushes in my hands. At a very young age I started to copy portrait, people, animal. It was to me a way to escape my reality and excel in the technicity of drawing. I was in a search for perfection throughout my work.
I started with hyper realistic drawing, using pencils, and then with time I came to explore creativity through plastic art, abstract art, colors and Paints. After graduated from school I started to travel abroad and eventually moved to Asia. This is where I decided to start painting again.... Asia inspired me to create a new series about my trips there and about the people I met all along the way. Photography is a media that I particularly cherish as a way of expression, especially because of my passion for traveling, and for people and nature. I came to realize that inspiration takes place in the things we sense, feel, see, eat, smell, and explore. And travel is one of the best way to do so. It opens our mind to new approches, new worlds, cultures, and invigorate our desire to create. Painting is a window on the world.

In 2001 I graduated from college in literacy and plastic Art.
Then I enrolled in an applied art school. And I chose to specialized in the Art of textile.
In 2004 I got my degree as a textile designer.
Part of my education included creation of digital art, serigraphy, photography, colorism, art history, costumes History, embroidery.
In my latest series can be found the influence of textile design. I have a passion for people, especially minority people, and for their art craft.
In 2012 I passed the TEFL in order to teach english as a second language.

My First exhibition was in Lyon, 2004, within my art school.
My Second solo exhibition was in Dublin, Ireland, 2010 at Kilternan gallery.
My Third solo exhibition was in Canton, China, 2014 at KuiYuan gallery. Solo exhibition
« Sample of forgotten memories ».