Benedicte Gele

Born in 1975 in the Paris suburbs, Bénédicte Gelé lives and works in France, while exhibiting regularly on the international scene. She paints horses the way one explores an emotion: with attention, nuance, and depth. A passionate self-taught artist, her artistic path first developed alongside a career as an art director and graphic designer — a background that still resonates in the precision of her line and the balance of her compositions.

Her connection with horses began in her teenage years, long after they had already taken over the margins of her school notebooks. Her first mare, bought at the age of 18, became a guide. Through observing her, Bénédicte learned to read emotion in postures, gestures, and subtle shifts — to observe without projecting, to feel without noise.

In her painting, the horse becomes a raw land, sensitive and shifting, to be explored more than depicted. A living territory, mirroring inner states, made of gestures, silences, and traces. Formats and techniques vary depending on what needs to be expressed or brought to light. Semi-abstract painting, textures, fragmented bodies: everything speaks of instinct and inner resonance.

Now fully dedicated to her artistic practice, Bénédicte Gelé explores the hor...

Baccalaureate in Applied Arts
Certificate in Visual Communication

MAIN EXHIBITIONS
2023
• Dutch Equine Art Fair - Living Horse Museum, Amsterdam – The Netherlands
• “Art & Horse Racing” Exhibition - Saint Wendred’s, Newmarket – UK
• Personal Exhibition "Atelier du Vivier" Gallery - Moret sur Loing – France

2022
• "Storytellers exhibition" Equine stories in art - Soest, The Netherlands

2021
• Art&Cavallo Exhibition at the Fieracavalli - Verona, Italy

2019
Art&Cavallo at the FieraCavalli – Verona, Italy
Trophée Carrare on the topic "Leonardo da Vinci" – Haras de St Lô, France
From Line To Dot, Ile d'Oléron, France
GMAC Chatou, France

2018
Grand Prix de la Ville de Talence 2018 - Bordeaux, France
Art & Haras 2018 - St Lô & Pompadour, France
Trophée Carrare on the topic "Le cheval de manège" – Haras de St Lô, France
Vermeer Centrum Delft - The Netherlands

2017
Expo 4 Art – Bordeaux (Fr)
Art Atlantic Show – La Rochelle (Fr)
Horse Exclusive Experience – Lisse, The Netherlands
Trophée Carrare on the topic "Tapisserie de Bayeux" – Haras de St Lô (Fr)

2016
• Salon du Petit Format - Saintes (Fr)
• Theatre Le Dôme - Saumur (Fr)
• Trophée Carrare - Haras National de St Lô (Fr)
• Solo Exhibition at La Maline - Ile de ré (Fr)

2015
• L'Art O'Carré - Orléans (Fr)

2014
• 22e Salon In...