Acko Laurinn

Acko (born 1961 in Paris, France) is a French artist who lives in Paris.
Her approach playfully desecrates the nobility of oil painting gold and silver leaves, by bringing in recycled elements. We penetrate into a parallel universe where the moment is manipulated, deformed, dramatized and enriched by the combination of materials, shapes and colors.

During the winters from 2004 to 2007 she moved her studio to Vietnam. Throughout this period her work was thematically influenced by the lunar calendar. Chinese Zodiac figures are portrayed on the canvas. She transforms the buffalo to take the form of “Buffalo Girl” termed the Bufflette, Bubala or Bubalita.

Acko erects facetious figures right in their boots. The horned imaginary personage comes to life through whimsical collage. It is through this technique of building and layering that allows us to enter their soul.

Bubalas and their variations represent an alter ego for Acko. They are constantly morphing and evolving as the body of work develops. They take center stage to engage the viewer in an intimate offbeat vision of the world.

Acko’s work constantly questions through an interplay of pictorial gestures and words. While using ideograms during and after her Ho Chi Minh C...

Everlasting exhibiting :

since 2000 : Galerie Page - 37 rue Mazagran - 64200 Biarritz - www.galeriepage-biarritz.com

since 1997 : Galerie L’Atelier Audibert - 130 avenue de Verdun - 91550 Paray-Vieille-Poste


Solo and group exhibitions:

2015 :
- Visages – métal – personnal exhibition – Espace Côté Est – Romainville

2014 :
- Stern-Pissarro Gallery - 66 St James’s Street – London SW1A 1NE
- Galerie Vivendi - 28 place des Vosges - 75003 Paris- www.Vivendi-gallery.com

2013 :
- Cultural Center Espace Louise Michel – Les Lilas – duo exhibition with Suhail Shaikh’s mobiles
- Pan Piper – Paris XI – solo exhibition
- Galerie Vivendi
- Stern-Pissarro Gallery
- Galerie Gollong – 59 rue Grande - 06570 Saint-Paul de Vence
- « In a new light » canvas for the Kajdan Rough Trio’s cd jacket

2012:
- International Festival Art Saône et Loire – group exhibition
- Solo exhibition - Galerie L’Atelier Audibert
- Galerie Vivendi
- Stern-Pissarro Gallery
- Galerie Gollong – 59 rue Grande - 06570 Saint-Paul de Vence


2011 :
- Group exhibition Lar2convaincre – Côté Est - Romainville
- Art Contemporary Gallery Croissant – Bruxelles
- Galerie Lavagna - 46 rue Grande - 06570 Saint-Paul de Vence
- Gale...