Virginie Landais

I have always found solace in artistic expression. Painting has been a means of escaping reality since I was a child.
From an early age, I have been drawn to the darkness of fairy tales and I think it translates into my work. It is infused with a profound melancholy and often explores the theme of lost childhood.
I mainly paint what I like to call « secret gardens » and portraits of women imbued with a sense of nostalgia. They often appear as spectral apparitions, present and absent at the same time.Their blurriness echoes the fading of our memories and fantasies as time goes by. Some of my work even verge on abstraction when the vision becomes too distant. They are a dream-like nod to the elusive nature of the human experience.

After finishing high school, I studied art history at La Sorbonne and fashion design at Studio Berçot. This led me to work as a fashion designer, a picture researcher and a fashion design teacher.

MARCH 7-10th 2024
The Other Art Fair, Brick Lane, London
MARCH 6-9th 2025
The Other Art Fair, Brick Lane, London