Sofigael M

Child of Generation X, Sophie-Gaëlle Martin, or Sofigael M., is a visual artist from the Paris region - painter and illustrator - born in 1974 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, on France’s Opal Coast.

SURREALISM & CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVE ART

The artist grew up during the Disco, New Wave, and Punk explosion, with a soundtrack ranging from The Supremes and The Alan Parsons Project to Blondie, Depeche Mode, and David Bowie. Her bittersweet graphic stories, marked by clean lines and pop colors reminiscent of 1970s-80s design, depict disillusioned characters, their haunted gazes hinting at tragic, untold adventures.

Through surreal scenes with an illusory lightness, the artist explores liminality - those peaceful, unaware moments just before tragedy strikes.

EXTRASOLAR UTOPIAS

A self-taught cosmologist raised on science fiction and deeply fascinated by space and quantum physics, the artist - an avid traveler and lover of tropical landscapes - pushes the notion of exoticism to its limits in her electrified extrasolar worlds.

THE ART OF THE END OF THE WORLD

The danger is present, catastrophe is imminent, the drama is coming. Tsunami or drought, alien invasion, a plane crash at the end of a holiday, or unseen threats lurking - rapists, prowle...

Sofigael M. has had a passion for drawing since she was a child. As a teenager, she took classes at the local School of Fine Arts, as well as lessons of photography.

After obtaining a master's degree in Economics and Business administration from the University of Lille, she moved to Paris. She returned to graphic design and photography thanks to a job in visual and digital communications.

Finding, moreover, in oil painting and illustration, a happy way to express his creativity and his taste for drawing, the artist resumed studies in Bachelor of Graphic and Digital Design and decided to specialize his activity in visual art.

Sofigael M. was awarded a place as a finalist in the major international painting competition TARTGET PRIZE 2025.

She was also awarded the certificate of artistic merit from the Luxembourg Art Prize 2024, during her participation in the international selection.

Group Exhibition "A Bit of Men" - March 31, 2025 - May 30, 2025

Le Cube Coworking Montalivet, 25 Boulevard du Front de Mer, 33930 Vendays-Montalivet - FRANCE