Stéphanie De Malherbe

Painting is for me a necessity. I have an urge to express in a pictorial way things I see or feel and that touches me or transmits beauty.

I like to start each painting as though it was something new, guided by my intuition, often led at first by colours, launch the work in a spontaneous way, depending on the place and moment I'm in.
I do hope my work can show a glimpse of the beauty I see in my everyday life, even with it's nostalgic moments at times.

My main inspiration is everyday day life, my family and the landscapes I have around where I live and work . It can also be a scene in the street, a picture I saw or took, an emotion I lived.
I'm also fascinated by portraits and have been lucky to have had many commissions, and still do.
Trying to catch something of the soul of the model is what I find so interesting and unique.

The painters that inspire me most are the Nabis, especially Vuillard and Bonnard.
I also admire Fauve painters and then I like Basquiat for his strong graphic lines, Helene Schjerfbeck for the way she simplifies volumes, Chagall for expressing what he feels and believes, Matisse for his motives and freedom..and so many others..

- Master degree in graphic design with honours at Penninghen (E.S.AG. : Ecole Supérieure d'Art Graphique) in Paris - France
- Etching course in San Lorenzo de El Escorial Spain
- Painting course with mexican painter Gilberto Aceves Navarro
Worked with Jean-Paul Gaultier in Paris, in charge of designing his publicities in Magazines, invitations for fashion shows, and JPG costumes ideas in sketches, for exemple for the film "the 5th Element" de Luc Besson

Château de Villandry - 15th of March to 15th of July 2025
Villandry Loire Valley France

Galerie de l'Europe 55 rue de Seine 75006 Paris from the 1rst to the 13th of October 2024

Galerie La PhARTmacie en La Chartre-sur-le-Loir 72340 in France - July 2024

Galerie de l'Europe 55 rue de Seine 75006 Paris 13th to 26th of November 2023

The Other Art Fair Brooklyn - New York 18-21st of May 2023

ART MADRID art fair at Galeria de Cristal del Palacio de Cibeles 23-27 of February 2023

GROUP EXHIBITION Uxval Gochez Gallery Barcelona November 22

Galerie de l'Europe Paris September 2022 Solo

Arundel Contemporary Gallery UK November 2022 Solo

Galerie de l'Europe Paris September 2021 solo

Galerie Claire LL, Senlis, France September 2020

Galerie de l'Europe Paris September 2020 solo

Galerie de l'Europe Paris in March 2020 (canceled because of lockdown)

" Art For Youth" Mall Galleries Mall in London UK Octobre 2019

The Other Art Fair London presented by SaatchiArt October 2019 Victoria House London UK

Galerie de l'EUROPE PARIS June 2019 solo

Puls'Art (international Art Manifestation of contemporary art) in Le Mans May 2019

Hotel Gouin in 37000 Tours November 2018

La Grange Dîmière 72500 Chenu November 2018 solo

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