Sophie Gaiardo

Painting and drawing to reveal presence and emotion.
For more twenty years, my work has explored the dialogue between inner life and the outer world, between strength and delicacy.
As a painter, I first embraced large abstract landscapes on canvas, created with the palette knife, where the energy of gesture and the vibration of color reflect a direct connection to nature and space.
Today, I return to my first passion : drawing and watercolor. Inspired by the aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance, my graphite and ink portraits reveal another dimension of my research-intimacy, contemplation, and serenity.
Each medium becomes a different voice to express the same quest : how to translate presence and emotion through matter, light and line.

Graduate of the Ecole de Dessin Technique et Artistique Art School in Paris.

My paintings are found in private collections in France, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, United States...
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