Allison Depriestre

Born in Belgium 1986 /// Artist, Makeup Artist & Studio Hairstylist ///
Studios in Belgium & Paris ///
Trained as a makeup artist, Allison Depriestre is a self-taught painter who recently started to express her fresh and creative personality through her art.

She paints using the unique skills she spent years mastering as a makeup artist, channelling her emotions into colourful paintings while inspiring others to enjoy art in a childlike way.

Living between Paris, Brussels and Los Angeles for the past 10 years, and travelling extensively for her job as a hair & makeup artist, Allison mostly gets her inspiration from her travels, from city life to breathtaking nature sceneries.

Heavily influenced by the ’70s-’80s aesthetic, she dreams in Kodachrome but paints in acrylic & makeup, using mixed media to best express her peaceful but meaningful views of the world.
Her palette is colorful yet fresh, daring yet quiet. Always exploring, her profession as a make-up artist and her profession as an artist remain inextricably entwined.

As a traveller and lover of History and Architecture, Allison has always been attracted to the beauty of imperfect, cracked walls with fading colors, especially in ancient architecture, from ...