Florence Laurent Minouflet

Florence Laurent Minouflet (b. 1968) is a French painter living nearby the Mediterranean sea. Since infancy , art is her passion. Self-taught painter she has followed many workshops with renowned painters. She was trained in landscapes painting by Brian Blood, one of California’s most important "plein air" impressionist artists. She studied still lifes and live models drawing with Estelle Lacombe, seasonned local painter nearby Montpellier. She also practiced watercolor with one of the most famous French watercolorist and author, Maryse Demay. She has been part of a six years workshop with Marielle Dormoy, sculptor and painter.
After confirming her skillset with realistic figuration paintings in her early years, she spent the last ten years creating and perfecting her own technique. A personal approach between surrealism and expressionism. The work is carried out in a first stage by freeing herself from reason, letting instinct give a great freedom to the gesture. In a second step, a reflection gives meaning to the shapes, colors and traces present. She deconstructs or reconstructs the composition, gives depth, works the nuances with glazing medium. While adding texture, color, and complexity to the painting, the subject appears...

Several courses with renowned artists : drawing, pastels, watercolor, oil and acrylic painting, clay modeling.
Art History Classes (landscapes) at Paul Valery University, Montpellier III.

Other education:
Master in Chemistry (1991)
PhD in Material Science (1995)
Asset Management Consultant (2014-2018)

Florence Laurent exhibits regularly in regional Art shows.

Personal exhibitions
2020 ( 2 months) Office Notarial de Baillargues (34)
2016 (1 month) Bibliothèque de Sussargues (34)
2013 à 2020 Portes ouvertes d'atelier, Sussargues (34)


Collective exhibitions
fev-mars 2021 Galerie l'Artesan, Montpellier (34)
fev-mars 2021 Polyclinique de Sète (34)
Janvier 2021 Office Notarial de Baillargues (34)
juin 2020 Place aux arts, Montpellier (34)
mai 2020 (1 mois) Galerie La Fabrik, Sommières (30)
mars 2020 Salon ART3f Toulouse (31)
2019 Portes ouvertes La Ruche, Castelnau le Lez (34)
2018 Portes ouvertes La Ruche, Castelnau le Lez (34)
2017 Portes ouvertes La Ruche, Castelnau le Lez (34)
2016 Portes ouvertes La Ruche, Castelnau le Lez (34)
2016 Salon Pyramid'Arts, La Grande Motte (34)
2015 Portes ouvertes La Ruche, Castelnau le Lez (34)
2015 Place aux arts, Montpellier (34)
2014 Printemps des Artistes, Sussargues (34)
2014 Portes ouvertes La Ruche, Castelnau le Lez (34)
2013 Les Portes de l'art, Montferrier sur Lez (34)
2013 Domaine de la Tour, Nébian (34)
2013 Salon Pyramid'Arts, La Grande Motte (34)
2012 Portes ouvertes La Ruche, Castelnau le Lez (34)
2011 Portes ouvertes La Ruche, Castelnau le Lez (34)
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