Muriel Le Pair

Lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

I am fascinated by the moment of recognition; the glimpse that is enough to recognise someone from miles away.
Since 2005 I have been painting the same person over and over again. In endless repetition.
Painting the same person over and over again gives me the freedom to explore the texture of oil paint, color, material away from the subject and at the same time the painting are interacting with each other. Within this subseries have emerged: standing portraits, the sailing series and resized series.

In the sailing series my passion for sailing, the subject and the material and light on the water all come together. I am searching for an open touch, balancing on the thin line between detail and painting stroke. My paintings might sometimes look fastly painted sometimes almost unfinished they are certainly not. This is a look I carefully aim at, working with oil paint is a slow process, in reality it takes weeks sometimes months to complete a painting.

Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU), Autonome Vormgeving (1989 - 1994)

Nominee Royal Award for Modern Painting (2002, 2000, 1996, 1995)
Nominee ArtOlive artprice (2000)

Francis Boeske Projects and Nieuw Dakota Amsterdam, SummerShow (2017)
Tekenkabinet 'in de Huiskamer' Amsterdam (2016)
Francis Boeske Projects and Nieuw Dakota Amsterdam, SummerShow (2016)
Nieuw Dakota Amsterdam, Tekenkabinet 'DRAWING FRONT' (2016)
Francis Boeske Projects and Nieuw Dakota Amsterdam, SummerShow (2015)
AAN (Art Amsterdam Noord) Amsterdam (2012)
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 15 minutes of Fame (2007)
Bagagehal Loods 6 Amsterdam, De Verborgen Lente (2007)
3d Art Gallery, virtual 3d exhibition www.3dartgallery.nl
Gallery Dje-art Ankeveen (2003)
Gallery 300procent Schiedam, Close at a distance (2003)
Gallery Dje-art Amsterdam (2002)
Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam, ArtOlive artprice (2000)
CBL Amsterdam (1998)
W139 Amsterdam, Wat de Koningin ook mag zien (1995)