Eric Gendreau

Eric Gendreau is a French visual sociographer and painter based in Brittany. His practice begins with photographic observation: a fleeting moment, an ordinary interaction or a particular social situation is captured, digitally simplified and reorganised, then translated into acrylic paint.

Neither conventional photography nor a literal reproduction of reality, his work develops a hybrid visual language in which colour, fragmented forms and carefully constructed compositions reveal the human relationships contained within everyday scenes.

Before devoting himself fully to art, Gendreau worked for twenty-five years as a dental ceramicist, thirty years as a vocational educator and fifteen years as a director of social and medical-social institutions. These experiences continue to inform his attention to people, gestures and social bonds.

His guiding principle is: “Painting humanity, cherishing connection.”

Self-taught artist. Artistic practice developed continuously since 1993 through painting, photography, digital image processing and large-scale mural projects. His professional background in dental ceramics, vocational education and the social and medical-social sector has shaped both the technical precision and the human focus of his work.

2025 — Group exhibition, Galerie Greendau, Brittany, France
2024 — Group exhibition, Galerie Greendau, Brittany, France
2024–2025 — Permanent exhibiting artist, Galerie Greendau, Brittany, France
2021 — Solo exhibition, L’Envol Cultural Centre, Martigné-Ferchaud, France
2019 — Solo exhibition, La Salorge Cultural Centre, La Guerche-de-Bretagne, France
Since 1993 — Numerous exhibitions and artistic projects in cultural venues, healthcare institutions, social organisations and professional settings in France