Gilles Chambon

At a time when many artists are abandoning their brushes and easels for visual expressions that are subject to current fashions, G.C. continues to believe in the poetic power of figurative painting. He defines himself as a craftsman of the imagination and advocates for an artistic modernity that embraces the concordance of the times.

Gilles Chambon's first paintings, in the 1980s, were watercolors depicting fantastical cities (some are reproduced in the philosophical science-fiction tale Souvenirs d'Antillia, which he published in 2007). He then devoted himself more to oil painting, in larger formats: portraits, landscapes, lived memories, and above all, surrealist-inspired compositions that playfully reinterpret some of the great subjects of classical painting, such as the Annunciation, the Transfiguration, the Entry into Jerusalem, and Luncheon on the Grass. At the same time, he also produces thematic series of quick drawings on paper, using Indian ink, watercolor, or oil paint.

Gilles Chambon readily acknowledges his ties to Surrealism in general and to Dali et Chirico in particular. He is currently working on "synchronistic" painting (referring to C.G. Jung's synchronicity), which brings together fragments and reminiscences o...

architect and painter

PAINTING EXHIBITIONS
2025, Salon of French Artists and In Situ, Grand Palais, Art Capital, Paris
2024, Participation in the Salon d'Automne, Champs-Élysées, Paris
2024, Salon of French Artists, Grand Palais éphémère, Paris
2024, Participation in the Salon d'Automne, Grande Halle de La Villette
2023, Participation in the 108th Salon of the French School, Versailles
2023, Participation in the DF Art Project exhibition, Parc Floral de Vincennes
2023, "From Imaginary Cities to Synchronistic Painting", solo exhibition at the Théâtre Liburnia, Libourne
2023, "The Concordance of Times", solo exhibition at the Henri Le Fauconnier Gallery, Hôtel de Ville d'Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais
2023, Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris
2022, Selected for the Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris
2021, Participation in the 118th Salon d'Automne, Champs-Élysées, Paris
2020 / 2021, Exhibition "Retrospective, Imaginary Cities in Synchronistic Painting" (paintings by G. Chambon), art studio erewhon, 17 rue Fonneuve, Libourne
2020, Participation in the 230th Salon of French Artists, Grand Palais, Paris
2019, Synchronistic paintings by Gilles Chambon, exhibition 17 rue Fonneuve Libourne
2019, Participation in the 229th Salon of Fre...