Sofigael M

Sophie-Gaëlle Martin, or Sofigael M., is a French contemporary multidisciplinary artist, working as a painter, poet, and visual creator.

In line with narrative figuration, her surreal oil paintings - social critiques infused with dark humor - are nourished by pop culture and the visual language of the 1970s and 1980s.

“Nothing will ever be the same again.” Through scenes combining surrealism and symbolism, she explores existential anxiety and captures the tipping point of intimate dramas or collective catastrophes.

Her bittersweet visual narratives, defined by precise lines and vivid, contrasting colors, portray disillusioned figures whose gazes are haunted by tragic events. Resilient, her heroines and heroes nonetheless retain that defiant and sensual “No Future” attitude inherited from the late 20th century.

By confronting her characters with the collapse of systemic or psychological structures that once sustained a form of alienation, she examines the human psyche and its search for meaning. She questions notions of belief and irrationality, exploring liminal states and cognitive threshold spaces, at the boundary of reality, between projection and perception.

Her work has been recognized internationally: in 2025, she was tw...

Passionate about drawing from an early age, Sophie-Gaëlle attended classes at the Fine Arts School of her hometown as a teenager, while simultaneously training in photography.

She holds a postgraduate degree (Master’s equivalent) in Business Management as well as a Master’s degree in Administration and Applied Economics. For several years in Paris, she worked as a senior executive in digital communication and as an institutional photographer.

In 2022, Sofigael M. discovered in oil painting a liberating space where reflections on reality, critical thinking, and philosophical inquiry converge. Painting immediately became a vital necessity for her.

Driven by the desire to reconnect fully with artistic creation, Sophie-Gaëlle marked a major turning point in her journey in 2024: she resumed studies in graphic design and decided to dedicate herself to developing her practice as a painter.

Group Exhibition "A Bit of Men" - March 31, 2025 - May 30, 2025

Le Cube Coworking Montalivet, 25 Boulevard du Front de Mer, 33930 Vendays-Montalivet - FRANCE