Virginie Gallois

Roubaix, France

About Virginie Gallois

I paint imaginary, graphic and pictorial spaces. Chaotic and/or organized microcosms, these "landscapes" reveal the multitude, the profusion. I describe a metaphorical world that seems to come from the infinitely small. I am interested in the notion of cycle, the existence, the nature, the strength of the living. I quote the 4 elements in my painting and I leave a great place to water as a formal prism and as a medium to better see and represent. The definition of a chromatic scale may be a starting point, the puddle always a beginning. Water distorts, water transforms, source of life, or death, it says everything and its opposite. To paint is for me an initiatory journey in the heart of life, a testimony even a proof of life. Through these landscapes revealed by the "magnifying mirror" of the puddle of paint, I ask questions, I show, I inspire myself and I develop. Sharing the work that results from this confrontation with the act of creating is for me exhilarating because it is one of the rare occasions of true meeting. http://virginiegallois.com

Education:

Ecole supérieure des Beaux Arts de Tourcoing :
DNSEP 2008
DNAP 2006

D.E.U.G Arts Plastiques
Université de LILLE (LILLE III) 2004

Exhibitions:

Permanently in gallery Espace Dubart, Lille, France.

Group Exhibitions
2018. "Color addict" (paintings and drawings), Galerie le 56, Nantes, France / 2017. LA LIGNE 1418, « Penser » la blessure, une étape sur la ligne de front nord-ouest de la guerre 14 18 (installation), Galerie Studio, Oostende, Belgique / Le trait, la ligne, un point c’est tout (Painting), Galerie le 56, Nantes, France / 2016. Paintings. POAA (Paintings, drawings), Roubaix, France / LA LIGNE 1418, « Penser la blessure », a step on the WW1’s west frontline in France (installation), Ploegsteert, Belgique / Rendez-vous avec la matière, (Paintings, drawings) G C Bontoux, Mouvaux, France //2015. POAA (Paintings, drawings) Roubaix, France / LA LIGNE 1418, « Penser » la blessure, a step on the WW1’s west frontline in France (installation), Aubers, France (Mai), Wardhurst, England (Août), Kortrijk, Belgium (Sept) Roubaix, France (Oct), Lille, France (Oct ), Marquillies, France (Nov) // 2014. LA LIGNE 1418, « Penser » la blessure, a step on the WW1’s west frontline in France (installation), Herlies (Oct), Escaupont (Nov), Avelin (Nov/ Dec) (France) / European Artists in NY (Paintings), Gallery 69 (with Group Camaver Kunsthaus), New York, USA / The New Collectors Book Selection (Painting), N.W Gallery, Basak Mallone LLC, New York, USA // 2013. Swiftness.Stillness (Drawings and paintings), The Lloyd Gill Gallery, Weston-super-Mare, UK / Farben Beats (Drawings ans paintings), Marzia Frozen Gallery, Berlin, Germany / Pas perdus. (Installation, vidéo, photography, drawing, painting) Collectif ap’ic., Lille, France // 2012. Sauf le mouton noir (installation, video, painting, drawing). Festival du Touquet, Trophée Alain Godon, Le Tourquet, France / Entre deux portes (In situ Installation), Lille, France // 2011. Constellation (In situ Installation drawings digitally printed), Tourcoing, France / Hors-Cadre (Installation, video, photography, drawing), Lille, France / 2010. Nerfs (photography, digital drawing), Lille, France . Sauf le mouton noir, pour Mises en marche, (installation, video, painting, drawing), Roubaix, Lillle, France // 2008. Burlesk? (Paintings), Gallery De Rinck, Brussels, Belgium / Confusion (Paintings), Lille, France // 2006. l’Art Nomade (In-situ installation), Lille, France / Les Contraintes du Lieu (Paintings), Tourcoing, France.
2016. Peintures et dessins : (Paintings, drawings), Centre Hospitalier, Roubaix, 04/16-05/31, France. // 2008 . Hors-Limites (Painting, drawing and video), Tourcoing, France //2006 . Superpositions. (Paintings, vidéo), Tourcoing, France

Solo exhibitions
2017. paintings/Drawings, Endo Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France. // 2016. paintings/Drawings, Centre Hospitalier, Roubaix, 04/16-05/31, France. // 2008 . Hors-Limites (Painting, drawing and video), Tourcoing, France //2006 . Superpositions. (Paintings, vidéo), Tourcoing, France

Publications

2014. La Ligne 14 18 Arras-Ypres. Encres et peintures, Virginie Gallois / Photographies, Laurent Mayeux. Editions Degeorge. ISBN 978-2-916992-24-2