Thomas Pourcelot Wonsungee
LA VIEILLE LOYE, Kaohsiung, France
Born in France in 1979, Thomas Pourcelot returned to Taiwan in 2016 after three years spent in Riyad...
About the artist
Thomas Pourcelot Wonsungee
Joined In 2019
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About the artist
Thomas Pourcelot Wonsungee
Joined In 2019
(2 Followers)
ABOUT
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Born in France in 1979, Thomas Pourcelot returned to Taiwan in 2016 after three years spent in Riyadh. This stage in the Middle East can be added to the list of cities (Graz, Pointe-à-Pitre, Beijing, Seoul, and Kaohsiung) where he has lived during the last fifteen years. The artist often compares this itinerant mania to the "praise of flight" of Henri Laborit. Deconstructivism adapted to the real life, it is therefore a series of constructions, deconstructions and pragmatic regenerations which founded his life and career. Self-discovery, a quest for the meaning of his life, Thomas Pourcelot began painting as an escape from real life. Dichotomous personality and artist, torn between passion and reason, between conscious and unconscious desires, he asks himself how our choices are made as individuals and citizens, and tries to find a compromise between the two.
Inspired by modern art, contemporary art but also by primitive arts, his works have been gradually oriented towards "semi-automatism" and abstract expressionism. His studies have not led him to explore the arts or his techniques, he is a self-taught artist who relies more on his feelings than on the "culture of the spirit". Jean Jacques Rousseau said: "I have but one faithf...
- 2016-2017 - Solo Exhibition : « Conscious vs. Unconscious », Cultural Center of Kaohsiung. Curated by Mi Wei Gallery.
- 2017 - Group Exhibition : KNU Exhibition. curated by mi wei gallery and knu director.
- 2018 - Group Exhibition : Art Fair Taichung. curated by artnutri gallery.
- 2019 - Group Exhibition : Art Fair Kaohsiung. curated by mi wei gallery.
- 2018-2019 - Solo Exhibition : "Back to asia". The Way Gallery C..
- 2018-2019 - Solo Exhibition : "L'imaginaire collectif est une forme géométrique". Semicolon Gallery C..
- 2019 - Solo Exhibition : « Individuel et collectif » , The Way Gallery C.
- 2019 - Solo Exhibition : « Expansion », Semicolon Gallery C.
- 2019 - Solo exhibition : "L'imaginaire collectif est une forme géometrique". Alliance Française de Taiwan.