Aurelie Freoua (b.1984, Paris) lives and works in London
Photograph: Richard Lipman
EDUCATION
2014 - 2016 MA Fine Art, University of the Arts, London
2015 Summer School, Slade School of Fine Art, London
2002 - 2007 Master of Science in Mathematics and Economics, Dauphine University, Paris
FORTHCOMING
2018 The Digital Maker Collective, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London, UK
2017 Grenfell Tower Auction, The K&C Foundation, Bonhams, London, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 ‘Symphony of Colours’, Space @ 50, Mayfair, London, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Colloquium ‘Art Cerveau Incertitude’ Lottery, Association Art Science Pensée,
Espace de l’Art Concret, Château de Mouans-Sartoux, France
2017 Focus LDN Contemporaries, Old Brompton Galleries, London, UK
2016 Focus LDN Winter Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London, UK
2016 The Satellite Art Show, Gallery Sensei, Art Basel, Miami, FL
2016 Open Studios, Make Space Studios, London, UK
2016 The Maverick Expo, Paris, France
2016 Noho Studios, London, UK
2016 MA Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
2016 Salon over Bowery, New York, NY
2016 ‘Spring Show’, Gallery Sensei, New York, NY
2015 The Maverick Expo, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, UK
2015 X Contemporary, Gallery Sensei, Miami, FL
2015 Salon Zürcher, Gallery Sensei, Paris, France
2015 Colloquium ‘Art Cerveau Le Double’ Lottery, Association Art Science Pensée,
Espace de l’Art Concret, Château de Mouans-Sartoux, France
2015 Open Studios, Make Space Studios, London, UK
2014 ‘Unstill Lives’, Center for Jewish Life (CJL), London, UK
2012 ‘Urban Karma’, MAAD Art Collective, London, UK
2011 Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair, Candid Arts Gallery, London, UK
PERFORMANCES
2017 Live Painting, Résonances, London Jazz Festival, Vortex Jazz Club, London, UK
2017 Live Painting, Erratic Scores, Vortex Jazz Club, London, UK
2016 Live Painting, Drawing Breath, London, UK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Echoing, Poetry Collection, Elliot Koubis, Ampersand Publishing, London, UK
2017 Nice Matin, 12th September 2017, Nice, France
2016 The Maverick Expo, The Dragon Press, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections in London, NY, Paris, Nice
AUCTIONS
2017 Vertu at Roseberys, online auction, London, UK
WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS
2017 The Digital Maker Collective, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London, UK
2014 Kaizen workshop with 14 artists led by Matt Roberts, Griffin Gallery, London, UK
Artist Statement
Painting is my way to express my ideas, to conceptualise my analysis and describe my perception of the world. Through my work, I try to question and study the notion of invisible. My intention is to catch the instant, extract the poetry and transcribe the indefinable and implicit emotions by giving them a visual dimension, a shape, a colour, a movement, a direction and by playing with contrasts and light. Our precious emotions become visible, almost palpable and their intensity can stay alive.
I want to paint this inner voice that we can hear, a breath, a feeling, an echo, the imperceptible impression and suggestion, the silence, this unconscious that we can’t control. I try to obtain a representation which is close to the initial and real feeling. In my abstract paintings, I attempt to create a rhythm and harmony making forms, lines and light sing and resonate all together. I channel the energy of the ideas going beyond our thoughts and link up the junctions with each other. Everything is ephemeral and in perpetual motion. My work aims at giving substance to the time going and defying the limits of consciousness. This deep exploration is my way to approach the truth and responds to a constant search for absolute. Every second and emotion become an infinite, a powerful source of inspiration and creation.