I am a French artist living and working between France and California.

My primary medium is painting, working mostly with oil on wood but also on paper. I paint abstractly, exploring the idea of what a soul might look like if it were visible. At the core of my practice is the recognition that memories are fleeting—traces that accumulate over time, forming a patina that shapes who we are. My work is an attempt to capture and render this patina in visual form.

Deeply influenced by Japanese aesthetic philosophies, I reflect on impermanence, imperfection, and the passage of time. Over the years, I have studied concepts such as Wabi-Sabi, Mono No Aware, Yūgen, and Shibui—principles that celebrate transience and the quiet beauty of the ephemeral. These ideas continue to nourish my work, and evolve as I deepen my understanding.

I find inspiration in surfaces marked by decay, erosion, and wear—textures often dismissed as imperfections but which, to me, hold a quiet beauty. These marks, like memories, tell stories of time passing. My process mirrors this by layering paint, then partially removing it, allowing traces to accumulate organically. What remains is a visual echo of memory and transformation—an abstract reflection of inner states.

For nearly two decades, I have explored memory as a central theme, examining how we create, retain, and lose fragments of experience. Through different series—silence, doubt, conversation, solitude—I continue to investigate how memory shapes identity, much like layers of paint building upon a surface.

I embrace the fleeting nature of life and the emotions that often remain unseen. As a highly visual person, I am drawn to aesthetics that remind us of transience. The way time inscribes itself onto surfaces—through cracks, stains, and wear—serves as both inspiration and metaphor, a quiet testament to the invisible forces that shape us.

Awards

  • 2024: Faben Artist Fund award

  • 2021: Victor Jacoby award

  • 2013: RAA Juried showprize for the work: Facing Consequences

  • 2011: MiaBo Foundation Merit Award for Contribution to the Arts

  • 2010: Keet TV /Ink people for the Arts/Fetzer institute for peace. First in show prize for “The moment before forgiveness” Exhibit titled” Love and compassion in Art”