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Hoel Gwern is a French artist born in 1969 who lives and works in Brittany. A training at the Beaux-Arts in Nantes and then a multidisciplinary practice of the arts have made it possible to develop a plastic approach nourished by very diverse inspirations, from the primitive arts to contemporary works.

Practicing mainly painting, drawing and engraving, his artistic universe explores the relationship of the figure to the landscape, whether informal, or a spontaneous expression of color and matter, on the wire between abstraction and representation.

Silhouettes cross landscapes, are themselves moving landscapes evoking walking, running or dancing. A mise-en-abîme of the figure as a receptacle and mirror of the environment traveled through evokes other territories where forms occur. The movement traces a wake, an imprint left in the flesh of space, the ground or the air. The body is the place of passage, carrying mineral, sand or wind adventures, here everything is invisible displacement, silent surveyor of an imaginary world.

The material is abstracted in its representation, the body in the expression of its contours, it is a page where the color, the curves or the angles of rocks are described. The flat areas are lakes, salars*, the roughness of the mountains or simple signs dancing in the painting… the shadow of a moment cut by the light and extracted from the surface towards a motionless journey.

With a predilection for painting and oil mediums, he also uses acrylics, markers, impastos, with a contrasting use of textures and color chords.

The drawings are made by mixing techniques, charcoal, black chalk, lead pencil, watercolor pencils. Drawings in oil, ink and watercolor on prepared papers as well as woodcuts allow further explorations of the themes in which the work is inscribed.

Exhibiting regularly in Brittany, he is open to artistic collaborations, individual and collective exhibitions. Its website allows a global visualization of the work and its different approaches.

*Salar: salt desert


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All artworks of Hoel Gwern
Painting, Melt 1, Hoel Gwern

Melt 1

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 115 x 76 x 5 cm

$1,412

Fine Art Drawings, Geogram, Hoel Gwern

Geogram

Hoel Gwern

Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 14 x 0.2 cm

$203

Painting, Traversée, Hoel Gwern

Traversée

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 81 x 68 x 2 cm

$903

Painting, Séquence, Hoel Gwern

Séquence

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 100 x 190 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Entre les fleuves, Hoel Gwern

Entre les fleuves

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm

$903

Painting, Figure, Hoel Gwern

Figure

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$1,525

Painting, Course1, Hoel Gwern

Course1

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm

$565

Painting, Dispersion, Hoel Gwern

Dispersion

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 50 x 80 cm

$960

Painting, Patchwork 2, Hoel Gwern

Patchwork 2

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm

$678

Painting, Marches, Hoel Gwern

Marches

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm

$678

Painting, Nomenclature, Hoel Gwern

Nomenclature

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 208 x 170 x 5 cm

$2,597

Painting, Oscillation, Hoel Gwern

Oscillation

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 20 x 40 x 2 cm

$361

Painting, Croisement, Hoel Gwern

Croisement

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 38 x 46 cm

$452

Painting, Lave, Hoel Gwern

Lave

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 22 x 28 x 0.3 cm

$271

Fine Art Drawings, Geogram 5, Hoel Gwern

Geogram 5

Hoel Gwern

Fine Art Drawings - 19.6 x 17.8 x 0.2 cm

$203

Fine Art Drawings, Geogram 4, Hoel Gwern

Geogram 4

Hoel Gwern

Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 15.3 x 0.2 cm

$203

Painting, Feura, Hoel Gwern

Feura

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm

$429

Fine Art Drawings, Geogram 2, Hoel Gwern

Geogram 2

Hoel Gwern

Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 14 x 0.2 cm

$203

Painting, Reflux, Hoel Gwern

Reflux

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 27 x 41 x 0.5 cm

$339

Painting, Citadelle, Hoel Gwern

Citadelle

Hoel Gwern

Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm

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Who is the artist?

Hoel Gwern is a French artist born in 1969 who lives and works in Brittany. A training at the Beaux-Arts in Nantes and then a multidisciplinary practice of the arts have made it possible to develop a plastic approach nourished by very diverse inspirations, from the primitive arts to contemporary works.

Practicing mainly painting, drawing and engraving, his artistic universe explores the relationship of the figure to the landscape, whether informal, or a spontaneous expression of color and matter, on the wire between abstraction and representation.

Silhouettes cross landscapes, are themselves moving landscapes evoking walking, running or dancing. A mise-en-abîme of the figure as a receptacle and mirror of the environment traveled through evokes other territories where forms occur. The movement traces a wake, an imprint left in the flesh of space, the ground or the air. The body is the place of passage, carrying mineral, sand or wind adventures, here everything is invisible displacement, silent surveyor of an imaginary world.

The material is abstracted in its representation, the body in the expression of its contours, it is a page where the color, the curves or the angles of rocks are described. The flat areas are lakes, salars*, the roughness of the mountains or simple signs dancing in the painting… the shadow of a moment cut by the light and extracted from the surface towards a motionless journey.

With a predilection for painting and oil mediums, he also uses acrylics, markers, impastos, with a contrasting use of textures and color chords.

The drawings are made by mixing techniques, charcoal, black chalk, lead pencil, watercolor pencils. Drawings in oil, ink and watercolor on prepared papers as well as woodcuts allow further explorations of the themes in which the work is inscribed.

Exhibiting regularly in Brittany, he is open to artistic collaborations, individual and collective exhibitions. Its website allows a global visualization of the work and its different approaches.

*Salar: salt desert

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When was Hoel Gwern born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1969