Le baiser, 2019

Adélaïde Leferme  

Born in 1983 in Le Havre, France Lives and works between Maison Lafitte and Normandy, France

A visual artist with a degree from Beaux-Arts in Le Havre (France), Adelaïde Leferme creates a unique universe that intrigues as much as it questions. Combining paint, natural pigments and even gold leaf, his work revisits the classic, both in its myths and in its forms, thus adding a touch of mysticism to reality and the contemporary. Testifying to a meticulous analysis of the living and its environment, as well as a great mastery of the painted gesture, his work, more than revisiting the classic, rehabilitates it in the field of the contemporary for which it becomes tools of sublimation. The rider playing polo then appears as the modern allegory of honor and courage, in the manner of chivalric painting, just as the landscape becomes a symbol of Arcadia or the woman, a contemporary adaptation of the classic nymph. Through these constant exchanges between classic and contemporary, Adelaïde Leferme broadens the field of possibilities, both of the imagination and of reality, making her works true odes to the present -- a time worthy of being dreamed of and whose protagonists are rise to the rank of heroes. Not unlike the verses of Baudelaire, his paintings appear as a multitude of invitations to travel, whose richness of colors and materials used open a window onto an imagination where everything would be order and beauty, calm luxury and voluptuousness. . His works have been the subject of various personal and group exhibitions, notably at the Galerie Hélène Nougaro (Paris, France) or the Galerie Atelier 36 (Houilles, France). His work has also been exhibited as part of various cultural events such as Le Salon des Indépendants (Paris, France), Le Salon d'Automne (Paris, France) and the Biennale Couleur et Forme (Mesnil-le-Roi, France). ).

Continuing her artistic approach, Adelaïde Leferme develops research work around the material. With Mirrors (2023), she explores the qualities of Like Mirror, a reflective and flexible fiber, allowing the optical effect of a mirror to be recreated identically. Diverting the traditional pictorial support -- through compositions whose appearance lies on the border between painting and stained glass -- this series summons a multitude of languages, mixing abstraction and figuration, empty and full or even drawn lines and painting gesture. Pushing the limits between reality and imagination, each work then establishes a form of permeability between the composition and the external world, which becomes, in turn, a full-fledged actor in the representation. Through this play of material and perception, Adelaïde Leferme creates living works, whose nature of constitution makes them both theaters and mirrors of the contemporary world.

The particularity of the Like Mirror lies in its ability to adapt to different shapes and scales. Thus, in the continuity of her research, Adélaïde Leferme was invited to create, within Tower A of the Cœur Défense, a monumental installation testifying to the multiple facets of this material. In resonance with the interior architecture of the place, the artist designed a fifteen meter high mirror, decorated with a delicate pictorial composition, reminiscent of the plant fibers which inhabit the walls of the building.

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TRAINING

2008 Master in cultural engineering, Agency, European Cultural Management, Paris, France

2007 Master of Interior Architecture, MJM Graphic Design School, Paris, France

2006 Master Scenography, Decoration and Interior Architecture, Camondo School, Paris, France

2004 National Diploma in Plastic Arts, Fine Arts, Le Havre, France

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2023 Itinérance [duo show with Marie Louis Sorbac], Galerie Choiseul, Paris, France Chronicle of an Indian Summer, Paris, France

Art & Horses, Deauville Racecourse, France

Reflections, Feng Shang Gallery, Reims, France

On 100 fish, Joaillerie Courbet, Paris, France

2022 Mythologies [duo show with Laurence Lipskind], Hilton Hotel, Paris, France

Art & Horses, Domaine de Chantilly, France French luxury, Chamberlan Showroom, Paris, France

Horse spirits - Art & Horses [duo show with Franck Hebert], Galerie Atelier 36, Houilles, France

2021 Cosmologies, Hilton Hotel, Paris La Défense, France

L'Eden, Le Tastevin Restaurant Etoile, Maisons-Laffitte, France

2019 Shamanisms and Legends, Galerie Atelier 36, Houilles, France Hotel Crayon, Paris, France

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2024 Salon des independants, Art Capital, Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris, France

120 years of the Salon d'Automne, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France

2023 Local artists fair, La Graineterie, Houilles, France

Lille Grand Palais, with the Feng Shang Gallery, Lille, France

The Mirror Hour, Galerie Choiseul, Paris, France

Raal art, La Louvière, Belgium

The art of being a woman - 3rd edition, La Villa des Arts, Lisieux, France

2022 Local artists fair, La Graineterie, Houilles, France

Artivism, Aqua Art Miami Art Fairs, Miami, United States

Color and Form Biennial, Mesnil-le-Roi, France

Salon des Indépendants, Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris, France

Art & Diamonds, Diamantaire Courbet, Paris, France

Art Shopping, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France

2021 Art our language, Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris, France

The Tyranny of Pleasure, contemporary art and pop art, Galerie Nougaro, Paris, France

2020 Langue au chat, Ordalie, Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris, France

Séléne, Les Mythologies, Salon d'Automne, Paris Arty show Act III, Drouot Online, Paris, France

2019 Arty Show Act III, Galerie Jaekin, Paris, France

2018 Contemporary Art and emerging artists, Big City Peniche, Sartrouville, France