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Alexandre Lenoir

Alexandre Lenoir is a French painter born in 1992. Lenoir's work explores the versatility of the painted image from reworked personal photographs. The landscapes or characters gradually become emblematic shapes, a poetic elsewhere as familiar as a dream, a myth, or a memory, where abstraction meets reality. Its variations on evocative forms reveal themselves without allowing us to fully anticipate the final image. 

The image appears slowly with protocols of mechanical gestures imagined by Alexandre and realized over weeks or even months: tape masking, multiple layers of washes, until the paint impregnates the surface according to the "accidents" the painter deliberately engineers. Through a uniquely performative and intuitive gesture, the aquatic, mineral and vegetative elements of Lenoir’s paintings take on a spiritual dimension. His will coupled with chance allows the painting to become itself a creative entity.

Alexandre Lenoir was awarded the Fondation Jean-François Prat et Marie-Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre in 2016 and Pierre Cardin de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Paris prizes in 2020.

Selected artworks

  • Alexandre Lenoir, Rivière, 2021

    Alexandre Lenoir Rivière, 2021

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    164 x 246 cm
    64 5/8 x 96 7/8 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir, Trois Rivières, 2021

    Alexandre Lenoir Trois Rivières, 2021

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    261.9 x 128 x 3.5 cm (each) 
    103 1/8 x 50 3/8 x 1 3/8 in (each)

  • Alexandre Lenoir, Baigneuse, 2021

    Alexandre Lenoir Baigneuse, 2021

    Acrylic on canvas
    148 x 169 cm
    58 1/4 x 66 1/2 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir, Deshaies, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Deshaies, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    210 x 316.5 cm
    82 1/2 x 124 1/2 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir, L' appel, 2021

    Alexandre Lenoir L' appel, 2021

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    206.1 x 308.9 x 3.5 cm
    81 1/8 x 121 5/8 x 1 3/8 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir, Trois enfants, 2021

    Alexandre Lenoir Trois enfants, 2021

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    227 x 303 cm
    89 1/2 x 119 1/2 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir, Autel, 2020

    Alexandre Lenoir Autel, 2020

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    191 x 301 cm
    75 1/4 x 118 1/2 in

  • Alexandre Lenoir, Manman'dlo, 2022

    Alexandre Lenoir Manman'dlo, 2022

    Acrylic and oil on canvas
    281 x 206 cm
    110 1/2 x 81 1/2 in

Gallery exhibitions

Museum exhibitions

Selected press