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Artworks
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Biography
Amelie Ducommun's striking paintings attempt to harness both the beauty and energy of natural landscapes. A seasoned traveler, the artist draws her creative inspiration from discovering new panoramas and exploring unfamiliar geographies. Much of her work focuses on the temporality and subjectivity of memory, foregrounding questions of perception and emotion, as well as the interrelation between natural elements. For Ducommun, truth can be found in first impressions, the fleeting moment when unfamiliarity compels a focus on emotional candor and unbiased observation.
Ducommun's deeply textured and layered paintings speak to the varied behaviors and visual qualities of marine environments. Thick brushstrokes of cobalt are visible underneath wisps and swirls of pure white, while mottled shades of green punctuate the canvas alongside bursts of bright yellows and concentrated browns, evoking diverse elements singular to aquatic ecosystems. The radiance and luminosity of her works is also a defining characteristic, breathing life into the subtle yet emotionally charged elements of light and shadow.
For Ducommun, the natural world holds in itself the memory of time and history, as organic elements readily belie the passage of time. Water in particular, creates an unmistakable footprint on the environment, both eroding and creating new terrains. The core of her practice seeks to uncover the rhythms, echoes and hums of different ecologies and translate them into a visual experience. In her work, the artist endeavors to "penetrate the surface of the water, dive, and imagine the bottom of these aquatic movements and noises."
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CV
Download Ducommun CVLives and works in Barcelona, Spain
EDUCATION
MFA, l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris (E.N.S.A.D.), Paris, France
BFA, Bellas Artes, Barcelona, SpainSELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Group Show Anselm Kiefer/Amélie Ducommun, Galerie Bowen, Geneva, Switzerland
Solo Show, Installations with Galeria Senda Barcelona, Spain
Art Madrid, with Galeria Rodrigo Juarranz, Madrid, Spain
SAM Art Fair, with Galeria Jorge Alcolea, Madrid, Spain
Affordable Art Fair, with Galeria Rodrigo Juarranz, Brussels, Belgium
Group Show, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
2023
Solo Show, Galeria Jorge Alcolea Barcelona, Spain
Art Madrid, with Galeria Rodrigo Juarranz, Madrid, Spain
Solo Show, Galeria Jorge Alcolea, Madrid, Spain
SAM Art Fair, with Galeria Jorge Alcolea, Madrid, Spain
2022
Solo Show, Galeria Jorge Alcolea, Barcelona, Spain
Group Show, Galeria Jorge Alcolea, Barcelona, Spain
Group Show, Galeria Jorge Alcolea, Madrid, Spain
SAM Art Fair, with Galeria Jorge Alcolea, Madrid, Spain
2021
Modern Art Fair, with Galerie des Tuiliers, Paris, France
Solo Show, Ville de Saint Prix, Paris, France
Solo Show, Galeria Shiras, Valencia, Spain
Solo Show, Mutuo Contemporary Art Center, Barcelona, Spain
2020
Solo Show, Koo Gallery, Hong Kong
Two-person exhibition, Galeria Shiras, Valencia, Spain
Art Madrid, Galeria Rodrigo Juarranz, Madrid, Spain
Just Mad, Loo & Lou Galerie, Madrid, Spain
Lille Art Up, Galerie des Tuiliers, Lille, France
2019
Art Miami, Koo Gallery, Miami, Florida
Group show, Galerie des Tuiliers, Lyon, France
Two-person exhibition, Galerie K, Barcelona, Spain
Estampa, Galeria Rodrigo Juarranz, Madrid, Spain
Summer show, Galerie des Tuiliers, Lyon, France
Group Show, RV Cultura Galeria, Bahia, Brazil
Art Madrid, Galeria Rodrigo Juarranz, Madrid, Spain
Lille Art Fair, Galerie des Tuiliers, Lille, France
Art Karlsruhe, Galeria Rodrigo Juarranz, Karlsruhe, Germany
2018
Solo Show, Galerie des tuiliers, Lyon, France
Estampa, Galeria Rodrigo Juarranz, Madrid, Spain
Solo Show, Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Abu-Dhabi, UAE
Art Central Hong Kong, Parkview Gallery, Hong Kong
AFF Brussels, La Galerie des Tuiliers, Brussels, Belgium
Solo Show, Parkview Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Marbella Art Fair, Galeria Rodrigo Juarranz, Marbella, Spain
Solo Show, Etihad Modern Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Art Stage Jakarta, Parkview Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Art Shenzhen, Parkview Gallery, China
Abu-Dhabi Art Fair, Etihad Modern Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2017
Beijing International Contemporary Art Biennial, Beijing, China
Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Materna y Herancia Galeria, Madrid, Spain
Etihad Modern Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Wall on Dragon Gallery, Dallas, TX
La galerie des Tuilliers, Lyon, France
Art Up, Lille Art Fair, France
Casa da Cerca, Lisbon, Portugal
Elena Shchukina Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2016
Midnight Sun Gallery, Morges, Switzerland
St'art Art Fair, with La galerie des Tuilliers, Strasbourg, France
Esther Montoriol Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
Art Elysée Art Fair, with La galerie des Tuilliers, Paris, France
Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez, Bordeaux, France
Galerie des Tuiliers, Lyon, France
Midnight Sun Gallerie, Morges, Switzerland
Galeria Antonio Prates, Lisbon, Portugal
2015
Beijing International Contemporary Art Biennial, Beijing, China
Causey Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY
Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Art Aujourd'hui, Paris, France
Institut Culturel de Chine à Paris, Paris, France
Shang King Culture Media Development, Beijing, China
Foundation Fuendetodos Goya, Zaragoza, Spain
Prince Gong Mansion, Beijing China
2014
La Minoterie, Nay, France
Galeria del arte Zaragoza, Spain
The Little Gallery, Saint Emilion, France
Le Somail, Narbonne, France
International Contemporary Art Biennial, Dakar, Senegal
MIM Galerie, Martel, France
Contemporary Art Center, Château Lescombes à Eysines, France
2013
Acropolis (Rhodes), Nice, France
2012
La maison du Chevalier, Carcassonne, France
MIM Galerie, Martel, France
Centre Culturel, Montaut, France
Maison des Arts, Bages, France
2011
Artistes de la Casa 2009-2011, Villa Lemot, Nantes, France
Espace Evolution Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
itinérante II, Monastère de Veruela, Spain
itinérante II, Palacio Ducal, Medinacelli, Spain
Salon de Mai, Paris, France
Fine arts museum, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
ABC Museum, Museo ABC de Dibujo e Ilustracion de Madrid, Spain
DEARTE 2011, Contemporary Art Fair X Edition, Madrid, Spain
Larcade Gallery, Paris, France
2010
Espace Evolution Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
ESTAMPA,, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
Reina Sofia Museum, Noche en Blanco 2010, Madrid, Spain
Itinérante I, Monastère de Veruela, Spain
Itinérante I, Palacio Ducal de Medinacelli, Spain
Fine arts museum, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Larcade Gallery, Paris, France
DEARTE 2010, Contemporary Art Fair IX Edition, Madrid, Spain
Gallery Dionis Benassar, Madrid, Spain
2009
Universitad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Gallery Nelly l'Eplattenier, PAYSAGES EN MOUVEMENT, Lausanne, Switzerland
2008
temps d'ici, Casa América, Barcelona, Spain
2007
le temps d'ici, à la galerie de l'E.N.S.A., Paris, France
La Maison Française, Bologna, ItalyAWARDS AND PRIZES
2020
Winner of the Albert Maignan Prize awarded by the Taylor Foundation
2013
Silver Medal, French Painting at the 9 th Jeux de la Francophonie, Nice, France
2011
Winner of the Georges Wildenstein Prize
Miro Foundation, Majorque, Sérigraphie Estampes, Invited by the foundation
2009-11
Member of l'Académie de France à Madrid, Casa de Velázquez, MadridCOLLECTIONS
Institut Culturel Bernard Magrez
Fondation Miro
Casa de Velazquez
Musée des beaux arts de Madrid
