*1981, Paris, France. Lives and works in Arles, France
Lauren Coullard’s pictorial practice channels a multitude of characters in polychrome environments, like so many quotes from authors and eras that captivate her. Her polymorphic style comes from the multiple sources that telescope in her collages and paintings. The diversity of her supports – wood, canvas, foam, hand stretched frames, cereal packets – contributes to this dynamic. She borrows techniques from symbolism, romanticism, abstract expressionism and post-modernism. Her iconographic material is arranged in her collages which correspond to the preliminary phase of her paintings, mixing re-photocopied images and plasticized scraps, constituting the “black box” of the studio. It is from there that she associates mythological and neo-medieval references with futuristic comics and mangas, converging towards the creation of hybrid (super)-heroines. ⸺ Lila Torquéo
Coullard’s recent solo exhibitions include A.ROMY, Zurich, CH (2022); Les Limbes, Saint-Etienne, FR (2021); Mountains, Berlin, DE (2020); Lily Robert, Paris, FR (2019); Palomar Projects, Paris, FR (2019); C4RD – Center For Recent Drawing, London, UK (2018); Silicon Malley, Lausanne, CH (2017).
Group exhibitions include Exo Exo, Paris, FR (2022); The Bass, Miami Beach, US (2022); Sans titre (2016), Paris, FR (2021); Idealfrühstück, Paris, FR (2021); High Art, Paris, FR (2020); Galerie Vallois, Paris, FR (2019); Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, FR (2018); La Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand, FR (2018); New Bretagne/Belle Air, Essen, DE (2016); Treize, Paris, FR (2015); Peter Bergman Gallery, Stockholm, SV (2011), Auto Italia, London, UK (2009).
Coullard’s work was featured in Artforum, Temple Magazine, Libération, Beaux-Arts Magazine, and others. Lauren Coullard is also a co-founder of Paris artistic space and work residency DOC!
Gallery exhibitions
2022 Covered in Feathers
2020 Boutique
2020 Angels on a Needle
Selected works
Rehearsing Nightmares, 2022 – Oil on canvas, 120 × 100 × 2,5 cm
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Sand Bar, 2022 – Oil on canvas, 125 × 125 × 5 cm
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Habitual Offender, 2022 – Acrylic and oil on canvas, 81 × 65 × 2 cm
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Empennage Squint, 2022 – Acrylic and oil on canvas, 81 × 65 × 2,3 cm
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Narrow Wick, 2022 – Oil and paper on wood, 20 × 15,5 × 3 cm
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Mantle Plume, 2021 – Acrylic and oil on canvas, 200 × 150 × 5,5 cm
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Masonry Vaulting, 2021 – Oil on canvas, 27 × 22 × 1,7 cm
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Bask Baits, 2021 – Acrylic on canvas, 65 × 54 cm
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Scent Armpit, 2021 – Oil on canvas, 24 × 19 cm
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Suppressore, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 40 × 30 cm
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Tear Doily, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 195 × 115 cm
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Crown of Thypon, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 195 × 135 cm
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Fearlessness, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 38 × 55 cm
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Boasting, 2019 – Oil on wood with brass frame, 40 × 30 cm
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General Imperviousness, 2019 – Oil on wood and brass frame, 32.5 × 24 cm
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Bring on the Apocalypse, 2019 – Oil and collage on wood with brass frame, 39 × 31 cm
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Short Fall, 2019 – Oil on canvas, 35 × 27 cm
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Standard Bearer, 2019 – Oil on canvas, 38 × 55 cm
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Smudged, 2019 – Oil on wood, 30 × 20cm
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Velvet Tumble, 2019 – Oil and collage on wood, 30 × 20 cm
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Spring Roll, 2018 – Oil on canvas, 195 × 115 cm
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Basarab, 2018 – Oil on canvas, 92 × 73 cm
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Léonard, 2016 – Oil on canvas, 74 × 54 cm
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Garden Style, 2015 – Oil on canvas, 74 × 54 cm
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Shiver, 2015 – Oil on canvas, 27 × 22 cm
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