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Valérie de Sarrieu is a French artist who lives and works in Toulouse, France. She has devoted six years to the restoration of mural paintings of the French monuments including the cathedrals in Cahors and in Albi. With a bachelor’s degree in History of Art, she has spent the 4th and 5th years of her study at the Toulouse School of Fine Arts. In the 90s, she has continued studying with Robert Thon and Maurice Mélat. Today she mainly works on outdoor paintings called “sur le motif” (en plein air). She summarizes her approach as the following: “working on the place and its responsiveness, on the light of that precise moment, and its simplest and fairest reproduction”.
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Education
- 1995-2000: Workshop in Toulouse with Robert Thon and Maurice Mélat.
- 1980-1986: Restoration of mural paintings including those of the Cathédrale de Cahors, of Albi, of Château de Beynac and of Musée des Augustins.
- 1975-1980: Bachelor in History of Art, 4th and 5th year at Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse.
Exhibitions
- 2024 : Group Show, Peinture Fraîche Gallery, Paris (France)
- 2023 : “De Tavira à Trébeurden”, solo show, Galerie La Palette des possibles, Toulouse (France)
- 2023 : “Natures”, group show, MHB Gallery, farm of the Grand Convent of Gramat, France.
- 2022 : Group show, MHB Gallery, farm of the Grand Convent of Gramat, France.
- 2022 : Solo show, Prodromus Gallery, Paris
- 2021: Ferme du Grand Couvent, summer 2021 exhibition, Gramat, France
- 2020: Exhibition at La Barbacane Gallery, Cordes sur Ciel
- 2020 : Collective exhibition, MH Bou gallery, Gramat (France)
- 2019 : Solo show – Espace 2JOL – Castelnau de Montmiral – France
- 2018: Estivales Lagorre, Seix (France)
- 2018 : Peinture Fraiche Gallery, Paris
- 2017 : “Derrière la haie “, Saurs Castle, Lisle sur Tarn (France)
- 2016 – Personal exhibition at Galerie 17, Azille (France)
- 2015 : ‘Paysages’, solo show at Cabinet d’architectes Cellier-Chanson-Rouède, Toulouse
- 2013: Maison de l’Occitanie, Toulouse. & Galerie Peinture Fraîche, Paris 7ème
- 2012: Galerie Artbouge, Labastide Murat, Lot
- 2011: St Hilaire Luc en Corrèze & Seix en Ariège
- 2010: Espace Bonnefoy in Toulouse
- 2009: 111 des Arts Paris, Toulouse and Lyon. & Cabinet d’architectes Cellier, Chanson, Rouède in Toulouse
- 2008: 111 des Arts Paris and Toulouse. & Salon des artistes occitans (1st prize). & Salon du grand format à Fréjus (1st prize)
- 2007: Musée de Gaillac. & Galerie de la Daurade in Toulouse. & Galerie Fonderie et vœux d’artistes Toulouse.
- 2006: Galerie du « pont des arts » in Marcillac in Vallon
- 2004: Paris Contemporary Art Salon, Bastille
- 2003: Espace Bouquières in Toulouse
- 2002: Castelsarrazin (prize of Salon d’Automne) – “The Gallery” Place des Vosges, Paris