Valentin Guillon is a french artist born in Le Mans in 1993.
He graduated from l’École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris with honors of the jury in 2016.
He is represented in France by the gallery Florence Loewy, & works amongst the Ateliers Wonder.
Valentin paints the same way he practices sport.
Before his studies at ENSAD, he performed speed skating in national championships.
The same way he finds balance & rhythm in sport, he imprints a frequency to the minimal shapes,
& a sequence to the geometrical flat colors of his works.
Interlinked, tools and moves serve the notion of rebound, repetition, tension & speed.
His use of the body’s mechanism & automatic gestures invoke the notion of cycle, and dynamism
by opposition to statism.
Through his practice, the artist slips in the concentration state which is to be found in sport training,
only to better find freedom in constraint.
While his paintings graphically convoke athletic signage & abstract modernism,
wood prevails in his creations, as an overt reminiscence of the construction material used in sports courts.
To look at his work is to join a game of variations, harmonies, shapes & gestures which plays collectively.
Read more about Valentin Guillon’s work here
Portrait by Salim Santa Lucia
Smooth steering
This diptych is a part of a series mixing lines, geometry and racetrack building on woodboards
Acrylic on wood
Diptych 30x40cm
2023
Le Smash
Mural on the Lacoste Heritage storage in the city of Troyes.
Acrylic on Wall
1450x6600cm
2023
Lancer Franc
Mural on the Jean Nordez Gymnasium of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
Acrylic on Wall
3500x1200cm
2022
Couloir de course
Floor painting at Épron close to Caen in Normandie. Tracks and lines on the central place.
Acrylic on floor
13000x2000cm
2022
Wegmeister
Mural for the group show HELIX at Bloom in Dusseldorf.
Acrylic on wall, blue chalk,
9000x200cm
2021
