Vincent GICQUEL

Over the last ten years, Vincent Gicquel has demonstrated his ability to integrate a sense of the human condition into his canvases, with their striking colors and unsettling tragicomic subjects. Having drawn inspiration from the German painters of the Leipzig School, Gicquel leaves behind the realistic line to focus on the much more supple line, the result of a more marginal creative process. The characters are single, sometimes two, sometimes three or more. All seem happy, and all seem sad at the same time. The viewer is undeniably drawn into the scene, where the characters go about their unstoppable business.

The Collection Pinault supports Gicquel, notably through the acquisition of 5 of his works in 2018, for his exhibition Debout! in Rennes.

Born in 1974. Lives and works in Bordeaux, France. 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2024
- Chemin de croix, dessins, église Saint-Eustache, Paris, France. 

2023
- Autopsy, SLAG & RX, New york, Etats-Unis. 

2022
- Super Eros, Galerie RX, Paris, France.

2019
- Qu'est-ce que je fais là ?, Galerie Thomas Bernard / Cortex Athletico, Paris, France. 
- Solo Show, Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, Allemagne. 

2018
- Vincent Gicquel - fétiches Vaudou, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Paris, France. 
- Brothers in Arms, galerie Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, Allemagne.
- C'est pas grave, La Criée centre d'art contemporain, Rennes, France. 

2017
- As-tu vraiment besoin d'aller là-bas ?, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Paris, France. 

2012
- Incontinence, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux, France. 

2010
- Conviction, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux, France. 

2009
- La belle affaire, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux, France. 

EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES

2019
- Masterpieces 2, Galerie Thomas Bernard / Cortex Athletico, Paris, France. 

2018
- Résistance, avec Sanya Kantarovsky, oeuvres d'une collection privée dans le cadre de Chambre à part, galerie Felix Vercel, Paris, France. 
- Back to the Hood, La mauvaise réputation, Bordeaux, France. 
- One Long Changing Body, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Allemagne. 
- Debout, Collection François Pinault, Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes, France. 
- Images manquantes, Galerie Escougnou-Cetraro, Paris, France.

2017
- FIAC, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Grand Palais, Paris, France. 

2016
- The Past is the Past, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Paris, France. 

2014
- Artgenève, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Genève, Suisse. 

2012
- Artbrussels, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Bruxelles, Belgique. 

2011
- Artbrussels, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Bruxelles, Belgique.
- Fiac, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Grand Palais, Paris, France. 

2010
- Matériaux divers et autres bonnes nouvelles, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux, France. 

2009
- LISTE - the young art fair, Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Bâle, Suisse. 

COLLECTIONS

Collection Pinault
Artothèque de Pessac - Les arts au mur
Centre d’art Chasse-Spleen, France