Alain Baye
If we knew everything, life would only be "seeing again", and we would be bored firmly on this earth!
All artworks by Alain Baye
Dernières Œuvres • 422 artworks
View all
Recognition
Award Winning
The artist has won prizes and awards
The artist has won prizes and awards
Published in the media
The artist has been published in the media, radio or TV press
The artist has been published in the media, radio or TV press
Presented in Art Fairs
The artist participates in art shows and fairs
The artist participates in art shows and fairs
Professional Artist
Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Biography
Alain BAYE is self-taught, he began practicing at the age of 10 with his school tubes on cardboard or plywood. After spending 7 years in Africa (RCI, RSA and Namibia), he returned with 70 canvases that he exhibited upon his return to France in 1984. His naive figurative painting from the beginning will transform and mature over the years, in techniques, but especially in expression, according to his influences indicated below.
His painting, often abstract, Alain BAYE brings to the canvas a very internal view of what he feels, sometimes on social themes that are close to his heart. He can only work on the snapshot, on the gesture, that is why he mainly uses acrylic paint, pigments or inks, suitable in material as well as in the rendering of his colors, often very bright, to his temperament. He sometimes integrates other materials (sand, tissue paper or thread of various materials) to support his painting (but without overloading it, the most difficult being to know when to stop!). The objective for him is to have a balanced and readable canvas. His ideal format is canvases of 1 x 1 meter, depending on the theme, but can reach 2 x 2 meters in 2003 (canvases on the theme of cosmic variations) or like that of the "Grand Concert" in 2017. He sometimes returns, to get some fresh air, he says, to figurative fundamentals.
Alain BAYE began his initiation into sculpture, practicing first with friable materials such as limestone, but later moved towards terracotta, lost-wax bronze and stainless steel to create monumental sculptures up to 10m long, in the 90s. The chance discovery, at the age of 20, of a vineyard in Cognac with uprooted vines, provided him with the opportunity to find a new raw material. He then invents new characters or phantasmagorical animals!
Alain Baye considers that the energy deployed in each artistic expression (he uses the word "work" only for the Great Masters cited in his influences) can be transmitted to the person who looks at it. The reasoned optimism that transpires from his paintings or sculptures, through his striking colors and vectorial lines of force, could be considered a good therapy to keep mentally and why not physically fit! For him, this artistic expression would be more than an object, but the relay of this energy that comes to him from elsewhere (cosmic or telluric).
Exhibitions: France (22 cities), Belgium (Brussels), Denmark (Copenhagen), Germany (Berlin, Bonn), Austria (Vienna), Italy (Bergamo), USA (NY), UK (London), China (Shanghai).
Grand Prize for sculptures at the Bourges Art Fair in 2012. Arts, Sciences and Letters Medals in 2010 and 2012. Published a 192-page art book, "The Traveler of the Abstract," in 2011. ISBN: 978-2-953058-44-4.
-
Nationality:
FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1954
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists
Ongoing and Upcoming art events
No data available yet
Influences
Education
1980 - 2021
AUTODIDACTE
France
Artist value certified
No data available yet
Achievements
Collective Expositions
2016
Salon Europeens
COPENHAGUE,
Denmark
2016
Espace Cardin
PARIS (75),
France
2015
Salon Libres Europeens
PARIS LA MADELEINE,
France
2015
Art Nordic
COPENHAGUE,
Denmark
2015
Palast Galerie
BERLIN,
Germany
2014
Salon D'hiver
VILLELAURE (84),
France
2014
Fort De Nogent
FONTENAY SOUS BOIS (94),
France
2013
Salon Franco Allemand
BONN,
Germany
2013
Salon D'art Plastique
LE RAINCY (93),
France
2012
600 Portraits De Jeanne D'arc
ORLEANS (45),
France
2012
44Ième Salon D'art
BOURG LA REINE (92),
France
2011
43Ième Salon D'art
BOURG LA REINE,
France
2011
Xviiième Salon International D'art
BOURGES (18),
France
2011
Salon Libres Europeens
BONN,
Germany
2011
Salon Franco Allemand
VILLEMOMBLE (93),
France
2010
Waldorf Palace Hotel
LONDRES,
United Kingdom
2010
Salon Du Prinptemps
SHANGHAÏ,
China
2010
Salon Libres Europeens
VIENNE,
Austria
2010
Salon De Artistes Francais
PARIS (75),
France
2010
Salon Franco Autrichien
VILLEMOMBLE (93),
France
2009
Salon Paneuropeen
VILLEMOMBLE (93),
France
2009
120Ième Salon Des Artistes Independants
PARIS ESPACE CHAMPERET,
France
2009
Galerie Circolo Artisco Bergamasco
BERGAME,
Italy
2009
Galerie 15
BERLIN,
Germany
2009
Salon Libres Europeens
BERLIN,
Germany
2009
Salon National D'art
RAMBOUILLET (78),
France
2009
Manhattan Story
NEW YORK (USA),
NY,
United States
2008
Salon Franco Italien
VILLEMOMBLE (93),
France
2008
Salon Libres Europeens
VILLEMOMBLE (93),
France
2007
118Ième Salon Des Independants
PARIS ESPACE CHAMPERET (75),
France
2007
Espace Futurart
BRUXELLES,
Belgium
2006
2Ième Salon Du Petit Format
PARIS (75),
France
1993
Salon D'art
TREMBLAY SUR MAULDRE,
France
1993
Salon Des Artistes Francais
PARIS (75),
France
1992
Centre Culturel Regional
ROSNY SUR SEINE,
France
1992
Centre Regional Culturel
ROSNY SUR SEINE (78),
France
1991
Salon D'art
LIMAY (78),
France
1988
Centre Regional Culturel
ROSNY SUR SEINE (78),
France
1987
Concours International
DEAUVILLE (14),
France
1987
Maison Pour Tous
ROSNY SUR SEINE,
France
1986
Salon De La Gare
DEAUVILLE (14),
France
1986
26Ième Salon De Mantes La Jolie
MANTES LA JOLIE (78),
France
1986
Concours International
DEAUVILLE (14),
France
1985
3Ième Salon Du Petit Format
MANTES LA JOLIE (78),
France
1985
Salon Des Artistes Francais
PARIS (75),
France
1985
24Ième Salon De Mantes La Jolie
MANTES LA JOLIE,
France
1984
Maison Pour Tous
ROSNY SUR SEINE (78),
France
Permanent Collections
1994
Zoo De Paugres
PAUGRES (07),
France
1993
Zoo De Thoiry
THOIRY (78),
France
1992
Zoo De Thoiry
THOIRY (78),
France
Publications & Press
Solo Expositions
2020
Domaine De Saint Jean Le Vieux
SAINT MAXIMIN LA SAINTE BAUME (83),
France
2019
Domaine Du Deffends
SAINT MAXIMIN LA SAINTE BAUME (83),
France
2017
La Croisee Des Arts
SAINT MAXIMIN LA SAINTE BAUME (83),
France
2015
Galerie Des Bains Douches
ANTIBES (06),
France
2014
Salon D'hiver
VILLELAURE (84),
France
2011
Galerie Brissot
PARIS (75),
France
2010
Exposition Edf
PARIS LA DEFENSE,
France
1991
Societe Mrp
BEAUCHAMP (95),
France
1990
Galerie Fanelli
CAYEUX SUR MER (60),
France
1987
Banque Bred
MEAUX (77),
France
1985
Salon D'art
ROSNY SUR SEINE (78),
France
Activity on ArtMajeur
Last modification date : Mar 3, 2023
(Member since 2018)
Image views: 267,690
Artworks by Alain Baye added to favorite collections: 201
Latest News
All the latest news from contemporary artist Alain Baye
No data available yet
Reviews and comments
Magnifique composition avec des riches couleurs… Bravo à vous...
Impressionnant ce format………Un jaune qui irradie! Superbe !
Original. Le titre aussi est surprenant.
Contact Alain Baye
Send a private message to Alain Baye