Alexandra Pignon
I choose to explore and express my ambiguous personality through mixed techniques, based on two mediums, photography and painting. The overall approach of this investigation reflects my ambivalence.
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Oils Series • 11 artworks
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Oils, Glazing, Glycerophthalic (alkyd) Lacquers, Pure Pigments, Varnish, on various supports (canvas, [...]
Oils, Glazing, Glycerophthalic (alkyd) Lacquers, Pure Pigments, Varnish, on various supports (canvas, Kraft, piece of door…).
Free_Lens Series • 3 artworks
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I think photos are sometimes incomplete despite their technical accuracy. The meaning of my photographs [...]
I think photos are sometimes incomplete despite their technical accuracy. The meaning of my photographs was often limited and only partially evident. Instead of exalting the mechanical origin of the medium or some digital properties, refusing any standardization, I came to take photos both with and without lens. To take picture without lens, I transform my basic camera by using a lens cap and covering the large hole drilled into it with plastic wrap. As objects lose their real appearance, I forget the immediate subject and can fully concentrate on light and shapes. I call these raw pictures “Free_Lens”. Photographs taken with a lens are used to place a part of my abstract imagery in a figurative context.
Naked Walls Series • 2 artworks
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My acrylics which I call “Naked Walls”, suggest the emotional and sensitive obstacles I meet when expressing [...]
My acrylics which I call “Naked Walls”, suggest the emotional and sensitive obstacles I meet when expressing my identity. They present a restrained palette of color on highly textured surfaces made by various materials. Most of them are made of two different canvases to express the duality of my gender.
I call them "deep"tychs", a reference to the Deep House music flowing sometimes in my atelier.
For this work I use house painter tools and techniques.
Various Sands, Powders of Granit or Marble, Pure Pigments, Mediums, Gels, Acrylics, Female Sex Hormone (estrogen) and other materials on Pure Linen Canvases stretched on a wooden keyable stretchers.
I call them "deep"tychs", a reference to the Deep House music flowing sometimes in my atelier.
For this work I use house painter tools and techniques.
Various Sands, Powders of Granit or Marble, Pure Pigments, Mediums, Gels, Acrylics, Female Sex Hormone (estrogen) and other materials on Pure Linen Canvases stretched on a wooden keyable stretchers.
Silver Photography • 2 artworks
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Films and darkroom era.
Distempers Series • 2 artworks
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Distempers complement my walls by representing the idea of crossing over the spaces that prevent me [...]
Distempers complement my walls by representing the idea of crossing over the spaces that prevent me from reaching my feminine side. Sensual and transparent, fluid acrylics on paper let me to execute this work more spontaneously.
Pure Pigments, Mediums, Gels, Acrylic Binder, Female Sex Hormone (estrogen) and other materials on Kraft or other Paper stretched on Pure Linen Canvas on wooden keyable stretchers.
Pure Pigments, Mediums, Gels, Acrylic Binder, Female Sex Hormone (estrogen) and other materials on Kraft or other Paper stretched on Pure Linen Canvas on wooden keyable stretchers.
Hybrids Series • 2 artworks
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Refusing any standardization, I came to take photos both with and without lens (see Free_Lens Project [...]
Refusing any standardization, I came to take photos both with and without lens (see Free_Lens Project Collection).
Photographs taken with a lens are used to place a part of my abstract imagery in a figurative context.
I create an original digital work by layering photos of my paintings over these straight photographic shots, using image editing software.
This digital mix, which I call “Hybrid”, explores themes such as the appearance and perception of identity in a social environment.
It became my way of challenging the viewer, addressing worries I may have and expressing myself freely.
Photographs taken with a lens are used to place a part of my abstract imagery in a figurative context.
I create an original digital work by layering photos of my paintings over these straight photographic shots, using image editing software.
This digital mix, which I call “Hybrid”, explores themes such as the appearance and perception of identity in a social environment.
It became my way of challenging the viewer, addressing worries I may have and expressing myself freely.
Misc. Acrylics Series • 1 artwork
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Pure Pigments, Mediums, Gels, Acrylics, Female Sex Hormone (estrogen) and other materials on various [...]
Pure Pigments, Mediums, Gels, Acrylics, Female Sex Hormone (estrogen) and other materials on various papers stretched on wood or Pure Linen Canvases on wooden keyable stretchers.
Watercolors Series • 1 artwork
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Watercolors (like distempers ) complement my naked-walls by representing the idea of crossing over the [...]
Watercolors (like distempers ) complement my naked-walls by representing the idea of crossing over the spaces that prevent me from reaching my feminine side. Transparency and fluidity of watercolors let me to execute spontaneous work.
Handmade watercolors, Blockx and Winsor & Newton Extra-Fine watercolors, Female Sex Hormone (estrogen) on various watercolor papers.
Handmade watercolors, Blockx and Winsor & Newton Extra-Fine watercolors, Female Sex Hormone (estrogen) on various watercolor papers.
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Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Biography
French-born American in 1968.
I have exhibited in France and the USA. Live and work in Normandy.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary American Artists
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Influences
Education
2010 - 2010
Life Drawing - University Of Hawaii & Community Colleges
O'ahu,
Hawaii,
United States
2003 - 2004
Free Atelier - Académie Malouine d'Arts Plastiques
Saint-Malo,
France
2000 - 2002
Watercolor - Académie Malouine d'Arts Plastiques
Saint-Malo,
France
1999 - 2000
Drawing - Académie Malouine d'Arts Plastiques
Saint-Malo,
France
1999 - 2000
Oil - Académie Malouine d'Arts Plastiques
Saint-Malo,
France
1998 - 1999
Color - Académie Malouine d'Arts Plastiques
Saint-Malo,
France
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Galleries & Groups
Presented by Galeria Avila art
Galeria Avila art
(Art gallery, United States)Achievements
Prizes and Awards
2022
Granted By The Drac Normandy To Produce A Mixed-Media Project (Painting And Photography) Based On My Pinhole Photography Fund From My Time In Hawaii.
Normandy,
France
Collective Expositions
2008
Atelier L. Gaylord
Pacific Grove,
California,
United States
2007
4Th Month Of The Photo
Mont-Dol,
France
2007
Solidor En Peinture
Saint-Malo,
France
2007
Chapelle Saint Sauveur
Saint-Malo,
France
2006
Boz’art 6Th
Saint-Briac-Sur-Mer,
France
2006
3Rd Month Of The Photo
Mont-Dol,
France
2006
Chapelle Saint Sauveur
Saint-Malo,
France
1998
To 2004 - Annual Student Show
Saint-Malo,
France
Permanent Collections
2022
Permanent Exhibition At The Doublet Art Gallery |
Avranches,
Normandy,
France
Solo Expositions
2019
Forum Du Mortainais
Mortain,
France
2018
Astellia Exfo
St Jacques De La Lande,
France
2010
International Mid-Pac College
Honolulu,
Hawaii,
United States
2007
Casino Barriere
Saint-Malo,
France
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Permanent Exhibition
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Permanent exhibition at the DOUBLET Art Gallery (Avranches - 50)
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DRAC Normandy - Ministry of Culture
Normandie, France
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Since 2022 my artwork is supported by The Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles (DRAC, Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs – Ministry of Culture) Normandy Region.
I obtained a grant to produce a mixed-media project H.M.M. (painting & photography) based on my pinhole photography fund from my time in Hawaii.
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