BACKGROUND
— KEY DATES

STATUT

Professional artist — registered with La Maison des Artistes (France)

No. M746617.

ARTISTIC PRACTICE

Since 1998

Continuous practice of the visual arts: painting, drawing, collage, photography, digital art.

Pictorial research grounded in a meditative discipline.

Development of works as unique pieces, series, and monumental formats.

Artistic commissions in France and internationally (private collectors, hospitality, architecture, companies).

RESEARCH & TRANSDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS (SELECTION)

2008 – 2011 | Mind Art® (France)

Artist-in-residence — Guillaume Régnier Psychiatric Hospital, Rennes.

Interactive art project: a digital interface allowing the public to modify the exhibited works.

Support: Fondation de France, Fondation Reunica, Lilly Laboratories, French Ministry of Culture (DRAC).

2009 | Mind Art®

Installation presented at the MEDEF Summer University, HEC Campus (78).

Partnerships: Mobidium, Kantik.

2005 – 2010 | Atelier d’édition d’art (France)

Director of a fine art pigment printing studio working to museum standards (Giclée® and Digigraphie® processes).

ART, CARE & SOCIAL ACTION

Certified art therapist — private practice.

2010–2016 ; since 2021

Integration of artistic creation within social, educational, and humanitarian contexts.

ASSOCIATIONS

Since 2021 | ELOVUTION

Founder and director — development of art therapy projects, professional training, and collaborative artistic initiatives in France and internationally.

2005 – 2015 | COULEURS DU CŒUR

Founder and director — humanistic art therapy projects in contexts of vulnerability and emergency.

INTERNATIONAL & FRANCE-BASED PROJECTS (SELECTION)

Himalayan India (2021 – 2024)

Art as Empowerment — partnership with Jhamtse Gatsal Children’s Community.

Ukraine (2022)

Artists United for Ukraine — charity sale in support of art therapy programs for children.

Haiti, Kenya, Inde, Nepal, Sri Lanka, France

Art therapy, training, and psychosocial support programs in partnership with educational, hospital, and humanitarian institutions.

CONTEMPLATIVE RESEARCH

PRACTICE OF SOTO ZEN AND STUDY OF DZOGCHEN.

Retreats, sesshins, and research residencies in Europe, the United States, and the Himalayan region since 2008.

Lay ordination (Jukai), Sōtō Zen lineage — 2019.

SIGNIFICANT BIOGRAPHICAL ELEMENT

1993 – 2002 | ELITE ATHLETE — Sailing (multihull)

International competition, French national team selection, European title and world podium finishes.

This experience established a demanding relationship to discipline, the body, and attentive awareness of phenomena, particularly meteorological variations.

ARTISTIC

BACKGROUND : PROJECTS & ACTIONS (PDF)