Eric Pelleau

Born in Brest in 1959, Éric Pelleau is a contemporary painter and sculptor who graduated from the École Boulle, École Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués in Paris. He has been painting and sculpting for over forty years and opened his first studio in Brest in 1983. His work today is part of a contemporary approach with a predominantly expressionist style, where figurative art gradually moves away from strict representation to give way to emotion, sensation, and the energy of gesture. Anchored in reality, his universe is evolving towards a more instinctive style of painting, in which color, texture, and movement become essential elements of visual language. In painting, he works mainly with oil and acrylic on canvas or wood panel. His subjects - bodies, characters, scenes from everyday life, nature, and seascapes - are approached with great formal freedom, between figuration and abstraction, in a constant search for emotional intensity and presence. At the same time, Éric Pelleau develops sculptural work in wood, stone, and clay, exploring the relationship between form, material, and volume. Sculpture is a natural extension of his pictorial approach, in an expressive and complementary manner, where gesture and material occupy a central place. Each work, whether painted or sculpted, is conceived as a sensory experience, an atmosphere to be felt rather than a narrative to be explained, leaving the viewer ample room for interpretation.Éric Pelleau holds a Diploma of Recognition for Artistic Merit, European Artistic Merit, and is registered with the Maison des Artistes in Paris.