Frédéric Blaimont

Frédéric Blaimont is a French figurative painter and observer of contemporary life. He takes an uncompromising look at the people around us, at those we meet but do not look at.

He does not seek to represent the reality of the subject but to propose to the other's gaze what he perceives as essential. It is a narrative painting freed from conventions that wants to say as little as possible to say it as well as possible.

Human beings are the players in these ordinary commonplace narratives. With blank solid colour backgrounds, the environment and backdrop of the compositions are irrelevant as the body language and physicality of the subjects dominate the compositions.

Figures are surveyed by Frédéric and reproduced in a simplified form, reducing detail to seek out a greater representation of truth. This often results in the strange and obscure elements of life being explored and evaluated, resulting in honestly and at times the grotesque.

His works will allow you to leisurely criticise the supposed delinquencies, flaws, and inconsistencies found in society.  In contrast, the paintings feel smooth, almost delicately and restfully executed. The subdued pastel palettes, plain backgrounds, and monochromatic play make the figures almost feel poetic.

Frédéric paintings are profiles of accuracy, with a subtle dusting of condemnation. He captures men and women; exploring our relationships with bodies, with food, and the unavoidable issue of excess and overconsumption.

‘I don't know what I'm looking for, and I don't necessarily think about it.

I am curious about my contemporaries, about people in their everyday lives. I like to look at their attitudes without complacency; I like their faults; their banality makes them universal; their imperfections are familiar to me. 

Let's perhaps say that I try to share my feelings, my vision of our society, to be in a way the witness of my time.’

Frédéric Blaimont lives and works in the Landes. He began his professional career in advertising and teaching graphic arts. Since 2007, he has devoted himself fully to painting.

We are proud to represent the painting of Frédéric Blainmont exclusively in the Nordics.

Installations shots of the recent solo gallery exhibition by Frederic Blaimont.

Frédéric Blaimont Artist Biography

Distinctions & Training

Laureate "Renée Bernard Prize" from the Taylor Foundation (2017)

Nominated for the Luxembourg Art Prize (2015)
by Galerie Hervé Lancelin

Grand Prize at the Salon des Artistes Méridionaux (2008)

Education

School of Graphic Art (Kunstgewerbeschule) - Basel - Switzerland
National School of Decorative Arts (ArtDeco)- Paris 
Massier in the workshop Met de Penninghen - Paris 
C.A.P. painter decorator - Meaux 

Personal Exhibitions

2022
Nordic Art Agency Gallery - Malmö, Sweden
Centre d'art contemporain de l'Aveyron - France
Art du temps Gallery Cléon d'Andran - Drôme, France

2021
Rêvons c'est l'heure - Tours, France
Taylor Foundation - Paris
Fert Gallery - Yvoire, France
Galerie de l'Ancien Courrier - Montpellier, France

2020 

COX gallery - Bordeaux

2019 
Airial galerie - Mimizan 

Galerie L’âne Bleu - Marciac

2018 
Galerie Art du temps Luxart Arlon - Belgique 
Galerie De l'Ancien Courrier - Montpellier 

2017 

Galerie Courcelles Art Contemporain - Paris 
Galerie Art du temps - Cléon d'Andran - Drôme

2016 

Galerie De l'Ancien Courrier - Montpellier 
Galerie Duchoze - Rouen 

2015 
Centre d'Art Contemporain - Mont-de-Marsan 

2014 
Galerie Sakah - Toulouse 

2013 
Galerie Anagama - Versailles 

2012 

Galerie Sparts - Paris

2010 

Galerie “de toutes les couleurs” - Saint-Clar 
Galerie Yves Callet-Molin - Vevey - Suisse

2009 
Galerie “Rien” Aix en Provence 
Galerie Roger Betti - Toulouse 

2008 

Galerie l'Âne Bleu - Marciac 

Collective exhibitions

2023
Rêvons c'est l'heure - Tours, France
Salon Comparaison Grand Palais - Paris

2022
Maumu Gallery Maumusson - Laguian, France
Charron Gallery - Paris gallery week-end
Charron Gallery Discovery Art fair - Cologne, Germany
Nordic Art Agency Gallery - Malmö, Sweden
M Fine Arts Gallery - Boston, USA
Galerie L'Angélus New Art - Barbizon, France
Galerie de l'Ancien Courrier - Montpellier, France

2021
Nordic Art Agency Gallery - Malmö, Sweden
M Fine Arts Gallery - Boston, USA
Galerie L'Angélus New Art - Barbizon, France

2020 
M Fine Arts Galerie - Boston - USA 
Salon Comparaison - Grand Palais - Paris 

2019 
Galerie Château de Maumusson - Gers 
Galerie L’Angélus New Art - Barbizon 
Galerie Anagama - Versailles 
Galerie Art du temps - Cléon d'Andran - Drôme 
Galerie de l'Ancien Courrier - Montpellier 
Biennale Centre Culturel André Malraux - Le Pecq 
Salon Comparaison - Grand Palais - Paris 
Passage à l'Art - Cherbourg 

2018 

Salon Art Up - galerie du Château - Lille 
Salon Saint Sever de Rustan - Invité d'honneur 
Salon Comparaison - Grand Palais - Paris 
Les 111 les arts - Toulouse

2017 
Salon Comparaison - Grand Palais - Paris 
Les 111 les arts - Toulouse 
Salon de la Figuration critique - Paris 
Fondation Taylor - Paris Lauréat " prix Renée Bernard"

2016 
Salon de la Figuration critique - Paris 
Foire Internationale d'Art Actuel en Pouilly fumé 

Salon Art Karlsruhe - galerie Roy Sfeir - Allemagne 
Salon Art Up - galerie Nicole Evin - Lille 

2015 
Salon Macparis - Paris 
Galerie Hervé Lancelin 
nominé au Luxembourg Art Prize 2015 - Luxembourg

2011 
Galerie Lacroix - Québec - Canada 
Galerie du Pont-Neuf - Paris 

2010 
Galerie Roger Betti - Toulouse 

2009 
Salon des Artistes Méridionaux - Toulouse 

2008 
Salon des Artistes Méridionaux - Grand Prix - Toulouse 

Galerie L'étang d'Art - Bages - France

2007 
Espace Saint-Nazaire - Sanary-sur-mer