My admiration for abstract expressionism is what led me to where I am, but it all started a lot earlier with a profound love for cubism. I start every painting with thoughts that derive from my personal life. From cities I have lived in and visited or to happy or tragic events and experiences. Needless to say I dwell in the abstract. A very important aspect of what I do when painting is the combining of colours. The mixing of paints is a ritual that is absolutely necessary in the creation of my body of work. The marks and lines I push against the canvas come together in layers with colours intertwined, to create imaginary landscapes derived from places or insignificant markings on the footpath. My work is more topographical than anything else. It probably comes from the love of travel that started at a very young age.

I was born in Tours, France in 1971. My love for painting started when I was living in Sao Paulo, Brazil at the age of 13. My Parents collected naïve paintings when we lived there and I started private painting classes. After moving to Taipei, Taiwan in 1985, I kept painting in high school, under the supervision of two great teachers. I moved on to New York in 1990 and completed a BFA at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.  In 1995 I moved back to France where I set up a studio in the small town of Sennecey-le-Grand in Burgundy. In the few years I was there I had several solo shows and had my paintings and sculptures in many Salons, including the Salon d’Automne in Paris. In 1998 I made the move to Sydney, Australia. I have a studio set up in Croydon, where I live with my wonderful and supporting wife Jacqui and three kids Séraphine, Rosalie and Léo.
 


Education:
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. BFA, Painting, 1994
 
 
Solo Exhibitions:
2009 – Breathing Colours, “Les Papiers Peints de ma Grand-Mére”, Balmain, Sydney, Australia
2007 – Sydney Children’s Hospital, “Nicolas Bouf”, Randwick, Sydney, Australia
2000 – New Asthetics Gallery, “Ondilus Ferus”, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia
1998 – Galerie des Chatelets, “Couleurs Australes”, Chalon sur Saone, France
1997 – Galerie des Carrés, “Nicolas Bouf”, Versailles, France
1997 – Salle des Erables, “Nicolas Bouf”, Charbonnieres le Bains, France
 
 
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009 – Breathing Colours, “A little Bit of Red”, Balmain, Sydney, Australia
2009 – Sens Interieur, “Talents Pluriels”, Port Cogolin, Golfe de St. Tropez, France
2007 – Reserve Gallery, “Colour & Earth”, Alexandria, Sydney, Australia
2001 – Tap Gallery, “Group Show”, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1999 – “Salon d’Art Plastiques”, Mézieu, France
1998 – “The Rocks Showcase”, The Rocks, Sydney, Australia
1997 – “Salon Artistique Cognaçais”, Cognac, France
1997 – “Salon des Seigneurs de l’Art”, Aix en Provence, France
1996 - Le Château d’Homécourt, “Décentralisation du Salon d’Automne Parisien en Lorraine”, Nancy, France
1996 – Espace Eiffel Branly, “Panorama de l’Art Vivant, Salon d’Automne”, Paris, France

1990 – Taipei American Club, “Group Show”, Taipei, Taiwan 

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