Geoffrey Bouillot | ジョフレ・ブヨ
Solo Exhibition
Puyo stories
July 18 – 30, 2023
11:00am~7:00pm（Last day ~5:00pm）
MEDEL GALLERY SHUでは、7月18日より30日まで、Geoffrey Bouillot（ジョフレ・ブヨ）の個展「Puyo stories」を開催いたします。
Geoffrey Bouillotは現在日本を拠点とするフランス・ブルゴーニュ地方シャロン=シュル=ソーヌ生まれのフランス人アーティストです。フランスと日本の文化で育った彼の創作には、ポップ・アートやキュビズム、イタリア未来派のユニークなダイナミズムの影響が見て取れます。彼のモノクロのデザインには、ミニマリズムとエセリアルの折衷的な融合があり、マンガ文化の名残も含んでいます。主題や構図が美しい線で精密に分離され、光の遊びを利用して、彼独自の調和とバランスを実現しています。
本展は、彼の幼少期の魂に宿る彼自身の想いや経験、そこにある無垢な心を表現した作品をご用意しました。
是非ご覧ください。
私はPuyoです。
私はかつての私の魂、子供の魂です。私の白黒の絵画を通じて、私の人生を形作った思い出に飛び込んでみてください。私の中で響き続ける幼少期の魔法の瞬間をもう一度体験してください。この展覧会でお見せするキャンバスは、私自身の一部を表現した開かれた窓です。私はサッカー選手、アーティスト、カードコレクターです…私の過去の各側面が表現され、私の心を育んだ喜びや情熱、探求の瞬間を捉えています。
私が絵を描くとき、私はその無垢さを取り戻します。
私の作品を通じて、私は私たち一人ひとりの内に眠る子供を目覚めさせ、無邪気な精神と創造性の火を再び点火することを目指しています。
なぜなら、私たちがかつてそうだった子供は、死ぬことはありません。
私たちの人生の特別な時期の思い出は、私たちと共に歩み続け、私たちに影響を与え、真に私たちが誰であるかを思い出させてくれます。
それが私が「Puyo stories」を創造した深い信念です。
Geoffrey Bouillot
I am Puyo, the soul of the child I once was.
Through my black and white paintings, I invite you to dive into the memories that have shaped my life, to relive the magical moments of my childhood that still resonate within me. Each canvas you will discover in this exhibition is an open window into a part of myself. I am a football player, an artist, a card collector… Every aspect of my past is represented, capturing the moments of joy, passion, and exploration that have nourished my spirit.
When I paint, I rediscover that innocence.
Through my artworks, I strive to awaken the child that slumbers within each of us, to reignite the flame of carefree spirit and creativity.
For you see, the child we once were never truly dies.
The memories of that special period in our lives continue to accompany us, to influence us, to remind us of who we truly are.
It is with this deep conviction that I have created “Puyo stories.”
Geoffrey Bouillot
Geoffrey Bouillot（ジョフレ・ブヨ）
現在日本を拠点するフランス・ブルゴーニュ地方シャロン=シュル=ソーヌ生まれのフランス人アーティスト。フランスと日本の文化で育った彼の創作には、ポップ・アートやキュビズム、イタリア未来派のユニークなダイナミズムの影響を見て取れる。彼のモノクロのデザインには、ミニマリズムとエセリアルの折衷的な融合があり、マンガ文化の名残も含んでいる。主題や構図が美しい線で精密に分離され、光の遊びを利用して、彼独自の調和とバランスを実現している。
French born artist in Chalon-sur-Saône (Burgundy) Geoffrey Bouillot, currently lives and works in Japan.
His work is evidently informed by these two cultures, and examines a unique dynamic of pop art, cubism, and Italian futurism.
Bouillot is adept at portraiture and interiors.
Bouillot’s work typifies contemporary art culture.
It is clean, fresh and chic.
His monochromatic designs burgeon an eclectic blend of minimalism and the ethereal.
The cultural influences include remnants of Manga, with subjects and composition meticulously separated with clean lines and play on light, achieving harmony and balance between the artists other influential styles; cubism and pop art.
The mastery in conjoining such diverse genres is an accomplishment, particularly considering this is achieved using only monochrome hues.
It has been said of his work,
“Composed of metallic-like stacking cylindrical and spherical forms, each character morphs nostalgic cartoons into unfamiliar forms, speaking to a collision of culture –from the ancient to the deep future.”
プロフィール
April 2023
Group show “Spectrum” at Arush i Gallery curated by All About Art Los Angeles, USA
Group show “Datura in Spring” at Fir Gallery Beijing, China
March 2023
Solo show “Masters of Olympus” at Daikan-yama Tsutaya, Tokyo
“Art central Hong-Kong” for Suomei M50 Gallery, Hong-Kong
Group show “PARTY PEOPLE” at Night Out gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Group show “Sakura” at Jo Yana gallery, Marseille, France
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February 2023
Group show “Coast Summer” group show at Stupid Krap, Golden Coast, Australia
January 2023
Group show “Crossing” at Lorin Gallery curated by City Of Talents, Los Angeles, USA
December 2022
Group show “Portraying Portraiture” at StolenSpace Gallery, London, England
Group show “End of the Road” at Guy Hepner gallery, New-York, USA
November 2022
Group Show “Sync in Process” at Tang Contemporary Gallery, Beijing, China
Shanghai Art Fair for YOD Editions, Shanghai, China
October 2022
Solo Show “Génération Do” at Cohle Gallery, Paris
The paintings “La famille” and “Déjeuner sur l’herbe” have entered the permanent collection
of the Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art
Art Fair Asia Fukuoka for YOD Editions, Tokyo
September 2022
Solo Exhibition “Buyomon: Collect ‘Em All” at “YOD Tokyo,” Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
KIAF (Seoul Art Fair) for Eligere Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Tokyo Nights Vol. V at Block House curated by JumpJump Tokyo
July 2022
Seattle Art Fair for “Gr Gallery” at Seattle, USA
Duo Show with Shigeki Matsuyama “Fifty Shades of Grey” at “Maison Ozmen,” Paris,
France
June 2022
Solo Show “HAPPY FLOWER FRIENDS” at GINZA SIX Tokyo
May 2022
Tokyo Nights Vol. IV at Block House curated by JumpJump Tokyo
Group Show at Matsuya department store, Ginza for Medel Gallery Shu Tokyo, Japan
April 2022
Solo Show “POMME” for Eligere Gallery Seoul
EYES-portrait show for Medel Gallery Shu Tokyo
Kobe Art Arché for YOD Editions, Tokyo
March 2022
Tokyo Art Fair for YOD Editions, Tokyo
Tokyo Nights Vol. III at Block House curated by JumpJump Tokyo
Group Show at Eligere Gallery, Seoul
Group Show at Mozuku Gallery curated by City of Talents, Taiwan
Group Show “Small” for Stupid Krap, Sunshine City, Australia
Group Show at Cohle Gallery, Paris
February 2022
Group Exhibition “FLOW” curated by Benzilla at Soko, Bangkok, Thailand
January 2022
Duo Show “Blur Mode” at “Gr Gallery” with Mark Posey, New-York, USA
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December 2021
NFT Show at “Art Space” curated by art4raise, Hong-Kong
Group Exhibition “Lost in Translation .02” at “Maison Ozmen”
November 2021
Group Exhibition “The Very Nice Group Show” at “Galerie Zberro” Paris, France
October 2021
Solo Exhibition “Titan of Steel” at “YOD Gallery,” Osaka, Japan
Tokyo Nights Vol. II at Block House curated by JumpJump Tokyo
Group Exhibition “Shhh…” at “Maison Ozmen”
May 2021
Solo Exhibition “Gray Version” at “Jinkinoko Gallery” curated by JumpJump Tokyo, Tokyo
April 2021
Group Exhibition “Lost in Translation” at “Maison Ozmen,” Paris, France
March 2021
Solo Exhibition “Orientalis” at “Colour Brown,” Hong-Kong
February 2021
Tokyo Nights Vol. I at Jinkinoko Gallery curated by JumpJump Tokyo
January 2020 Vaires-sur-Marne, Paris, France
“Silk Road” fresco for “Ruminiscence”
November 2019
Live Painting for “Charriol” at “La fondue Tokyo”
October 2019
Live Painting during the “Shibamata Art World”
Solo Retrospective at the “Taishakuten” temple
October 2019
Group Exhibition “G.O.S” with Ousmane Ba & Solène Ballesta at the “Fukagawa Garage”
gallery
September 2019 Hiroo,
Solo Exhibition “In White and Black” at the French Embassy in Japan
September 2019
Exhibition of the painting “A Summer in Aix” in Uematsu for “Pébéo”
Live Painting “Tokyo Love Hotel Vol. X” at “Sankeys Penthouse”
May 2019
“All Light” exhibition at Trunk Hotel
March 2019
Live Painting in Sunshine City for “Pébéo”
February 2019
Solo Exhibition “In Black and White” at the “Atelier 485” gallery
August 2018 Misaki,
Solo Exhibition “Ohaga” for the festival “Shibamata Art World”
March 2018
Exhibition in collaboration with David Takahashi “Maru, Shikaku, Sankaku”
January 2018
First Solo Painting Exhibition “Complete?” at “Garde Gallery”
October 2017
Collective Exhibition “Arts Coop Tokyo Vol II” at “Atelier 485” Gallery, Shibamata, Tokyo,
Japan
August 2017
Solo Exhibition “Reconstruction” at the art festival “Misaki Art World,” Misaki, Okayama,
Japan
Becomes a member of the “Misaki Art World” festival in Okayama prefecture
April 2017
Collective Exhibition “Arts Coop Tokyo” at the “Atelier 485” Gallery, Shibamata, Tokyo, Japan
October 2016
Directs a screen printing workshop and performs a live painting during the “Days of Taste” at
the French Institute of Japan, Iidabashi, Tokyo, Japan
September 2016
Since that date, regularly gives painting lessons at the “Lycée français international de
Tokyo” and intervenes in primary classes to direct artistic projects, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
August 2016
Solo Exhibition of Illustrations, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
December 2015
Live Painting for “Kabotip” at “Commune 2nd,” Omote-sando, Tokyo, Japan