Eugénie Paultre
"So, without even thinking about it, colour runs through us and we are filled with its innate joy."
(b. 1979 in Paris, lives and works in Paris)
Eugénie Paultre studied then taught philosophy at the Sorbonne, and since 2010 she has devoted herself to painting and writing. She explains: "I studied philosophy for ten years to try to discover the truth of thought, the righteousness of spirit, but also, and more importantly, to try to understand why the Western world had lost its way and to discipline and reassure myself. But to no avail. The emotions were too strong. I could not hold them at bay, I had to work with them. […] And so at the age of 30, I entered into the service of colour."
"Colour has a life of its own. Far from only existing on the surface of the visible world, it would appear to be the place of particular depth - tangible but defying designation by the painter who can only show it - painting by painting - as a succession of openings, apertures, emergences and crossing points."
Eugénie Paultre has held solo exhibitions at the Institut français in Bratislava and at Gandy Gallery (Bratislava) in 2019, and Erna Hecey Gallery (Luxembourg) in 2020 then 2021. She has recently taken part in the group exhibitions "Colori: L'emozione dei colori nell'arte" (Castello di Rivoli, 2017), "Etel Adnan et les modernes" (Mudam, Luxembourg, 2019) and "Horizons" (Lévy Gorvy, Paris, 2021). She is the author of numerous essays and poetry collections in French, English, and German. Forward. Rencontre avec Hans Ulrich Obrist and Présence des signes. Etel Adnan. Simone Fattal by Manuella Editions (2019). Her latest book, Matter of Life (2021), is the second publication HENI Publishers (London) has dedicated to Paultre, following the release of Outline in 2018. [See detailed bibliography below]
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Anima I, 2019
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Oblivion I (Triptych), 2019
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Oblivion II (Triptych), 2019
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Safe and Sound, 2019
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Safe and Sound, 2019
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The Slightest Sign of Love, 2019
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Untitled 003, 2019
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Untitled 004, 2019
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Aden, 2017
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Amérindiennes, 2017
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Klee time, 2017
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Sortie d'Egypte, 2017
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Universes, 2017
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« ABRIS DE CRAIE », 2017
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« MATINÉE DE LIBERTÉ », 2017
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Sans titre, 2016
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Sans titre, 2015
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Sans titre, 2015
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Sans titre, 2015
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Fleuve, 2013
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Eugénie Paultre
Matter of Life 2 Jul - 30 Sep 2021Erna Hecey is delighted to present Eugénie Paultre’s second solo show entitled Matter of Life , in a new space in Luxembourg City-Centre. The exhibition will inaugurate two adjacent spaces, located in an urban complex designed by Foster + Partners in 2019. Eugénie Paultre wonders what a shared world might...Read more -
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Des liens plus que terrestres 28 Feb - 10 Sep 2020Erna Hecey is delighted to host the exhibition Des liens plus que terrestres by Eugénie Paultre from 28 February until 10 September 2020.Read more
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La dimension physique by Marianne Brausch | Land
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Eugénie Paultre by Annabelle Gugnon | Art Press
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Etel Adnan et Simone Fattal : des signaux dans notre nuit by Camille Viéville | The Art Newspaper
Camille Viéville, Etel Adnan et Simone Fattal : des signaux dans notre nuit, February 3, 2020
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Le temps presse | Time is running out | Die zit drängt 2022 Read more -
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Présence des signes Etel Adnan, Simone Fattal, Eugénie Paultre, 2019 Read more -
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Matter of Life Eugénie Paultre, 2021Paperback, 112 pagesRead more
Publisher: HENI Publishing, London
ISBN: 978-1-912122-32-5
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Des liens plus que terrestres | More Than Earthly Ties Eugénie Paultre, 2020SoftcoverRead more
Publisher: Erna Hecey Gallery
Dimensions: 22,8 x 14,3 cm
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Up. Réflexion sur l'art et la folie Eugénie Paultre, 2019 Read more -
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Outline Eugénie Paultre, 2018Hardback, 190 pagesRead more
Publisher: HENI Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-912122-09-7
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En soi-même Eugénie Paultre, 2016PaperbackRead more
Publisher: Al Manar
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Winter Eugénie Paultre, 2014Paperback, 40 pagesRead more
Publisher: Post-Apollo Press
ISBN: 0942996836
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Hiver Eugénie Paultre, 2013PaperbackRead more
Publisher: Al Manar
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L'état actuel des choses (Préface d'Etel Adnan) Eugénie Paultre, 2012 Read more -
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Forward. Rencontre avec Hans Ulrich Obrist Hans Ulrich Obrist, Eugénie Paultre, 2019PaperbackRead more
Publisher: Manuella Edition
ISBN: 978-2-490505-05-0
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Eugénie Paultre | Donation | Oblivion I, Oblivion II and From Here to There
Carré d'Art - Musée d’art contemporain August 21, 2024We are delighted to announce that Eugénie Paultre’s Oblivion I and Oblivion II , 2019, triptychs, 3m72 x 8m43 each, and From Here to There...Read more -
Eugenie Paultre | Le Temps Presse
March 9, 2023Traduire un certain état de l’âme prise dans un certain état du monde. Traduire un certain état du temps — fait d’urgence, et d'empressement —...Read more -
Eugénie Paultre | Dying for limits X
Donation May 28, 2022Eugénie Paultre, Dying for Limits X , 2018, ink and oil on canvas, 240 x 210 cm Courtesy of the artist, Erna Hecey Gallery, Musée...Read more -
Eugenie Paultre | Le temps presse / Time is Running Out / Die Zeit drängt
Book release May 28, 2022Erna Hecey is delighted to announce the release of Eugénie Paultre: Le temps presse / Time is Running Out / Die Zeit drängt, a little...Read more -
Eugénie Paultre in conversation with Gabrielle Althen and Barbara Polla
Saturday 11 September 2021 at 3PM | ERNA HECEY HAMILIUS CENTRE-RUE ALDRINGEN August 31, 2021Eugénie Paultre will invite author and poet Gabrielle Althen alongside writer and curator Barbara Polla for a three-way conversation with the audience about the genre...Read more -
Love, or a leaf of grass? | Eugénie Paultre and Himali Singh Soin in Conversation
Saturday 4 September at 4pm | Erna Hecey Hamilius Centre-rue Aldringen August 23, 2021Erna Hecey is delighted to reopen then exhibition Eugénie Paultre: Matter of Life from Tuesday 24 August, during usual opening hours: Tuesday 3-7pm, Thursday &...Read more -
Eugénie Paultre | Matter of Life
Book Release May 6, 2021Published in April 2021, Matter of Life is the second publication HENI Publishing, London, has dedicated to Eugénie Paultre, following the release of Outline in...Read more -
Eugénie Paultre | Horizons
30 JANUARY - 20 MARCH 2021 | Lévy Gorvy, Paris January 23, 2021Eugénie Paultre is participating in a group exhibition, Horizons , that will open on Saturday 30 January at Lévy Gorvy Gallery, Paris, from 10am to...Read more
MonographS:
Eugénie Paultre. Outline, London, HENI Publishing, 2018 ; Matter of Life, tr. Jérémy Robert, London, HENI Publishing, 2021.
Published Books:
In French : L’État actuel des choses, Foreword by Etel Adnan, Paris, Éditions Al Manar, 2012. Hiver, Paris, Éditions Al Manar, 2013. Nous verrons bien, Berlin, Moon Rainbow, 2013. En soi- même, Paris, Éditions Al Manar, 2016. Up. Réflexion sur l’art et la folie, Paris, Éditions Al Manar, 2019. Forward. Rencontre avec Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Paris, Manuella Éditions, 2019. Présence des signes. Etel Adnan. Simone Fattal, Paris, Manuella Éditions, 2019. Des liens plus que terrestres, 2020, Galerie Erna Hecey. « Nous sommes toujours un libre commencement » in Giorgio Griffa. Merveilles de l’inconnu, Editions Fonds Mercator / LaM, Lille, 2021. Le temps presse (to be published).
In English: Winter, trans. Simone Fattal, Cole Swensen, Etel Adnan, The Post-Apollo Press, 2013.
In German: Winter, trans. Klaudia Ruschkowski, Hambourg, Nautilus, 2018. Ränder. Betrachtungen über Kunst und Wahnsinn, trans. Jorinde Reznikov, Hamburg, Nautilus, 2019.