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Michele Taupin 미셀 또빵
Artist Statement
My painting resides within the realm of figuration, yet it does not aim for realistic representation. The figures that appear on my canvas borrow their bodies from reality, but their true essence is built from structural elements—lines, curves, and triangles. They are clothed in color and value, creating rhythm across the surface and ultimately establishing themselves as a unified composition.
Although I could pursue non-figurative work, I invariably return to the human body. The body is my most immediate means of understanding the world, and the humanity revealed within it remains the central force that drives my practice. Moving between figuration and abstraction, I seek to construct my own visual language at the point where these two territories meet.
My aspiration toward a “figurative–abstract” style emerges through the process of dismantling and recomposing forms and colors drawn from reality. This synthesis is never easy, yet within its difficulty lies the possibility of new structures—and it is precisely this tension that fascinates me.
Ultimately, my work is an attempt to capture the moments when traces of reality intersect with the sensibility of abstraction. I will continue to explore the space where these two worlds collide, converge, and create new harmonies.
— Artist Note —
Michèle Taupin, a prominent figure in contemporary French art, is a member of the Salon d’Automne and a painter honored with the Gold Medal and Honor Medal from the Salon des Artistes Français, as well as the Gold Medal of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Since 1981, she has actively participated in exhibitions across France and internationally, including the United States, Spain, Germany, Japan, China, Egypt, Russia, Korea, and Tibet. She has been a regular participant in Salon Comparaisons at the Grand Palais in Paris.
From 1994 to 2011, Taupin taught drawing at the prestigious École Polytechnique, contributing significantly to the education of young artists. Her work has been shown in numerous galleries and institutions, including Galerie Mickaël Marciano at Place des Vosges in Paris, Galerie Les Tuiliers in Lyon, Galerie Art Passion in Montpellier, as well as museums and art centers in Troyes, Annecy, Parthenay, and Germany’s Hans Thoma Museum. Her paintings have also been featured at the headquarters of Crédit Mutuel de Bretagne in Brest, and she is currently exhibiting at Galerie Ohsong in Korea.
Taupin has been invited as an honored guest to many international salons and art festivals, and her works are held in private collections across France, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Greece, Portugal, Japan, the United States, and other countries. Over the course of her career, she has received more than seventy awards and distinctions, including the Grand Prix Renée Béja from the Taylor Foundation, the Taiyo Bijutsu Prize, the Jean-Jacques Henner Prize, and the Friends of the Salon d’Automne Award in both 2009 and 2015.
Her works are included in the public collections of several French cities, such as Morangis, Montlhéry, Versailles, and Antony, and one of her paintings is permanently housed at UNESCO in Paris.
Combining a deep sense of formal composition with an intimate human narrative, Michèle Taupin has established a distinctive artistic world that continues to be recognized within the landscape of contemporary French painting.
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Michele Taupin 미셀 또빵
파리 출생 1946
학력: Paris, Elisa Lemonnier 미술학교
파리 응용미술 1964-1965 (l'ecole superieure des Arts Appliques졸업
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