Painting as presence
Patrick Vandecasteele is a contemporary painter exploring the presence and fragility of the human condition.
His work unfolds between observation and introspection, where figures and flowers become silent metaphors for our time.
Lives and works between Paris and the French Alps.
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Artist Statement
My work explores the physical, psychological and social posture of humans, the various costumes they wear to dress their intimate hiatuses.
I try to restore the spontaneity of human posture, its fleetingness, the unconscious that inhabits a body and its outfit, the links between composure and thoughts, gestures and intentions, mental melee.
I paint our struggle to face others, to approach others, the struggle between our multiple intimacies, between our imperative of life in society, of submission to servitudes and the imperative need for autonomy, individuality.
Exhibitions
August – October 2025 – BBA 360 – BBA Gallery, Berlin
On-line group show
August 13 – October 18, 2025
August 2025 – L’(Art) Sauvage, La Sauvage, Luxembourg
Duo show (with Nicolàs Di Gesu) at the Sainte-Barbe church
August 8-10, 2025
October 2024 – 30th Parcours de l’Art, Avignon, France
Solo show at Maison Jean Vilar
October 11-27, 2024
September 2024 – Yellow Cube Gallery, Paris
Group show “Summer is over”
September 6-15, 2024
July 2023 – July 2024 – Villa San Liberale, Feltre, Italy
Group Show
June – September 2023 – Gallery Heike Arndt, Berlin
Group show “Fresh legs”
June 14 – October 1, 2023
March – April 2023 – Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenal Nord, Venice
Finalist for the Arte Laguna Prize 16 – Group show
March 11 – April 16, 2023
February 2022 – LAB 20 – Centro Culturale di Milano, Milan
Group show
January 2021 – London Paint Club
Online group show “Fresh Perspectives”
January 4 – February 1, 2021
February – April 2018 – Le Séchoir art center, Mulhouse, France
Group show “Free Position”
February 23 – April 8, 2018
Press
Al-Tiba9
Article and interview published in the art magazine Al-Tiba9 n°8
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Artsin Square
Article published in the art magazine Artsin Square n°2
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Bluebee
Article published in the art magazine Bluebee n°7
Exhibitions views
L’(Art) Sauvage – (La Sauvage – Sainte-Barbe Church – Luxembourg)
Parcours de l’Art (Avignon – Maison Jean Vilar – France)
Yellow Cube Gallery (Paris)
Gallery Heike Arndt (Berlin)
Arte Laguna (Venise)
LAB 20 – Centro Culturale di Milano (Milan)
