Viviane Beaufumé

Viviane Beaufumé paints abstract poems. Her work is primarily based on acrylic painting, to which she has gradually added ink, oil pastels, and collages. Inspired by lyrical abstraction for gesture, COBRA for colors, and Joan Mitchell for poetic writing, she plays a lot with material, whether it is about overlays or layers of transparency. The strength of colors is her signature. How to explain what comes from the deepest part of oneself? Explaining it is already renouncing this extraordinary freedom of abstract expression, which allows me to wander through painting discovering a world of infinite possibilities to reveal. The act of painting, the strength of colors, and the freedom of gesture prevail over words, speech. No dodging, no evasion, to escape the immediate creative act. Born in Belgium, at the crossroads of Europe, Viviane Beaufumé has been living and working for over 40 years in the Paris region. She was awarded the Painting Prize at the Salon du Vésinet in 2015, and that of the City of Sceaux 2016. She regularly exhibits in France, in the Paris region, and abroad. She is represented by the Galerie Le Hangar des Arts in Magny-en-Vexin (95) and PandemArt (62). A page has been dedicated to her in the special issue "Liberté" of Miroir de l’Art. She also exhibits as part of Itinéraires Art Contemporain and K-Droz. You can find her on ARALYA.