Catherine Villermé

Daughter of an animal painter who passed on to her the passion for color and texture, Catherine Villermé stands at the border of the imaginary and the real in an unstable balance between figuration and abstraction. In order to bring her pictorial project to life, the artist chose to paint in oil, which allows her to revisit her compositions. Her approach is uncompromising; she seeks to express her nostalgic vision of the world with sincerity. Catherine Villermé creates in the studio fleeting and poetic atmospheres where light becomes matter to organize a work evocative of memories. The artist presents singular landscapes and skies where humans, either absent or tiny, seem crushed by nature. The artist won the prize of "the Senate medal" in January 2024 and in November 2024 the public prize at the 19th salon of Meslay-du-Maine, then the prize of the salon of La Rochelle in January 2025. The artist exhibited this year in Paris (exhibition in May at the Thuillier gallery), in La Rochelle (October). She will exhibit at the French School salon in Versailles as well as at the international salon of Montsûrs in December 2025. Catherine Villermé also exhibited solo at the Rive de Loire gallery at the Château d'Ancenis (in 2024 and 2026) and at La Maison Bonchamps in La Basse Meilleraie (solo exhibition in June-July 2025).