Delphine Lebourgeois (b 1976), a graduate from Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, and from Central St Martins, has been working in London as an artist for more than ten years.

Her work explores intuitively the emotions of anger, fear, humour and tranquility, and identify them as creative energies.
Delphine’s images are poetic, yet conceptual and stray away from the obvious. As she explains: “My work is about solving problems with elegant, economic and surprising solutions. I am happy when I find an idea that startles me enough that I can start drawing”.

Her latest solo exhibition “Over the Cover” (Frameless Gallery, March 2011) playfully subverted the boundaries of book jackets, and displayed 20 poster size digital collages.

Lebourgeois is a collage artist in the making of her images, as well as in the way her ideas are built: incongruous elements play with each other and compose a beautiful, surreal and often humorous universe. Fascinated by hats and other head-dresses, many of her figures are adorned by a piece of excentric millinery, sometimes no less than a fragment of land or a firing volcano. These headpieces act as poetic metaphors hinting at the subject’s dreams, fears and aspirations.

Achieving a balance between a conceptual approach and a seductive, decorative aesthetic, Lebourgeois creates an imagery that is nourished by her love of quirky narratives and beautiful designs which invites us all to wonder with her.

She has received the IMAGES 29 Critics Award in 2009 and has more recently been selected for the prestigious 3×3 international competition 2011

2011

27-30 October – AAF Hampstead Heath – with Eyestorm

20-30 October – The Geoffrey harrison Project – Orange Dot Gallery london – Group Show

12-22 October – Mail Art (Post Ray Johnson) – A&D Gallery London – Group show

22-25 September – TENT London – with GAS
31st May/12thJune – Frameless Gallery – Group Show organised by ALBOA

19th-21st April – London Original Print Fair – Royal Academy – with Eystorm

10th-13th March – Affordable Art Fair – Battersea – With ALBOA

28th February/13th March – Over the Cover – Frameless Gallery – SOLO SHOW

2010

Nov/Dec – Material Gallery (KIngly Court) – Group Show

October 2010 – Palace Art Fair – with Gas Agency

Septembre 2010 – TENT London – with GAS Agency

March 2010 – Jeannie Avent Gallery – Group Show with “A Little Bit of Art”

March 2010 – Dulwich College – Mid Century Modern Show

2009

December 2009 – A&D Gallery – “Angels” – Group show

December 2009 – Badlambs “Pop-Up” Gallery – Group Show with “A Little Bit of Art”

November 2009 – Royal College of Art – RCA Secret

October 2009 – McCann Eriksson – Solo Display

July 2009 – London College of Communication – AOI IMAGES 33

March 2009 – Coningsby Gallery – “Amazons & Other Stories” – Solo Show

2008

November 2008 – Royal College of Art – RCA Secret

April 2008 – Publicis – Solo Display

2007

November 2007 – Royal College of Art – RCA Secret

February 2007 – A&D Gallery – Papillionidae – Solo Show

2006

Summer 2006 – A&D Gallery – Group Summer Show

2005

July 2005 – Mall Galleries – AOI IMAGES 29