Pierre-Luc Poujol
Pierre-Luc Poujol was born in 1963 in Alès, in the Cévennes region of France.
In 1984, he began brilliant studies at the Bordeaux School of Applied Arts, graduating top of his class (first prize in drawing, first prize in perspective, first prize in sketching).
After dividing his time between France and the United States for several years, in 2018 he finally set up his studio in the South of France, near Montpellier.
Influenced by the peasant roots of his farmer grandfather and lulled by the spiritual environment of his pastor father, Pierre-Luc Poujol developed an early sensitivity to the world and nature around him.
Rewarded for his work and artistic commitment, he has won numerous prestigious awards. In particular, he won the international prize awarded by UNESCO for the bimillennium of the Nativity.
From March 23 to May 26, 2024, he presents “Arborescences”, his new monographic exhibition at the Musée Paul Valéry, featuring over 70 paintings and wood sculptures on the theme of trees and forests.
A committed artist, Pierre-Luc Poujol will become the first ambassador of the French NGO Coeur de Forêt in spring 2022, for which he will lend his voice and his paintbrushes to help preserve our biodiversity.
One only has to enter Pierre-Luc Poujol's studio, nestled in the heart of a lush forest, to immediately understand his closeness to the plant world. This is a source of inspiration for the artist, which he transcribes in both his painting and sculpture.
Each of Pierre-Luc Poujol's works is the concrete form of a boundless quest, where the boundaries between traditional techniques and avant-garde approaches become blurred. For him, creation becomes a constantly evolving field of exploration.
In addition to the projection and dripping techniques that give his painting its uniqueness, Pierre-Luc Poujol also uses his own organic and unconventional tools in his creations: tree branches, plant ashes, charcoal, allowing him a more intimate connection with his subject.
In his painting, the artist expresses a real desire to become one with his work.
“To paint is to accept to lose” is how Pierre-Luc Poujol defines his artistic commitment. For him, painting represents a risk, a path, an adventure, and translates into concrete form a free, intuitive expression that seeks not to achieve a goal, but to constantly explore new territories.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Solo shows
2023 « The Art of living », Hugo Galley, New-York (Etats-Unis)
Maison de la Région Occitanie, New-York (Etats-Unis)
« Symbiose », Galerie Ida Médicis, Paris (France)
2022 Galerie Ariel Jakob, Paris (France)
« Résonance », Galerie Ida Médicis, Paris (France)
Culture Inside Gallery, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
2021 Galerie Le Confort des Etranges, Toulouse (France)
« Résonances », Eglise Saint Jean Baptiste, Castelnau-le-Lez (France)
Nezhakanouni gallery, Marbella (Espagne)
« The Forest call », Galerie Ida Médicis, Paris (France)
2020 Culture Inside Gallery, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
« Voyage à Giverny », Galerie Ida Médicis, Paris (France)
2019 Culture Inside Gallery, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Galerie Ida Médicis, Paris (France)
2018 « Between the lines », Galerie Ida Médicis, Paris (France)
Galerie Acabas, Gstaad (Suisse)
Galerie Maxanart, La bastide Clairence (France)
2017 Culture Inside Gallery, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Art Bastion Gallery, Miami (Etats-Unis)
Galerie Diptyk, Nantes (France)
Galerie Maxanart, La bastide Clairence (France)
2016 “Dripping emotions”, Galerie Melting Art, Lille (France)
Culture Inside Gallery, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Galerie Acabas, Paris (France)
Galerie ELV, Knocke (Belgique)
Ricart Gallery, Miami (Etats-Unis)
2015 “Action dripping”, Galerie My Contemporary, Paris (France)
Galerie Audrey Marty, Saint Malo (France)
“Between the lines”, Ricart Gallery, Miami (Etats-Unis)
Galerie Acabas, Paris (France)
2014 Galerie Acabas, Paris (France)
« Entre les lignes », Galerie 13, Montpellier (France)
Galerie Melting Art, Lille (France)
Culture Inside Gallery, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
2013 Exposition sous le patronage de l’ambassade de France au Luxembourg, Culture Inside Gallery, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
S&D Gallery, Londres (Royaume-Uni)
Galerie Acabas, Paris (France)
Exposition au Pavillon M, « Marseille-Provence, capitale européenne de la culture, Marseille (France)
2012 Galerie Acabas, Paris (France)
Siège BNP, Nanterre (France)
2011 Exposition privée, Doha (Qatar)
Galerie Acabas, Paris (France)
Shows in museums
2024 « Arborescences », Pierre-Luc Poujol, Musée Paul Valéry Sète (France)
2020 « Voyage à Giverny », Pierre-Luc Poujol, Musée Paul Valéry Sète (France)
Collections publiques et privées
Musée Paul Valéry, Sète (France)
Région Occitanie - Pyrénées / Méditerranée, Montpellier (France)
Ville de Divonne les bains (France)
Ville de Castelnau-le-lez (France)
Siège BNP Paribas Cardiff, Paris (France)
Siège FDI Groupe, Montpellier (France)
Art Bastion, Design District, Miami (Etats-Unis)
Evêché de Montpellier (France)
Group shows
2018 « Dripping energy », Pulse, Miami (Etats-Unis)
2017 « Sur un arbre perché », Domaine de Restinclières (France)
Galerie Maxanart, La bastide Clairence (France)
2016 Art Bastion Gallery, Miami (France)
St’Art, Strasbourg (France)
2015 Ricart Gallery, Miami (France)
“Scope”, Bâle (Suisse)
“Scope”, Miami (Etats-Unis)
2014 Ricart Gallery, Miami (France)
2011 BMAC Gallery, Brooklyn (Etats-Unis)
Ward Nasse Gallery, New-York (Etats-Unis)
Galerie Hors Champs, Paris (France)
2010 Galerie de Médicis, Paris (France)
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2002 Winner of the international competition to design the official Châteauneuf-du-Pape bottle
2000 Winner of the international competition for the creation of the “Bethlehem 2000” visual identity, under the patronage of UNESCO and the French government.
