Collection: Corinne Foucouin

Born in 1968 - Lives and works in Aulnay-sous-Bois (93) - France

Painting journey

Passionate since childhood by the colors that fascinate her, Corinne exhibited for the first time in 1986, at the age of 17, at the Librairie des Blancs-Manteaux in Paris 4th with the CILF (International Center of the French Language).

From 1988, she studied drawing with the workshops of the Paris City Hall, and learned with the painters Walter Nascimento, Dias Fehrat, Laurent Zunino, Gilles Maignaud, Philippe Brunet, Bernard Benant (photographer), Solène Doually (Ecole Monet), Pilar Pradales (APSA).

In 1997, she exhibited in Ivry-sur-Seine, collective “Autour de l'arbre”, then exhibited and co-organized from 2012 to 2015 the exhibitions of the collective “Dans le jardin”, in Caluire (69) and Nanteuil (60).

From 2003 to 2013, she frequently visited exhibitions, museums, fairs and contemporary art biennials: Paris, Lyon, Rome, Florence, Basel, Geneva, Venice, Istanbul, New York…

From November 18, 2023 to January 6, 2024, she exhibits 40 paintings at the Jean-Pierre Jouffroy Art Center in Bonneuil sur Marne (94) on the theme of climate: personal exhibition "Aqua Végétal".

Parallel course

At the same time, since 1996, Corinne has been responsible for the production and distribution of live shows, Enfance et jeunesse, the Théâtre de l'Ombrelle and the Cie Minibox.

She was a project manager at the Ministry of Culture CNC Cinema Center for 10 years. Since 2018, she has also led art workshops for children aged 5 to 12 and adults (APSA Aulnay).

Artistic approach

From Nature, source of inspiration: transmitting the love of artistic and personal expression. The work of Corinne Foucouin with her oil painting technique with a knife offers a journey into nature and the imagination.

His painting is intuitive and meditative. It is halfway between abstract art and impressionism, with a touch of free expression.

Corinne is passionate about colors and their vibratory effects, nature and its landscapes, lights and its reflections. Her imagination wanders between seasides, rivers, ponds, valleys, forests, and explores a path between the elements: water, earth, air and wood on the canvas.

When she paints, she is free, she imagines, she travels, she fully experiences the sensation, guided by the vibrations of the colors.

Time seems to stand still... She uses the technique of the oil painting knife, with material effects and extra thickness.

Abstract landscapes are suggested, just evoked. They are painted in the manner of a vaporous memory that would float and be reflected in blur.

A pictorial path crosses colorful forests, observes the bark of trees, delves into memories of walks, between land and water, in search of its essence.

"Corinne Foucouin's paintings demonstrate a desire for ecological awareness. She shows fragments of environments with undulating appearances. Indeed, the expressive power of color, associated with plays of light, gives us a view of almost moving landscapes. The contours fade, the shapes blend and merge. All that remains is the sensation, accentuated by blurring effects. An aura emerges from her works, something alive and vibrant. The surfaces of her canvases, with reliefs, contribute to the immersion of the viewer. Nothing is fixed, yet the paintings can be described as "living paintings". She has managed to retain her capacity for wonder and transmits it to us through paintings filled with energy."