Brief Biography:

Born in Lyon, France - 1970
Bachelor of Liberal Arts (Literature)
Moved to Paris in 1994.
Blandine Leroudier is a self-taught artist. Having never taken an art course, her autodidactic technique has evolved from her own creative experimentation. After ten years in Paris, Blandine has returned to the Rhône-Alps region and in 2006 will exhibit her work in St Etienne.

Technique :

• 2000: ‘Open Doors’ festival of Belleville artisans (2000)
• 2003: Continuing involvement with the Toast Gallery, Paris
• 2004-2005: La cantina Compagnoni, Trezzo sull’Adda, Bergame, Milan
• 2006-2007:
  • Life Gate Cafe, Milan
  • Rhabar, Milan
  • L'atelier du coin, St Etienne
  • « les Babets », St Etienne
  • Galerie Couleur baroque, St Etienne
• 2008:
  • La Fabrique, show-room de créateurs, Annecy(Seynod)
  • Cuisine et Dépendances, Lyon
  • Gallery La Belle Histoire, St Etienne
  • Barclays's Club, St Etienne
  • Gallery l’ Art et la Manière, St Etienne
• 2009:
  • Toast Gallery, Paris
  • la Galerie Parisienne, Paris

Blandine has sold numerous canvases in France, Italy, Spain, England, the USA and Canada.

The artistic approach:

Guided by instinct, Blandine’s creative approach is not limited by standard cognitive constraints. Though a sense of reality is often present, it is frequently transformed, simplified in order to portray a distilled purity.

The nude is treated with a degree of modesty and disregard for the limits of realism. Torsos are slightly distorted, colourfully highlighted with vibrant and saturated tones.

The canvasses of buttocks have been created in a small format, and are designed to be exhibited in a group. The choice of the number and colour of the canvases is the duty of the buyer, who consequently plays a personal role in the creation of the work.

Having initially focused her artistic attention on the human body, Blandine’s more recent canvases portray a liberal interpretation of both abstract and photographic landscapes. Her taste for travel has also influenced her creative approach – southern Italy, Mauritius, Cuba…

Blandine’s artistic interest also extends to food. In choosing an everyday culinary item, she works to extract a sense of grace from the subject, abandoning its somewhat banal reality.

Actually, Blandine is working on an abstract vision of landscape.. Fiew details, but a sens of quietness.