ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Based in Brittany, France, Florent Stosskopf is a self-taught painter whose work adeptly combines traditional themes and archetypes through a modern lens. He holds a BA in Web and Graphic Design and an Advanced Technician Diploma in Communication from L’école Multimedia.
The artist has been likened to Jonas Wood, Guy Yanai, Hillary Pecis, and Paul Wackers, through his use of vibrant colour that underpin his intricate scenes of antiquity and still lives from the Baroque movement, and Modernism. As a self-taught artist, Stosskopf’s artistic prowess is easily relatable to the viewer. Art books by Picasso, Matisse, and contemporaries are interpreted through paradoxically random and frantic “still” interiors. Are these images internal pixilations of the artist’s personal experiences? Or are they an imaginary exploration of the fragmented and subjective nature of perception?
The unidimensionality in his work pays homage to Stosskopf’s graphic design past and is perhaps a defining characteristic of his idiosyncratic, vivid style. With composition reminiscent of collage, it is this edited viewpoint that Stosskopf’s paintings adopt, removing shadow and exaggerating colour saturation, that brings a dynamic element of disconnection from reality to the fore.
Since joining the gallery in 2020 Stosskopf has gone on to exhibit his work in Hong Kong, Canada, New York, Madrid, London (sold out pre-opening) and of course his native France. With new work and solo shows scheduled well into 2024 in Madrid, France and London, savvy collectors will recognise that with such a trajectory, Stosskopf is a contemporary to watch.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Graduated with qualifications in Webdesign, Communication and Graphic Design.
2015 Established Printer and Graphic Design Business ‘Monsieur Coton’.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 ‘The Mocking Bird’, Beers London
2023 ‘I Feel Like Pablo’ Solo Show, Garna Art Gallery, Madrid
2023 ‘Diaries of a Painter’ Solo Show, Hong Kong
2022 ‘Master of botanical’ Exhibition, Duran Marshaal Gallery, Future fairs NYC
2021 Art Miami Fairs, Duran Mashaal Gallery, Canada
2021 “Eternal Flowers” Beers London, UK (PRE-SOLD OUT)
2016 Solo Exhibition, Brittany, France
2015 Solo Exhibition, Rennes, France
