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Astrid de La Forest graduated from a well-known Paris art school: ESAG. Her career began in the field of theatre as an assistant to the famous decorator Richard Peduzzi. With him she worked on a number of theatre creations and also contributed to the decoration of the «Musée d’Orsay» in Paris.
A trip to New York in 1988 brought her the passion of sketching street scenes and people at work or in the bars. Strong of this experience and training, she stopped working for the theatre to concentrate on painting.
This talent for sketching and expressing people and atmospheres led her to be enrolled as official portraitist for a National TV channel in criminal courts where photographers are not allowed. This difficult but fascinating and original activity allowed her to earn a living and continue to find her way as a painter.
Astrid loves travelling and discovering other cultures and surroundings. In 1989 she was invited in Japan to achieve 650 portraits of local people for a major travelling exhibition throughout the country. Her natural inclination towards drawing and also black and white led her to develop a great skill in printing where through strong and sober lines she finds the means of expression that, at present, suits her best.
Other travels followed, to Morocco and recently as a resident artist for several months in the wild mountains of West Tasmania. From that extraordinary environment, she brought back a great number of sketches and drawings and achieved large prints of Landscapes that were shown at the «Salon International de l’Estampe et du Dessin»in the «Grand Palais» in Paris last May.
Her work is regularly shown in-group and personal exhibitions in France and Switzerland and her prints are present in many private and public collections including the «Bibliothèque Nationale».
Astrid de La Forest
Born in 1962 in Paris, lives and works in Fontainebleau (France)
1986 Graduate of E.S.A.G Ecole Supérieur d’Art Graphique Paris
1986–88 Set-decoration at «Théàtre des Amandiers» Paris
1988 Set-decoration at «Musée d’Orsay» Paris
1989–96 Criminal court’s portraitist for national television
1989 650 portraits commissions for a travelling exhibition
throughout Japan
Exhibitions
1991
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple, Paris
1993
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple, Paris
1995
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple, Paris
1997
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple, Paris
Fine arts Gallery Renaudot à Semur en Auxois, (Solo)
2001
Chapelle Saint Etienne à Beaune (Solo)
2002
Chapiteau du Cirque Pocheros à la Villette, Paris (Solo)
2003
Piccolo Téatro de Chalon sur Saône (Solo)
2004
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple «Gravures» Paris
2005
Fine arts Gallery du Mouton bleu, Avallon (Solo)
Mois de l’estampe à la Bibliothèque Nationale Biennale de
l’estampe du musée de St Maur (2ème prix)
2006
«Atelier» Lacourière et Frelaut, Paris, (Solo)
Fine arts Gallery Ty-Mad, Douarnenez (Solo)
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple «des paysages», Paris
2008
Residency at «Institut Français du Nord», Tanger (Morocco)
2009
Jenisch museum, Vevey, (Suisse)
Ecole des arts et métiers, Tétouan, (Morocco)
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple, Paris (Solo)
Quest Gallery, Bath (GB)
2010
Fine arts Gallery Arts et lettres, Vevey, Suisse (Solo)
Beaubourg, BPI, Paris «Trait de justice, Dessin d’audience»
Résidency at LARQ (Landscape Art Research), Queenstown,
Tasmania (Australia)
2011
Fine arts Gallery Antonine Catzeflis, Paris (Solo)
Salon International de l’estampe et du dessin.
Grand Palais, Paris
Astrid de La Forest graduated from a well-known Paris art school: ESAG. Her career began in the field of theatre as an assistant to the famous decorator Richard Peduzzi. With him she worked on a number of theatre creations and also contributed to the decoration of the «Musée d’Orsay» in Paris.
A trip to New York in 1988 brought her the passion of sketching street scenes and people at work or in the bars. Strong of this experience and training, she stopped working for the theatre to concentrate on painting.
This talent for sketching and expressing people and atmospheres led her to be enrolled as official portraitist for a National TV channel in criminal courts where photographers are not allowed. This difficult but fascinating and original activity allowed her to earn a living and continue to find her way as a painter.
Astrid loves travelling and discovering other cultures and surroundings. In 1989 she was invited in Japan to achieve 650 portraits of local people for a major travelling exhibition throughout the country. Her natural inclination towards drawing and also black and white led her to develop a great skill in printing where through strong and sober lines she finds the means of expression that, at present, suits her best.
Other travels followed, to Morocco and recently as a resident artist for several months in the wild mountains of West Tasmania. From that extraordinary environment, she brought back a great number of sketches and drawings and achieved large prints of Landscapes that were shown at the «Salon International de l’Estampe et du Dessin»in the «Grand Palais» in Paris last May.
Her work is regularly shown in-group and personal exhibitions in France and Switzerland and her prints are present in many private and public collections including the «Bibliothèque Nationale».
Astrid de La Forest
Born in 1962 in Paris, lives and works in Fontainebleau (France)
1986 Graduate of E.S.A.G Ecole Supérieur d’Art Graphique Paris
1986–88 Set-decoration at «Théàtre des Amandiers» Paris
1988 Set-decoration at «Musée d’Orsay» Paris
1989–96 Criminal court’s portraitist for national television
1989 650 portraits commissions for a travelling exhibition
throughout Japan
Exhibitions
1991
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple, Paris
1993
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple, Paris
1995
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple, Paris
1997
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple, Paris
Fine arts Gallery Renaudot à Semur en Auxois, (Solo)
2001
Chapelle Saint Etienne à Beaune (Solo)
2002
Chapiteau du Cirque Pocheros à la Villette, Paris (Solo)
2003
Piccolo Téatro de Chalon sur Saône (Solo)
2004
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple «Gravures» Paris
2005
Fine arts Gallery du Mouton bleu, Avallon (Solo)
Mois de l’estampe à la Bibliothèque Nationale Biennale de
l’estampe du musée de St Maur (2ème prix)
2006
«Atelier» Lacourière et Frelaut, Paris, (Solo)
Fine arts Gallery Ty-Mad, Douarnenez (Solo)
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple «des paysages», Paris
2008
Residency at «Institut Français du Nord», Tanger (Morocco)
2009
Jenisch museum, Vevey, (Suisse)
Ecole des arts et métiers, Tétouan, (Morocco)
Fine arts Gallery Vieille du Temple, Paris (Solo)
Quest Gallery, Bath (GB)
2010
Fine arts Gallery Arts et lettres, Vevey, Suisse (Solo)
Beaubourg, BPI, Paris «Trait de justice, Dessin d’audience»
Résidency at LARQ (Landscape Art Research), Queenstown,
Tasmania (Australia)
2011
Fine arts Gallery Antonine Catzeflis, Paris (Solo)
Salon International de l’estampe et du dessin.
Grand Palais, Paris
