Artist Statement:
Pop art painter
Patrick Cornée joined the marines at age 16, encouraged by his father who was a career military man. He was quickly noticed for his unique personality and after six years spent navigating around the world, he returned to life as a civilian.
The greatest upheaval of his life was paradoxically the return to childhood: he returned to his early passion for drawing and the joy he felt in recreating the world as he saw fit. He let his morose routine be shattered and enrolled at the fine arts school of Toulon. He likes to get into everything and work with painting and engraving, collage and spray paint…
His overflowing enthusiasm relies on the great working discipline he kept from his life in the marines. Propelled by the lively bursts he feels in going back to his childhood, he wanders from one style to the next and develops a joyful and colorful visual language in which themes such as dance, music, parties and fashion come together triumphantly.
His universe has many facets and is populated with spinning slender ballerinas, mocking dogs and icons drawn from pop art. He depicts carefreeness and wants to show “how rich life is in beauty and love”. His paintings are full of allusions to the contemporary world he views with humour and good intentions.
He has participated in many expositions throughout Europe, the United States and Asia in which his paintings, like echoes of his love for life, have won over the most diverse crowds.
Professional/Teaching Experience:
1997/98/99 School of Fine Arts, Toulon, France
Exhibitions:
1999 - 2000 - Primé à LONDRES pour le Concours International en commémoration du troisième millénaire et exposé dans des musées (Londres - Bruxelles - Stockholm - New York)
2000 - Galerie Gérard RAMBAUD - Saint TROPEZ
2001- 2002 -2003 - Galerie DEMANIE-FARDEL - SANARY (83)
2001 - 5ème Foire Exposition Internationale - SHANGHAI
2002 - 2ème Foire Internationale d’art Contemporain - HON-KONG
Référencé sur ARTPRICE depuis Mai 2002
2011/12 - Galerie perspective, Pont-Aven
2008/09/10/11/12 - Galerie Champs Elysées, Rostov, Russie
2011/12/13/14/15 – Artzandra gallery, 41721 Göteborg SWEDEN
2013 – Mall galleries, LONDON, with Art world gallery
2008/09/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19- Art world Ltd représentation en Angleterre par Chris et Ellie Ixer
2015/16/17/18 - Art Five Gallery, Brighton Royaume Uni
2016/2017/18/19 - The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham, Royaume Uni
2018/19 - Victoria Gallery, Geneva switzerland
2008/09/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19 - Cornee Gallery, 06250 Mougins village
2018/19 - Signet Contemporary, London
Artistic Influences:
My influences are multiple and innumerable, because every day my imagination is enriched with all of the images I view in magazines, the media, on television… As for an artist, at the moment I am greatly enjoying the work of Andy Warhol.
Over the years I have developed a personal style that is a little POP, a little STREET, often rich in colors, vibrant in feelings, with the lightness of carelessness, all in order to express the moments in life that affect me.
The themes therefore vary according to my feelings about events, encounters, and the beauty of the moment.
Artist Tags:
pop art, oil on canvas, fench contemporary painter, pop art paintings, iconic, cinema
