artist/ Desvaux
FRANCE
Olivier Desvaux was born on May 12, 1982 in Rouen (France).
After a year studying applied arts at the École Estienne in Paris, Olivier entered the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, from which he graduated in 2006.
Olivier is a member of the Taylor Foundation.
He was appointed Peintre Officiel de la Marine (Official Painter of the French Navy) in 2018.
Commissions
In 2009, Olivier produced oil paintings commissioned by Jacques Garcia to decorate the Baldaquin Suite at La Mamounia in Marrakech.
In 2011, he was selected to propose a painted decor project for the apse, nave and arcades of the church of Sainte Marie Majeure (a listed historical monument) in Bonifacio.
As part of the French 1% artistique program, Olivier created a decoration for the Tréport media library in 2013, and in 2018 a decoration for the multi-care center of Grand-Couronne.
Awards
Albert Maignan Prize, Taylor Foundation, 2017
1st Prize, Paliss’art 2015
Honorable Mention from the André and Berthe Noufflard Foundation, Fondation de France, 2012 and 2014
Letter of commendation awarded by the President of the Jury of the 41st Salon de la Marine in Paris, 2010
First Prize in the plein-air painting competition organized by France Galop at the Deauville racecourse in 2006 and 2007
Second Honorable Mention in the national fine arts competition (concours général des Arts plastiques) in 1999
Exhibitions
Magna Gallery Paris, France, 2025
Galerie Artismagna, Paris, France, 2022, 2023, 2024
Galerie en Ré, Bois-Colombes, 2021
“Les lumières de la Seine,” Galerie Rollin, Rouen, 2021
“Mouvements et lumières,” Galerie Schwab Beaubourg, 2020
“Du Nord au Sud,” Galerie Fremont, Le Havre, 2020
“Les lumières du Havre,” Galerie Fremont, Le Havre, 2018
“Les lumières de Rouen,” Galerie Rollin, Rouen, 2017
“Le ballet de l’Opéra Garnier,” Galerie Suiha, JAPAN – Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, 2017
“De San Francisco à Tanger,” Galerie Fremont, Le Havre, 2016
“La danse dans tous ses états,” Taylor Foundation, 2015
“Peintre voyageur,” Galerie Fremont, Le Havre, 2013
“Paris: un autre voyage,” Galerie Nabokov, Paris, 2012
“Baïkal,” Galerie Nabokov, Paris, 2011
“John Eliot Gardiner,” Galerie le Vieux Paris, 2010
“La route du rhum,” Galerie la Boucherie, Saint-Briac, 2010
41st Salon de la Marine in Paris, 2010
“Polo,” Deauville and BNP Paribas Wealth Management, Paris, 2010
“Le Maroc,” Hôtel Jnane Tamsna in Marrakech, 2008
Galleries
Magna Gallery, Paris, – www.magnagalleryparis.com
Galerie Schwab Beaubourg, Paris — www.galerieschwabbeaubourg.com
Galerie Pascal Fremont, Le Havre — www.galeriepascalfremont.com
Galerie Suiha, Tokyo — www.suiha.co.jp
