artist/ Marion Cadet

France

Marion CADET was born in Paris in 1989 and has been painting since she was a child. This didn’t prevent her from becoming an architect.
But her initial passion caught up with her: in 2014 she was awarded the bronze medal at the Salon des Artistes
Artistes Français. She then decided to become a professional painter. Today, she is one of France’s leading contemporary
contemporary art in France. She lives and works in Annecy.
Her paintings are based on an intensive process of photo-taking, from which she draws her inspiration.
“I try to translate my own moods through my models’ personalities, postures and framing. A
reveal an interiority, a modesty, an intimacy, using crude and imprecise tools.

Paradoxically, the search for detail takes on a fundamental role in my paintings. How can I evoke softness and subtlety by applying this black paint
How do you evoke softness and subtlety by applying this black paint to the canvas with a dry, brisk gesture and a broad brush?
From black and white, the artist works only with black oil paint. She works in broad, dense or flush strokes.
flush. The movements of her brushes are charged or sometimes just scratched. They sculpt shadows, absorb and slow down light
and slow down the light, while the whiteness of the void becomes dazzling in counterpoint. The contrast is established between
between the precision of the details and the rawness of the technique used: a sketchy, yet almost photographic
photographic aspect. In today’s digital and virtual age, these original works claim to represent the instantaneous in painting.
painting.

The recurring choice of large frames, on the scale of the painter’s body, is made to impose a real physical interaction
interaction: between the artist and the work at the creative stage, and then to engage the public differently depending on their
position in relation to the painting.
Marion CADET’s work has been exhibited in France, Brussels, Geneva, Lausanne, London, Munich, New York and Osaka.
the artist is also keen to participate in several charity projects each year, either by creating specific works or by
or by donating paintings already completed to the benefit of :
– The search for a vaccine against COVID 19 (Coron(Art) Virus, funds raised for the Lille University Hospital)
– Medical research into childhood cancer (2021 sponsor of the “Une Nuit pour 2500 Voix” association),
– The fight against child abuse (L’enfant Bleu)
– The fight against poverty (Croix Rouge Française, Secours Populaire Français)