About The Artist

site: https://www.gwengerard.fr Gwen Gerard, visual artist, is born in Nantes (44, France). After a disappointing experience at the art studio: Met Peningehn in Paris France, she joined the faculty of St. Charles Paris I, where she studied with Michel Journiac. In the mid eighties, she began to show in alternative spaces (Génie de la Bastille, Art Cloche etc. ..), Paris galleries (Space Trans-Art, Gallery Arthur) and international fairs ("Art Jonction" in Nice ,"Linéart" in Gend). Then in 1991, Gwen Gerard moved for twelve years in Chicago USA, her work, while focused on painting will then be directed towards the volume and installation. During this period she participated in multiple events (Around the Coyote) and continued to show in galleries like Klein Artworks, MindyiOH, Beret International, World Tattoo ... etc. She was represented by the gallery IDAO and maintained close relations with the French Cultural Services in Chicago, which supported her work and especially her project "Turning" in 1999 with the piece the "Exit Ferris Wheel". In 2002 Gwen Gérard settled in the south of France, where she increasingly carried out collective In Situ projects on individuals such as in chapels in Celles: "De Retour (2004)" or in Aniane: "Il was a Faith” (2005), “Dear Notebooks” (2019) but also at Octon: “Live Motif” (2008), “Dans l’Ombre” (2011), “Partie De” (2019), at La Roche sur Yon: "C-Vague.S" (2022). She also participates in artistic events such as the biennials "Le Manif" in Nïmes, "les Batardises" in Landeronde and Les Sables d'Olonne or those of the cultural service of Cachan in 2012 and 2018. Since then, Gwen Gérard has remained in contact with the Chicago artistic community and, following a residency created by the artist JB Daniel, participated in the "Transorm" project in 2009 and presented the "Building Time" exhibition in 2016. Currently her work around video leads her to participate in events such as the “Remise à neuf” theater festival in Saint Jean de la Blaquière (Hérault fr) (2013), the Traverse Vidéo festival in Toulouse (2014-2019 ),"The Idea Sketch" in Switzerland, at La Strada: “Virée Expérimentale” - in Decazeville (2019), the Instant Vidéo festival at la Friche in Marseille (2019) or even the OFNI# 21 festival in Poitiers (2023) Alongside her career as an artist, Gwen G.Gerard is an art therapist and participates in the creation of the association Triple AAA and art workshops .