Rémy Hysbergue

b. 1967, French

Rémy Hysbergue is a French contemporary painter pushing the boundaries of abstraction and the possibilities of unconventional surfaces. Working with acrylic painting on velvet, often mounted on panel, the support becomes as important as the paint itself, creating a unique and revisited symbiosis between the surface and the medium. The artist’s series-based practice questions 20^th century abstraction, examining the formal aspects of painting in a post-abstract era.

In Hysbergue’s oeuvre, matter, space, and light are essential. The French artist can shift from painting monochromes to complex and expressive compositions with an almost explosive and energetic aura. From applying thick impastos, to slick brushstrokes—varied in width—to airbrushing techniques, Hysbergue creates an interplay between the texture of paint and the illusionistic impression of relief, depth, and space within an abstract picture. As a result, he achieves new dimensions of freedom, luminosity, and materiality, due to his nimbleness and expertise when it comes to applying acrylic paint on his characteristic velvet surfaces.

Rémy Hysbergue was born in 1967 in Valenciennes, France. He studied at the prestigious École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris and has been appointed as a professor in painting at the École Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Étienne (ESADSE) since 2007. His career spans across four decades, with national and international representation by Galerie Richard in Paris, France, and New York, the United States of America; Galerie Jean Brolly in Paris, France; and Galerie Amel Bourouna in Berlin, Germany. Rémy Hysbergue participated in national institutional exhibitions at FRAC Sud in Marseille, Musée de l’Hospice Saint-Roch d’Issoudun, Musée des Sables d’Olonne, Musée des Beaux-arts Chapelle du Carmel in Libourne, FRAC Poitou-Charentes in Linazay, and FRAC Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand.

Rémy Hysbergue resides and works in Paris, France.

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