BENOÎT TRIMBORN

BENOÎT TRIMBORN

cover: Colza XV 63¾” x 44¾” | opposite: Sur un chemin forestier 63¾” x 44¾” | above: Automne 47” x 63”

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© 2015 Benoît Trimborn, Photography courtesy of Jean-Louis Hess

2 | Forêt dans le brouillard 47” x 63” Chemin dans le brouillard 35” x 51” | 3

4 | Canal dans le brouillard 29½” x 78¾” | 5

6 | Au bord de la rivière 63¾” x 44¾” Arbres dans la brume 35” x 45½” | 7

8 | Vaches au verger 38” x 51” Arbres et tournesols 63” x 82½” | 9

10 | Les tournesols 35½” x 55” | 11

French artist Trimborn is renowned for his large-scale, stunning landscapes in oil on canvas. Trimborn, trained as an architect, categorizes his work as “contemporary impressionism”; by this, he is referencing his unusual approach to ordinary subjects, his emphasis on the ethereal quality of light and his focus on the natural world.

On his work, Trimborn states:

The morphology of the landscapes, or more essentially, the space that the countryside paints, draws my attention and is like the spark of an idea. As an architect, I see there a breath, a light, a rhythm that can form on its own a principle of beauty. Thus, in painting, I am guided by these places of the countryside, they go through the seasons, but also through meteorological and agricultural variations… So, I imagine the passage from the space of the countryside to the space of the canvas. It is a passage to do without useless chatter, because everything is there… More than using the painting as a means of communication of my own message, I prefer making the painting talk, leaving it to “say the last word”… The represented elements compose atmospheres whose impression I seek to accurately convey, like the musician, who accurately follows his sheet music. The figure of the man, who is never represented, is, however, sensibly present in these strongly altered and elaborate landscapes. In this effort, the contemplative attitude prevails, much more than the adventurous attitude. No message and no story should disturb the viewer’s perspective…

Trimborn’s extensive country and water scenes lack human forms thus they encourage contem-plation and a careful study of nature. While the presence of humanity is, at times, hinted at by a well-maintained field of crops or pasture of cows, his paintings tend to highlight the immeasurable vastness of nature and the relative smallness of everything else. His work brilliantly captures the changing seasons, the fleeting visions reflected in his pools of water and the complex relationships between light, water and the sky.

(b. 1976 Schiltigheim, France)

BENOÎT TRIMBORN

12 | Skiathos IV 47” x 63” Skiathos III 59” x 82½” | 13

14 | �irassia jour et nuit (diptych) 2 @ 38” x 57”| 15

16 | Clair de lune 35” x 45½” Colza nuit jour II (diptych) 63¾” x 51” & 63¾ “x 38” | 17

18 | Paysage d’été X 47” x 47” | 19

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France

Absolute Gallery, Bruges, Belgium

2013 Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France

Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France

2012 Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France

Galerie Schindel, Freiburg, Germany

Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France

2011 Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges, Belgium

Prix des Arts 2011, Académie Rhénane, Strasbourg, France

Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France

Galerie Philippe Paschos, Grimaud, France

2010 Galerie Art Station, Zurich, Switzerland

Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France

2009 Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France

2008 Galerie Ame Couleur, Fleurier, Switzlerand

Galerie Art Station, Zurich, Switzerland

2007 Hotel Holiday Inn, Strasbourg, France

2006 Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014 Winter Collective, Axelle Fine Arts, New York, New York

Exposition st’art, Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France

2012 Art Gent 2012, Absolute Art Gallery, Gent, Belgium

Exposition st’art, Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France

2011 Linear 2011, Absolute Art Gallery, Gent, Belgium

Affordable Art Fair, New York City, NY

Landchaft [heute], Galerie Schindel, Freiburg, Germany

Oxymore No 6- L’invitation au voyage, Centre Culturel Chine-Europe, Strasbourg, France 2011 art KARLSRUHE, Galerie Art Station, Karlsruhe, Germany

Winter Exhibition, Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges, Belgium

2010 Lineart 2010, Absolute Art Gallery, Gent Belgium

Exposition st’art, Galeries Bertrand Gillig/ Rendez Vous, Strasbourg, France

Montreux Art Gallery 2010, Galerie Ame Couleur, Montreux, Switzerland

Art London, Galerie Ariel Sibony, London, United Kingdom

Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris, France

Le bonheur est dans le près, Galerie Ame Couleur

Exposition Paysages, Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France

Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium

2009 Galerie Philippe Paschos, Grimaud, France

One Man Show, Exposition st’art, Strasbourg, France

Absolute Art Gallery, Bruges, Belgium

Affordable Art Fair, Paris, France

Slick Dessin,Paris, France

Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium

2008 One Man Show, Exposition st’art, Strasbourg, France

2007 Exposition Paysages Galerie, Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France 2007 Galerie Dautcourt, Brussels, Belgium

2006 Galerie d’art contemporain TEM, Goviller, France

Madame Bovin rit, Galerie Ame Couleur, Fleurier, Switzerland

Ateliers ouverts à Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

25 artistes d’ici et d’ailleurs, Galerie No Smoking, Strasbourg, France

2005 Leçon de choses, Galerie Bertrand Gillig, Strasbourg, France

Concours de peinture Prix des Arts 2005, Rotary Club de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France 2005 Galerie du Mazelet, Anduze, France

B E N O Î T T R I M B O R N

20 | Après la pluie 35” x 45½” above: Chemin au bord de la rivière 38” x 63¾” | 21back cover: Chemin au bord au Colza 44¾” x 63¾”

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