Béatrice Dreux
Artist Bio:
Born in Versailles, my history is defined by the contrast between inherited structures and a radical, chosen autonomy. My fathe, a sign painter and designer of the Renault logo, carried the weight of the Algerian War-a formative trauma of a drafted sventeen-year old.
This legacy of institutional force stood in stark opposition to the world my very young and beautiful intellectual mother opened for me.
My true education took place under the open sky.
For months every year, we lived on the beach-a life without societal rules, but rich in stars, silence and books.
In this paradise of necessity, living among wild dogs and the vastnessof the ocean, i discovered a profound trust in an order that requires no command. These years, later followed by a life in the cave houses of Santorini, solidified my absolute pacifim.
Witnessing how structures of power and military "orders" can break the human soul, my work became a commitment to dialogue.
I reject institutional violance and the systemic removal of both humans and animals from their natural state.;
for me, any death in war is an act against humanity.
My artistic practice is a bridge between the inherited precision of the line and an ancient, peaceful wisdom. It is an act of trust in a world that exists beyond borders-a search for the sky i first discovered on the sand.
born in Versailles 1972.
She received her diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria. If you are interested in her work, please send here a note.
Solo Exhibitions
Back Dragon Society, Los Angeles (1996), Gallery Mezzanin, Vienna (1999), Gallery Menotti, Vienna (2001), Gallery Hubert Winter, Vienna (2004), Gallery Hubert Winter, Vienna (2005), PARALLEL Vienna curated by Vita Zaman(2016) LENTOS, Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria curated by Robert Fleck and Stella Rolling (2016), Traklhaus Salzburg, Austria (2017), CORDONHAUS, Cham, Germany (2018), Salon Schmitz, Cologne, Germany, Helmuts Art Club, Vienna (2020)
Group exhibitions
Gallery Nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, curated by Franz Graf (1996), National Gallery, Kairo, (2003), Salzburger Kunstverein (2005), Pi Artworks Gallery, Istanbul (2006), Kunsthalle Palazzo Switzerland (2009), Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (2010), ACE museum, Los Angeles (2011), Kunsthalle Wien(project space) curated by Catherine Hug (2012), LENTOS Kunstmuseum, Linz, (2013), Gallery im Körnerpark, Berlin 2013, MUSA (2009), MAK, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, curated by Peter Noever, Vienna (2000), „LOKALVERBOT“, Hamburg, curated by Roberto Ohrt (2016), „Rabenmütter“, LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz(curated by Stella Rolling), Salon Schmitz, Cologne, Germany (2017) OFF IS, curated by Angela Stief (2016), „WOMAN KNOW“ Austrian cultural forum New York (2018)Subversive Imagination, MUSA, Vienna, „Goddess in practice“, Kunstraum Retz (2019), „Taking Root „KIT – Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf (2019), Salon Schwarzenbergplatz, Wien(2021) “how Lovecraft saved the world “Universitätsgalerie der Angewandten im Heiligenkreuzerhof,(2021) Wien, „A Grammar of Gestures “Kourd Gallery, Athens,(2022) amongs others.
Post Graduate
MAK Schindler Sholarship Program, Los Angeles (1999), Cite internationale de Paris (2003), Ecole Regionale des Beaux Arts de Nantes, France (2003), SOART Austria (2017), EXSLA, eastside international residency, Los Angeles (2018), Artist residency Program, Paris (2022), CCA Andratx, Artist in Residence Program, Mallorca (2022)