Sophie Asselin is a French Canadian self-taught artist based in Montreal (Quebec).
Artist biography
Sophie Asselin is a French Canadian self-taught artist based in Montreal. Following a background in visual arts and graphic design, she began a successful career in photography. In 2018, she started to work intensively with abstract art in order to explore a more intimate and personal visual language. At the end of 2021, the artist's career took an important turn; Sophie acquires a mastery of colours and a more assumed style. The use of oil paint plays a significant role in this breakthrough. This medium is perfectly suited to the creative spirit of the artist. Attracted by experimentation, oil offers her new avenues of exploration.
In just a few years, her work is being noticed across North America. Her artworks are part of many private collections in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia and also Australia. In June 2022 she organizes her very first solo gallery exhibition, at Atelier Galerie 2112 in Montreal. The same year, her work was selected by the team of Friend of the Artist (FOA), which allowed her a publication in volume 15; FOA is a bi-annual publication highlighting the work of talented emerging artists from all around the world. Sophie also counts among her collectors, the Colombian ambassador of Canada and several Quebec public figures.
Self-portraits.
“What emerges through my abstract artworks is a raw expression of myself.
Strongly inspired by the Colour Field painting movement, I orchestrate the colour pigments to make them the main subject of my work.”
Artistic approach
Abstract art is quite simply the art of painting.
As a painter I aim to create bright, casual, colourful abstract works that trigger visual stimulation and a sense of happiness. I invite my audience to discover the beauty that blurs the boundaries between the real world around us and what lies deep within us.
Being a perfectionist and organized, abstract painting is a liberating exercise for me. When I paint, I only think about my composition, the hues and the texture of the medium. I am always driven by an insatiable desire to create and I paint without imposing limits on myself, escaping the standards of the visible world. Abstract art also allows me to reconnect with the child in me. I rediscover my innocence, my vulnerability and my spontaneity.
Strongly inspired by the Colour Field painting movement, I orchestrate colours to make them the main subject of my work. The colour, the icon of my works, unfolds on large surfaces by combining lines and imperfect geometric forms.
Fascinated by the nobility of oil paint, its arrival in my studio, more than a year ago, has revived my creativity. I love the richness of its texture that I explore with a brush. The thick paste of oil paint characterizes the texture of many of my paintings. Moreover, I paint horizontally (the canvas being placed on the ground) because I benefit from a proximity that allows me to maintain a close relationship with the piece. An important part of my creative process is that once the work is completed, I determine the final orientation of the work.