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\"Bernard<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Born in Brussels in 1966, my perspective was first shaped by the duality of two contrasting horizons: The telluric, mineral power of the Swiss Valais stood against the wooded softness of the Brussels outskirts. From this childhood spent between rock and sap emerged a need to translate the world. It was a need to transmute raw emotion into image and matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My journey began with the mastery of light. From the IATA in Namur to the halls of INSAS in Brussels, I learned the grammar of the frame and the discipline of the eye. For years, behind the lens of a documentary camera, I practiced the art of the \u00ab aff\u00fbt \u00bb\u2014the patient watch. I captured the moment, composing with the vagaries of light, and inhabiting the space of the shot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a long time, my life was a geographical and emotional oscillation between the effervescence of film sets in Brussels and the contemplation of my studio in La Palma. I made this Canary Island my laboratory of solitude. It was there, between the ocean and the volcano, that a slow metamorphosis took place, toward \u00abl’\u00e9pure\u00bb\u2014the essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2016, after exploring graphic design and digital creation, I have moved away from the movement of images. I now favor the vibration of the line. My current work, almost calligraphic in nature, seeks a suspended balance. Form no longer limits, but becomes the breath itself. I call my creations \u00abhypnographs.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon the pristine white of the medium, I surrender to a compass-less wandering. It is a drift where the desire for a result fades before the purity of the gesture. What emerges are interlacings of \u00abnear-chance\u00bb, archipelagos of signs. They oscillate between ideograms and figurative reminiscence. It is a territory of dreams and enigmas where reality chooses to slip away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Expositions \/ Exhibitions<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

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  • 2026, Parcours d’Artistes, Bruxelles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2017, Individuelle, Upup Gallery, Bruxelles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2001, Collective, Aeropuerto Internacional de La Palma, Espagne<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2001, Individuelle, Casona del Alf\u00e9rez Salvador Caceres, El Paso, La Palma, Espagne<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2000, Individuelle, El Grial, Ibiza, Espagne<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1999, Collective, Fer\u00eda Internacional de Muestra de Arte de Tazacorte (FIMAT), La Palma, Espagne<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1998, Individuelle, Casa de la Cultura, Los Llanos, La Palma, Espagne<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1998, Individuelle, Aeropuerto Internacional de La Palma, Espagne<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1998, Collective, Fer\u00eda Internacional de Muestra de Arte de Tazacorte (FIMAT), La Palma, Espagne<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1997, Individuelle, Les Ateliers d\u2019Alexandra, Bruxelles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1997, Collective, Galerie Victoria, La Palma, Espagne<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1996, Individuelle, Ambiente, La Palma, Espagne<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1995, Sala O\u2019Daly, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Espagne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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