BLANDINE SAINT-OYANT | ARTIST PORTFOLIO
BLANDINE SAINT-OYANT
1170 N. Catalina Avenue,
Pasadena, CA 91104
626-794-8168
bsto@earthlink.net
saintoyantstudio.com
BLANDINE SAINT-OYANT: STATEMENT
I was trained in the US and have been living and working in Pasadena for many years. I am a contemporary abstract painter and a colorist who works with poured paint. My work explores the relationship between fluidity and control, spontaneity and structure, calmness and exuberance. My process employs liquid oil paint poured against a shaded background that allows the different pigments to intermingle and fuse into visually striking patterns. After many years of painting practice, my process is largely improvisational. My aim is to create a space in which contrasting visual elements are interwoven into a fluid composition. I see these paintings as “intuitive landscapes”, many of which suggest fictional natural phenomena.
More of my work is available at saintoyantstudio.com
2016 “Nature-Improv”, duo show, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA (October 2016)
2012 Alliance Française de Pasadena, Pasadena, CA (October 2012)
2010 LA Artcore, Los Angeles CA (July 1- August 8, 2010)
1994 “Blandine Saint-Oyant: New Paintings,” Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC.
1994 “The Ploughman “, Louise G. Brown Gallery, Bryan Center, Duke University, Durham, NC.
1993 “Gestures of Ritual and Work”, Hanes Art Center Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC.
1992 “Pillars and Fragments”, Louise G. Brown Gallery, Bryan Center, Duke University, Durham, NC.
2017 “Perched Upon the Tree of Life”, Laemmle Royal Theater (July – October 2017)
2015 “Space is a doubt”, Altadena Library, Altadena, CA – Performance/Concert/Painting exhibit (Dec. 2015)
2014 “AbstractionsTangibles,” Galerie de l’Évèché d’Uzès, Uzès, France (Sept-Oct 2014)
Pasadena Art Alliance Biannual Show and Auction, Pasadena CA (April 2014)
2013 Galerie de l’Évèché d’Uzès, Uzès, France (July 2013)
“Millenial Abstractions”, Marin County Foundation, Novato CA (April-May 2013)
2010 “Brilliant Paintings & Amazing Ceramics,” Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura CA (March 2010)
Pasadena Art Alliance Biannual Show and Auction, Pasadena CA (April 2010)
Brewery Artwalk, Telemachus Studio, Los Angeles, CA (April 2010)
2009 “Off the Wall,” Armory Center for the Arts Biennial Art Auction, Pasadena, CA
2008 Juried Show, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Brewery Artwalk, Telemachus Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Pasadena Art Alliance Biannual Show and Auction, Pasadena CA
2007 LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA (July 2007)
“Off the Wall,” Armory Center for the Arts Biennial Art Auction, Pasadena, CA
2006 Fullerton College Group Show, Fullerton College Gallery, Fullerton, CA
“Paintings Edge 2006 Exhibition,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
“Painting’s Edge,” Parks Exhibition Center, IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.
Pasadena Art Alliance Biannual Show and Auction
2005 “Group Show,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
“Wallworks,” LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA.
“Paintings Edge 2005 Exhibition,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
“Painting’s Edge,” Parks Exhibition Center, IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.
2003 “Open Haus,” Haus Gallery, Pasadena, CA.
“Painting’s Edge,” Parks Exhibition Center, IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.
2002 “All Media Group Show,” Beckstrand Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA.
“Painting’s Edge,” Parks Exhibition Center, IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA.
2001 “Side Order”, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.
2000 “Light Show”, Peppers Art Gallery, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA.
1998 “Gallery 825 1998 Open,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
1997 “Group Show,” Pasadena Art Space, Pasadena, CA.
1994 Group Exhibition for Recipients of SAF/NEA Award, Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC. (Catalogue)
1993 “3rd Annual New Show,” Wake Visual Art Association, Raleigh, NC.
“Group Show,” 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA.
“The Artist’s Show,” City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC.
“Group Show,” Orange County Women’s Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
1990 “Group Show,” CCA Competitive Exhibition, Kinston, NC.
1989 “Staff Art Show,” Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
1997-1998 Studied Visual Art & Art Pedagogy at University of Paris I /Sorbonne, France.
1986-1989 BFA and Diploma in Painting, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA.
1983-1985 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Studies: Art history, Painting, drawing, sculpture, performance art
1994 National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation Visual Arts Fellowship
2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Painting’s Edge, IdyllwildARTS, Idyllwild, CA
Studio Visit, (Open Studio Press, 2009, 2010)
Susan Campo, “Art Her-Story,” Pasadena Weekly, October 12, 2000
Blue Greenberg, “Art Guild Solo Shows, good, solid, “ The Durham Herald-Sun, August 19, 1994
Erik Torkells, “Exhibition unites archeology and aesthetics”, The Duke University Chronicle, January 31, 1992
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