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Philippe Pasqua was born in Grasse in 1965, is an autodidact artist-painter and sculptor. He gained an interest in photography from a very young age which allows him today to capture intense looks and powerful emotions. This passion for photography will eventually lead him to paintings. The voodoo and the fetish marked the beginning of his career. Leaving place to the portraits, nudes and vanity. Some interactions and connections with Lucien Freud as well as Francis Bacon can be felt in Philippe Pasqua’s paintings. All of them would paint the most vulnerable things: living nude bodies and portraits. Being inspired is far from copying, but a way to nourish what has already been done.


Philippe Pasqua is a painter that is shaken by the will to paint subjects that are often forgotten, overshadowed, as they are considered different and disturbing. By putting forward these themes (trisomy, blindness, transsexuality…), Philippe wants to demonstrate the strength and the fascinating sensitivity that emerges from these subjects.

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Philippe Pasqua, born in Grasse in 1965, is an autodidact artist-painter and sculptor. Inspired by Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, he progressively made his way to become one of the major artists of his generation. His art works impress, shake up and fascinate. His first exhibition takes place in 1990 at the Espace Confluence in Paris. He organizes numerous solo exhibitions, takes part in various events around the world (Singapore, Hong Kong, Moscow, London, Taiwan…) and in 2010, he decides to permanently exhibit his work in The Storage, a gallery situated in Saint-Ouen l’Aumône combining an exhibition area, storage rooms, a sculpture garden and a place for art collectors, contemporary art lovers and professional to immerse in Pasqua’s art world.

The voodoos and fetishes marked the beginning of Pasqua’s career. These have now made a way for portraits, nudes and vanities. He gains an interest in the art of portraits (faces, nude bodies) without diverting from the reality due to the expressive strength of colors. He goes beyond the physical repre

Born in Grasse in 1965, Philippe Pasqua is a self-taught painter who avoids institutions and traditional circuits.

Inspired by Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, he has gradually established himself as one of the leading artists of his generation. His art impresses, challenges and fascinates.

After numerous paintings and drawings in graphite, the artist, bulimic of creation, ventured into sculpture.

He explores the theme of vanities adorned with butterflies, accentuating the contrast between the symbol of the soul in ancient Egypt and the great fragility of existence.

Philippe Pasqua covers his skulls with gold or silver leaf before placing dozens of butterflies (naturalised) with outstretched wings and iridescent colours.

His imposing bronze casts are then immersed in huge baths of chromium.

The works that emerge are like mirrors: as soon as you approach them, you inevitably catch a glimpse of your own image…

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