Gabriel Seijas

Born in Paris in 1994 to parents who had emigrated from Argentina, Gabriel Seijas is a young visual artist who graduated from the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2023. Having successively joined the studios of Dominique Gauthier and James Rielly, the artist expresses his sensitive relationship with the world through his artistic practice, which revolves around color and gesture.

The vibrancy of his abstract paintings is reminiscent of the urban landscapes he grew up in. The cameos find their balance in the play of transparency and fluorescent flat tints that illuminate his canvases. Natural shades of blue and brown are contrasted with vivid, artificial ranges, like an electric light breaking through the fog at night.

Most of the time, the artist creates his abstract grids freehand. In this instinctive work, where verticality is omnipresent, the lines seem to perpetuate themselves beyond the canvas. The gesture is controlled, repetitive and meditative. And yet, the artist's technique and long brushstrokes invite chance into the creative process. Acrylic paint mixed with marble powder acquires an autonomy when it comes into contact with the canvas. Guided by the artist's gesture, this medium lives and speaks for itself.

"My artistic work is essentially based on the moment and instinct. Notions of automatism and chance accompany the idea that each new painting tends towards the unpredictable." - Gabriel Seijas