DESMET Cyril : AINSI SOIT ELLES

Cyril DESMET

Painter and engraver, Cyril Desmet was born in Casablanca in 1950. He paints in a lovely and inspiring place, West of France.

After art studies in Paris (1968-1971), he travelled throughout Middle East and Western Africa (1972-1975).

He was initiated to engraving by Simone & Henri Jean (1986).

Since 1975, he regularly exhibits his work European wide and in Canada. He also creates posters for cultural events (photography, danse, cinema and litterature).

Cyril Desmet's characters, either painted or engraved, on paper or canvas, always look up the sky, the clouds and the moon. His works represent a poetical phantasmagoria between the space and the earth, with ochre and brown materials in the background.

Collective exhibitions :

2007                Galerie Mouvances, Paris

2002                Galerie Mouvances, Paris

1999                Salon Épreuves d’artistes, Chartres

1998                Lineart, Gand, Belgique

1997                Galerie Mouvances, Paris

1996                La Cheminée Bleue, Deux-Sèvres

1992                SAGA Fiac Edition, Paris

                        Galerie Citra, Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie

1991                Galerie Artialis, Rennes

                        Musée National des Beaux-Arts, Santiago

1990                Images Plurielles, Cognac, France

                       Fête de la gravure, Poitou-Charentes

                        Exposition I.P., La Guilde Graphique, Montréal

1989                Salon International de la Gravure, Niort

1984                Salon des Illustrateurs, Paris

1982                Galerie de l’Esplanade, La Défense, Paris

1981-84           Salon des Indépendants, Paris

Personal exhibitions :

1999                Galerie Walter, Haguenau

1998                Corderie Royale, Rochefort

1997                Kiss me not, Saint-Martin-en-Ré

                       Atelier Van Meenen,

                        Harelbeke, Belgique

1996               Galerie Squ’Art, Orléans

1995                SAGA Fiac Édition, Paris

1994                Galerie Artialis, Rennes

1993                Hôtel Région, Poitiers

1992                M.P.T.Art, Bordeaux

1989                Espace Pierre-Mendes-France, Poitiers

1987                Atelier Simone et Henri

                        Jean, Deux-Sèvres

1986                Galerie Odile Harel, Vence

1984                Crédit Agricole, Poitiers