Emmanuel

Van der Meulen

Studio professor

"With a mirror in your eye, you can look beyond the image, beyond the field, to understand what, in plain sight, was being shown without anyone daring to see it. Once the initial astonishment has passed, the paintings cease to be images, and reveal the traces of a process, of a time longer than that of stupor. That of painting, abandoned to itself on the surface of the canvas. It responds indolently to the flash of fear. It flows repeatedly over the background, encountering obstacles methodically arranged between the stretcher and the canvas on its way to collide with its edges and manifest the painting's existence".
Text by Carin Klonowski Medusa / Solo exhibition, Galerie Allen, 2023.

Emmanuel Van der Meulen is a graduate of ENSBA Paris (2001). A former Villa Medici resident (2012-2013), he taught painting at the École Européenne Supérieure de l'Image d'Angoulême-Poitiers (2013-2024). In 2015, he founded STINKSTOTAAL, a critical ska punk band, with Nicolas Chardon. His work is represented by Galerie Allen, Paris.

Recent exhibitions: Fortuna, MRAC Occitanie, Sérignan; Medusa, Galerie Allen, Paris; Paris-Peinture, MABA, Nogent-sur-Marne; Épochè, Les Tanneries, Amilly; Blackscreen_Issues_Sleeping_Displays, Glassbox, Paris; Your Friends and Neighbors, High Art, Paris; Embarquez-vous ! FRAC Hauts-de-France, Dunkerque; Opsis, Galerie Allen, Paris.

Photo credits: Isabelle Morisseau