Mireille Blanc

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Born1985
Saint-Avold, France
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris
Known forPainting
AwardsPrix Verdaguer (2021)

Mireille Blanc (born 1985) is a French contemporary painter. Associated with the revival of figurative painting in France, her work is held in major French public collections, including the Musée d'Art moderne de Paris, the Centre national des arts plastiques, and the Fonds régional d'art contemporain (FRAC) Auvergne. Her work has been exhibited in major institutions such as the Musée d'Orsay, the Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (Mucem), and the Louvre-Lens.

Education and early career

Blanc studied at the École nationale supérieure d'art et de design de Nancy from 2002 to 2005.[1] She completed her training at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, graduating in 2009, having also spent a period at the Slade School of Fine Art in London in 2007 through an exchange scholarship.[2] She currently lives and works in Évry-Courcouronnes, France.

In 2022, she returned to the Beaux-Arts de Paris as a studio head (cheffe d'atelier), leading a painting studio alongside artist Eva Nielsen.[3]

Work and critical reception

Blanc's painting takes photographic sources—such as family snapshots, found prints, and domestic objects—as raw material. Rather than transcribing photographs literally, she focuses on the physical surface of the source image, often painting artifacts such as tape marks, borders, folds, and blur directly onto the canvas.[4][5]

Critical studies have emphasized the tactile handling of her paint and her investigation into how images are perceived. Art historian Jean-Charles Vergne, in a 2018 catalog published on the occasion of Blanc's solo exhibition at FRAC Auvergne, observed that her practice destabilizes the photographic document through painterly texture, transforming familiar domestic motifs into ambiguous visual forms.[6] Art critic Olivier Céna in Télérama described her compositions as creating a deliberate tension between photographic reference and the autonomy of paint.[7]

Her work has also received attention from national press and cultural broadcasts, including reviews in Le Monde[8] and critical profiles on France Inter[9] and Arte.[10]

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2026: Sounding the Interior, Mireille Blanc/Tamara Al-Samerraei, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel (curated by Ines Goldbach)[11]
  • 2024: Artifices, Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon-les-Bains, France (curated by Philippe Piguet)[12]
  • 2023: Glaçage, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou, Paris, France[13]
  • 2021: Album, Centre d'art contemporain Camille Lambert, Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
  • 2018: La sommation des images, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France (curated by Jean-Charles Vergne)[14]
  • 2018: Peintures, images, rideaux, Maison des Arts, Grand-Quevilly, France (curated by Joël Riff)[4]

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2026: So Cute! The Art of Happiness, Louvre-Lens, Lens, France (curated by Annabelle Ténèze and Émilie Girard)[15]
  • 2026: Restons Unis 2, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France[16]
  • 2026: Bonnes Mères, Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (Mucem), Marseille, France[17]
  • 2025: The Rose that Grew From Concrete, Museo Sant'Orsola, Florence, Italy (curated by Morgane Lucquet Laforgue)[18]
  • 2025: Se faire plaisir, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France[19]
  • 2024: Le jour des peintres, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France[20]
  • 2024: The Infinite Woman, Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France (curated by Alona Pardo)
  • 2023: Immortelle, MO.CO Panacée, Montpellier, France[21]
  • 2023: Coi, La Verrière, Fondation d'entreprise Hermès, Brussels, Belgium (curated by Joël Riff)
  • 2017: Peindre, dit-elle, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole, France

Public collections

Blanc's work is included in institutional permanent collections, including:

  • Musée d'Art moderne de Paris (artwork: Léonard au masque, 2024)[22]
  • Centre national des arts plastiques (artwork: Palette, 2023)[23]
  • Fonds d'art contemporain - Paris Collections (artwork: Château, 2022)[24]
  • Fonds régional d'art contemporain Auvergne (works acquired and monographic publication)[25]

Awards

  • 2021: Prix Verdaguer, Académie des beaux-arts, Institut de France[26]
  • 2016: Prix international de peinture Novembre à Vitry[27]
  • 2008: Prix Noufflard, Fondation de France

References

  1. ↑ "Mireille Blanc Biography". Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "Prix Verdaguer 2021 : Mireille Blanc". Académie des beaux-arts. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "Professeurs : Mireille Blanc & Eva Nielsen". Beaux-Arts de Paris. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mare, Alexandre (July 2018). "Mireille Blanc, solo show, Maison des arts-Grand-Quevilly". Artpress (457).
  5. ↑ Lavrador, Judicaël (March 2021). "Mireille Blanc – L'étoffe des jours". Beaux Arts Magazine (441).
  6. ↑ Vergne, Jean-Charles (2018). Mireille Blanc: La sommation des images. Éditions FRAC Auvergne. p. 160. ISBN 978-2-907672-25-2.
  7. ↑ Céna, Olivier (27 September 2023). "La Chronique d'Olivier Céna : Mireille Blanc". Télérama.
  8. ↑ Jardonnet, Emmanuelle (7 October 2023). "Sélection galerie : Mireille Blanc". Le Monde. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Mireille Blanc : J'aime travailler sur les limites de l'identifiable". France Inter. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "L'Atelier A : Mireille Blanc". Arte. 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Opening: Sounding the Interior – Tamara Al-Samerraei and Mireille Blanc". Kunsthaus Baselland. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  12. ↑ Rencontre avec Mireille Blanc à La chapelle - Espace d'art contemporain à Thonon-les-Bains (Video). Ville de Thonon-les-Bains. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  13. ↑ Jardonnet, Emmanuelle (7 October 2023). "Sélection galerie : Mireille Blanc". Le Monde.
  14. ↑ "Les œuvres énigmatiques de Mireille Blanc exposées au FRAC Auvergne". franceinfo. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "So Cute! The Art of Happiness". Louvre-Lens. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  16. ↑ "Restons Unis 2". Perrotin. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  17. ↑ "Au Mucem, "Bonnes Mères" démystifie les maternités sous le prisme de la Méditerranée". Konbini. 27 March 2026. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  18. ↑ "The Rose That Grew From Concrete". Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  19. ↑ "A la Kunsthalle se faire plaisir entre amis". Mulhouse Art Contemporain. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  20. ↑ "Le jour des peintres". Musée d'Orsay - Espace Presse. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  21. ↑ "Au MO.CO, la peinture figurative bouge encore…". Beaux Arts Magazine. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  22. ↑ "Mireille BLANC - Léonard au masque". Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris / Navigart. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  23. ↑ "Mireille BLANC - Palette". Centre national des arts plastiques. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  24. ↑ "Château - Mireille BLANC". Fonds d'art contemporain - Paris Collections. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  25. ↑ Vergne, Jean-Charles (2018). Mireille Blanc: La sommation des images. Éditions FRAC Auvergne. ISBN 978-2-907672-25-2.
  26. ↑ "Prix Verdaguer 2021". Académie des beaux-arts. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  27. ↑ "Novembre à Vitry 2016 — Prix de peinture". Slash. Retrieved 8 September 2026.

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