Anouk Grinberg

I began working in theatre and cinema at age 13, but have always secretly made drawings, in dressing rooms, backstage, to relieve the empty chatter, and chiefly for children, with whom I felt I best belonged. For a long time, I have drawn animals, landscapes and miniatures, a harbinger of happy illuminations, a manner of recomposing a world of my own. The far-fetched frailty of what is good and true pressed me to do so. And also a strong appetite for joy. I drew without taking myself too seriously, a little bit the way women make pies, for their inherent warmth. However with time, it has worsened. The drawings have seriously infringed upon my life, my mind, and become quite fierce, less civilized. Shooting up like geysers, rolling on like parades. Deaf to trends, I only busily transcribe literally what I perceive of the world. So I am honored that Robert Delpire (photography publisher, ex-director of the MEP), Louis Deledicq (curator of exhibitions by Giacometti, Michaux, most notably Dubuffet), and Germain Viatte (ex-director of Beaubourg) took an interest in what I do. Their exacting eye tirelessly contributed to unfetter my work. Then, Gilles Naudin appeared and with him commences a history of demanding dedication.
Isabelle Wisniak now delights me in uniting both sides of my vision in her lovely ludic gallery, the austere no longer opposed to the innocent. And I do indeed believe it to be me …

2009 : Louis Deledicq arranges my first exhibition of pastels at Galerie Berggruen (Paris)
2012 : Exhibition at Fine Art Studio (Brussels) and at Galerie Gilles Naudin (GNG Paris) begins his dedication to my drawings.
2013 : Art Paper in Brussels (Gilles Naudin)
2014 : Exhibition at Galerie Gilles Naudin (GNG Paris)
2014 : Group show at Chapelle Saint-Anne (Tours)
2014 : Exhibition of pastels and embroideries at Galerie Storme (Lille)
2014 : Group show at Espace Commines (Paris)
2017 : Exhibition at FLAIR Galerie (Arles) and at Galerie GNG (Paris) (imminent).

Anouk Grinberg, 2016
Translated by Ilsa Carter and Pierre Guglielmina

Other artworks will be shown at Galerie GNG, Paris, from May 23 to June 24, 2017