Where ART Lives Magazine Volume 4 Number 1 | Page 69

international artists
Olivier Leogane
canada
Born in 1980 in Paris from Guadeloupe (FWI) native parents, Olivier Leogane
currently lives and works in Montreal. The son of a visual artist father, his
painting has always been driven by an invisible and unexplained force that
imposed itself on him. To this day, he still cannot explain where this
relationship stems from but it is nevertheless part of his being, his very core.
It was, however, during his teenage years that he fully embraced that yearning.
Street art and spray paint allowed him to discover the universe of creativity,
color and space. His educational pathways and his doctoral studies kept him
away from his passion, so Street art became his school.
He defines himself as a self-taught artist. In 2009, with this first father & son
exhibition, Connivence, he began a new medium – acrylic painting on canvas.
Since this first show, he’s continued to refine and improve his artistic process,
and today has come to propose the way of HORAGAI Art, based on a new
technique that speaks in a spontaneous and poetic way.
The repetition of geometric patterns create various embossed shapes in a
spirited way. This intuitive painting technique results in color and form
reaching a perfect harmony and the movement of this succession of motifs
brings forth an emotion.
This Art gave him the opportunity to exhibit his talent in solo and collective
events in Montreal, New York, Paris (Caroussel du Louvre), Florence, and
most recently in China.
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