Caroline Denervaud

Caroline Denervaud is seen as an established mid-career contemporary artist, who was born in Lausanne, Switzerland during 1978. Denervaud studied Contemporary Dance at Laban Center in London; Fine Arts at Paris’ ENSBA; and Fashion at Studio Berçot in Paris. She has been living and working in her studio in Paris, France for many years. Denervaud’s work is movement-heavy and relies on a complete immersion in emotions. Dancing was Denervaud’s passion, her first way to express herself. Her body is the best creative tool. On the ground, lying on the canvas, the artist moves on a surface that records the rhythms. The traces keep some contours of a human presence in motion, translated into a sensitive geometry. This process stirs awake a long-standing anthropocentric tradition, articulating a conception of the world from the proportions of a singular figure. The self. From the Renaissance’s Vitruvian Man to Modernism’s Modulor, these icons of engineering created new eras by advocating for their anatomies as reference points. 

“There is a simple, communicative, free and intrinsic emotion in movement. My work explores the wide varieties of movement.  My body initiates and guides each painting. I often film myself in this initial process of tracing, putting the accent on impulsion, rhythms, repetitions, balance and imbalance. After I integrate the colors, affecting the initial trace, restructuring the shapes and how they interact, leading to a dialogue, an artwork.” 

Over the years, she's had numerous solo and group exhibitions. Denervaud’s work is part of art collections in Europe and America. In November of 2022, she will have her first solo exhibition in the US with Simard Bilodeau Contemporary in Los Angeles. Denevaud will also be participating in a duo exhibition in London with The Finch Project. She has partaken in art fairs in France, England and USA.