In her contemplative and enigmatic oil paintings, Alice Delsenne (1995) navigates the space between the figurative and the abstract, exploring themes of existence, perception, and infinity. With a strong light presence and a dark and restrained colour palet, her minimal compositions reach toward something vast and unresolved.
Alice Delsenne is born near the forest of Chevreuse (78), and carries an enduring connection to nature that surface in her paintings. She is now based in Bordeaux, France. At age 15 she attempted a school of Applied Arts near Paris and expanded her practice in the field of design & art with a bachelor’s degree at the Nantes Atlantique design school.
Attracted by the Nordic countries, she moved to Copenhagen for six years and co-founded an interior design studio. The Scandinavian aesthetic she encountered there: minimal, calm, and contemplative, still shapes her visual language today.
Her practice is also nourished by her long-standing love for classical and Romantic paintings. Their tension, drama, and storytelling continue to guide her practice, feeding her creation of contemporary paintings that hold both a feeling of intensity and quietude.
Since returning to France in 2021, Alice has devoted herself fully to her art practice. Using oil painting as her preferred medium, whose depth and slowness suit her search for atmosphere, light gradients, and emotional charge.
Portrait by Jacob Brinth
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Solo Shows
2026
Précipice - Solo show (Upcoming)
Neilag Gallery
Bordeaux, France
May-September
2025
La Dernière Vue – Solo Show
Explores the stage of disappearance through quiet interiors where light and memory blur. What fades may still hold the promise of something to come.
Coutume Gallery
Bordeaux, France
05 Juin - 12 Juillet
Group & Duo Exhibitions
2026
CURATED ROOM
Rue de Bellechasse
Paris 7eme
14 - 20 Janvier
2024
A Distance – Open Atelier
A studio opening
Atelier
Bordeaux, France
21 November - 24 November
2023
In Between – Group exhibition
Galerie Art’Gentiers
Bordeaux, France
18 March – 8 April
Rencontre – Duo show with the multidisciplinary artist Léone Béguin
Curated and exhibited a dialogue-based show.
Private hotel particulier
Bordeaux, France
17 March – 19 February
2022
Open Atelier – part of Escale des Arts organisation
Studio visit and talk about process and creation
Bordeaux, France
10 December
Alice Delsenne × Rebecca Fabulatrice – Duo show
Coutume Gallery
Bordeaux, France
16 September – 29 October
2021
Wabi-Sabi – Wall Installation of ink on paper paintings
PH7 Design Shop
Bordeaux, France
13 December 2021 – 1 February 2022
Education
2018-2021
Co-Fonder of Nue Studio
Interior design & product design
Copenhagen, Denmark
2013–2016
Bachelor’s Degree in Product Design
EDNA (École de Design Nantes Atlantique)
Nantes, France
2010–2013
Baccalauréat in Applied Arts
St Martin High School
Palaiseau, France
Press
2023
Vivre Bordeaux magazine
Written by Myriam Laselve
August release