Biography
I am a French-Irish visual artist based in Dublin, Ireland, exploring themes of grief and absence to encourage personal reflection. Working primarily in oil painting and drawing, my practice prioritizes emotional engagement and visual impact over complex interpretation.
In 2023, I participated in a transformative workshop at the Marina Abramović Institute in Greece, deepening my understanding of the mind–body connection and its influence on my work. Since then, I have become a professional member of Visual Artists Ireland. In 2025, I exhibited at Mount Congreve House, Co. Waterford, the MART Gallery in Dublin, and was selected for the Cill Rialaig Artist Residency in Co. Kerry, founded by philanthropist Dr. Noelle Campbell Sharp.
My latest series, The Day after tomorrow (2025-2026), explores the traces we leave behind through a series of paintings based on photographs of unmade beds taken after a night’s sleep. By inviting people to share these images, the work presents this intimate space as a site of vulnerability a place where we allow ourselves to be fully human.
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View of the group exhibition Shifting Perspectives, The MART Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Photo credit: Serhii Shapoval
Curriculum Vitae
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Inaugural Salon, Schoolhouse for Art, Enniskerry Village, County Wicklow, Ireland
2025 Shifting Perspectives, The MART Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2024-2025 Artform’s Winter Exhibition, The Gallery, Mount Congreve Gardens, Waterford County, Ireland
2024 Winter Hues, The MART Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2024 “Plant4mother”, Embassy of India, Dublin, Ireland
2024 "Textures", The MART Gallery,Dublin, Ireland
2023 Dublin Plein Air Painting Festival, Fingal County Council, Ireland
2019 Portes ouvertes des ateliers d'artistes, Lille, France
2017 Cashel Arts Festival, Cashel, Ireland
2017 19th Annual Postcards from the edge, Visual aids, Metro Pictures Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2016 Made in MEXICO, Centre Culturel La Parole errante, Montreuil, France
2016 1st Annual Members Exhibition, GOMA Contemporary Gallery, Waterford, Ireland
2015 What do you WISH?Mail art, Staten Island Arts Culture Lounge, New York, U.S.A
2014 Annual group exhibition, Commonplace Artists'Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2014 Happy Birthday Mister Yeats at Sligo City Hall, Sligo, Ireland
2014 Whoare you… Famacao? at Vila Nova de Famalicao City Hall, Vila Nova de Famalicao, Portugal
2013 Drawing on the Back of an Envelope, The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Ireland
2012 N50°44'36.3 E030 08'43.8, Galerie des 3 Lacs, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
2011 N50°44'36.3 E03 08'43.8, Galerie Commune, Tourcoing, France
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2013 L’échappée, Maison natale de Condorcet, Ribemont, France
SCREENINGS/READINGS
2026 Interview Contributor – Studio Series (Season 1), dir. Dee Stoppa, Educational short-film documentary series exploring creative and inspirational perspectives.
2024 Participated in Cecilia Bullo's Reading Ritual on the finissage event of her exhibition Repository Apparatus for Magical Thinking: Theia Mania I, curated by Julia Mustacchi at Ranelagh Arts, Dublin, Ireland
2015 HackFest 2015, A4 Sounds, Dublin, Ireland
2014 MusicVideoArt, Heure Exquise!, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille, France
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Gaudefroy, A. “The power of stillness” The Visual Artists’News Sheet, May - June 2024
2011 University Lille 3. N°44'36.3 E03 08'43.8 [Exhibition catalogue] Tourcoing, France: Galerie Commune, France
RESIDENCIES / WORKSHOP
Dec. 2025- Jan 2026 : Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ballinskelligs Co. Kerry, Ireland
Sept.-Dec 2024 The Atelier, Academic art training led by Will Nathans, The Schoolhouse for Art at Russborough House, Blessington, Ireland
June 2024 “Taking Care” workshop, devised by Siobhan Forshaw, Fire Station Artists Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Nov. 2023 Workshop on long durational performance “Cleaning the house”, facilitated by artist performer Paula Garcia and performance curator Billy Zhao, Marina Abramovic Institute, Greece
May 2018 Visual Arts Residency at The Burren Art gallery, Tibberton, County Clare, Ireland
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
2023-Now Professional Member, Visual Artists Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2017- Now Adeline Gaudefroy’s original and creative works, classified under category (d) — paintings or pictures, have been certified under Section 195 of the Irish Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as original works of recognized cultural or artistic merit.
ART RELATED EXPERIENCE
Sept 2015 Workshop facilicitator on the mail art, The Commonplace studios, Dublin, Ireland
Oct 2012- June 2013 French&ArtTeacher (Comenius EU grant program), Gaelscoil na Cruaich, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
May2012–Sept.2012 Cultural Project Assistant, Galerie Saint Jacques, Saint-Quentin City Council's Arts Office, France
Oct. 2011– Dec. 2011 Community Arts Worker, Marcq-en-Baroeul City Council, France
Mar. 2011– July 2011 Intern Cultural Project Assistant, Festival National MarteLive, Rome, Italy
Oct. 2010– Feb.2011 France Intern Cultural Project Assistant at Inventaire-Artothèque du Nord Pas de Calais, Lille, France
Jan. 2010– April 2010 Intern Cultural Project Assistant, The Galleria Spada, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Rome, Italy
Oct.2007– May 2009 Exhibition Facilitator, Rencontres Audiovisuelles, Lille, France
Oct. 2019- Feb. 2019 Intern Community Arts Officer, ANPAA (French: National Association for Prevention of Alcoholism and Addiction), Lille, France
EDUCATION
2011 MastersDegree International relations and intercultural cooperation with high honours, Lille 3 University, France
2010 1styear of Master’s Intercultural relations and International Cooperation, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome, Italy
2009 Bachelor's degree of Visual and Critical studies, with honours, Lille 3 University, France
2016 Associate Certificate in Graphic Design at Dublin Institute of Design, Ireland
Artist’Statement
I paint what is missing. My work is born from the realisation that no matter what goals we pursue, fulfillment often remains elusive until the time has passed. I explore the weight of this after-time, the space where we finally recognise the value of what is gone.
In my current practice, I utilise a deliberate palette of seven colors: three vibrant hues, three muted tones and white as a primary tool for tonal variation. Inverting natural perception, I place high-saturation colors mostly in the background, creating a visual tension that pulls the viewer into an unnatural, psychological space.
When the piece is nears completion, I introduce raw brushstrokes. These marks preserve a sense of the unfinished, reflecting my rejection of closure. By denying the viewer a sense of finality, I aim to sustain a state of suspension, a lingering weight of time that mirrors the enduring nature of longing.
Adeline Gaudefroy, 2025