Louafi Valentine | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Louafi Valentine
- United States of America (the)
Painter
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My art is a out of time space where bridges between ancient and new cultures are created, protecting and giving thanks to ancestral knowledges.
Valentine Louafi has always been fascinated by the play of shadows and lights. During her studies in film she made several short films in which silhouettes come to life. She also wrote and presented her thesis on this topic. After a detour in which she worked as a graphic designer, she decided to devote herself anew to her artistic practice, leaving drawing for paper art. The simplicity of the tools she uses and the subjects that she chooses perfectly align with her anti-consumerist and humanistic values. Her models come from all over the world and she specifically chooses subjects that enable her to question the relative notion of beauty, while also directing the spotlight onto modifications of the body and body-art. Today she is working with the organisation "The Paper Artist" that collaborates with organisations that support the emancipation of women. Curious about other people, she conceives of her canvases as an invitation to discover and create bridges in spite of differences.
Valentine is inspired by Street Art utensils, a Japanese technique for Kirigami and work by the German presenter Lotte Reiniger, and makes portraits cut out of paper, with surprising precision. Using photographs that she reworks using a computer and then a simple scalpel, she seeks to render the smallest details on a white piece of paper, which she superimposes onto a black background. The constraints of this technique make her push harder for inventiveness in order to represent the textures of hair or the embossed designs of fabric, and these challenges make her improve her work constantly. The cut-outs are made of a single piece of paper and demand infinite patience and precision: indeed, if she makes the slightest mistake, she loses the entire piece!
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- United States of America (the) :
- 2018Exposition collectiveAix-en-Provence, France
- 2016Finalist forNew York, United States of America (the)
- 2007Master's in art theory and practical artsAix-en-Provence, France
- 1982BirthBéthune, France
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(66 Artworks)
66 Artworks
Louafi Valentine
Why Though
13 x 13 cm110 EURLouafi Valentine
Aube
100 x 50 cm1.675 EURLouafi Valentine
We'll Fight
13 x 13 cm110 EURLouafi Valentine
We matter
13 x 13 cm110 EUR- Sold
Louafi Valentine
Desert dweller
19 x 19 cm180 EUR Louafi Valentine
Amazing vibes
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
Invisible
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Balance
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Thinking
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
Eclipse
50 x 50 cm1.150 EURLouafi Valentine
Wild
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
Tribal vibe
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
After Life
13 x 13 cm110 EURLouafi Valentine
Intuition
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
Doute
13 x 13 cm110 EURLouafi Valentine
Wiseness
25 x 25 cm280 EUR- Sold
Louafi Valentine
Toujours Debout
13 x 13 cm110 EUR Louafi Valentine
Hallucination
50 x 50 cm1.150 EURLouafi Valentine
Neguin
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
Ornement
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Sage
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
Efflorescence
50 x 50 cm1.150 EURLouafi Valentine
Reine de Sabah
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Sita
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
I am
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
L'Envol
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Révélation
13 x 13 cm110 EURLouafi Valentine
Déesse déchue
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Blue Neck
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
Childhood
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
I'm There
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Bafia
25 x 25 cm280 EUR- Sold
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Ivresse
50 x 50 cm1.150 EUR Louafi Valentine
Fille du Désert
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Eyes of Africa
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
Zinsu
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Nyah
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Shilluk
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
Foi
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Je veille...
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
Guardian
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
Woodabe girl
13 x 13 cm110 EURLouafi Valentine
Bonda girl
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
When we lived in the forest
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
Défiance
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
Eyes of India
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
Elévation
50 x 50 cm1.150 EURLouafi Valentine
Ekona
36 x 36 cm480 EURLouafi Valentine
Mama Mtetezi
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
Cosmos
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
Seriously?
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
Oeil pour oeil
13 x 13 cm110 EURLouafi Valentine
Fragmented mind
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
I'm (not) Ok
13 x 13 cm110 EURLouafi Valentine
Déesse Ala
25 x 25 cm280 EURLouafi Valentine
Milk
13 x 13 cm110 EURLouafi Valentine
Eye to eye
19 x 19 cm180 EURLouafi Valentine
Crepuscule
100 x 50 cm1.675 EURLouafi Valentine
L'Attente
50 x 50 cm1.150 EURLouafi Valentine
Butterfly
50 x 50 cm1.150 EUR