BIOGRAPHY
Clément Poplineau (1991, Lyon, FR) paints Renaissance-like, realistic portraits of French
banlieue youngsters. His characters look like they are hiding something; what seeps out
of their composure, is sheer complexity. Clément Poplineau uses historical métier for
contemporary tableaus. Fanta, scraps of fast food, and Adidas wrap around his mute but
biting figures. Centuries and social hierarchies are put on equal footing. And as the origin
of portraiture indicates, Clément Poplineau’s paintings think about power, class, and
identity — only he sharpens it. By sacralizing the “symbolic activities” that make up the
banlieue’s youngster identities — from social exclusion to visual and bodily language —
his paintings revaluate (un)ruly habits.
Clément Poplineau completed his painting studies in Brussels in 2018. He has exhibited
at Palace in Brussels where he had a solo exhibition and has been a part of a number of
group shows, among which at Académie Royale des Beaux Arts (2019), SB34 (2018),
Montana Shop (2018) and Lycée Molière (2018).
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Académie Royale des Beaux Arts « OHNOPICASSO », Bruxelles 2019
2018 SB34, «100% de confluence», Bruxelles 2018
2018 Palace, «Du bon côté de la mer, du mauvais côté du périphérique», Bruxelles
Fondation Moonens, «Saturne», Bruxelles 2017
Montana Shop Gallery, Bruxelles 2016
Lycée Molière, «Molière Project», Bruxelles
Publications
2018 «Le bitume renaissant», article de Flora Eveno pour la rtbf, paru le 11/09/18 2017
La limite, module de recherche, Académie royale des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles