
Ines Khadraoui
Born: 1962
Hometown: Paris
Based in: Paris
Born: 1962
Hometown: Paris
Based in: Paris
I was born in the Parisian suburbs of France, daughter of immigrant parents. From Spanish mother, I spent part of my childhood between Cantabria (Spain) and the Paris region (France). I currently live in the center of Paris. My first artistic education I owe it to my mother, a talented seamstress who used to draw embroidery patterns, inspired by nature.
Inspired by my mother’s drawings, I develop my artistic sense at a very young age. It is belatedly that I will take up design studies.
My art is the outcome of a period of professional creative frenzy in of about twenty years which I needed to feed myself to bring out my own artistic vision. My works give off a strong energy, positive. My art has freed herself from all technical constraints, to focus only on the expression and decoding of the energies that drive us. I have abandonned the figurative style and have turned to abstraction. The influence of Joan Mitchell will be particularly present in this evolution. I have now engaged in an introspective work for years, promoting the connection between body, mind and sensory experimentation that my painting give me through my gestures. My painting is neither in the past nor in the future. Only the present interests me, the moment when I create.
What inspires you?
All around me but more especially the expressions of faces, the emotion in the music, the gushing of the waves, the blossoming, the wind, ....the movements of life
Describe your creative process.
My creative process is never really the same. I like to use the energy of my body language, in search of expressive movement. This is why I often use brushes, more flexible and more manageable than the knife for example. My work is intuitive and experimental. It is expressionist abstration.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
Energy, color, gesture
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
joan Mitchell, willem De Kooning, Cy twombly, Gerhard Richter
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
spalter brush
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Be sincere with your art. Do not look in the eyes of others but in yours
Where do you go for inspiration?
I am not looking for inspiration. It is everywhere. Inspiration is a disposition of the soul
Education
CREAPOLE ESDI - PARIS- Higher school of Design - Master 1 graduate
France, 2001
Awards
ITSLIQUID International Contest 7th - Winner
2020
Exhibitions
Art Karlsruhe - represented by Javier Roman gallery
Germany, 2022
Art shopping - Carrousel du Louvre - Paris
France, 2022
Art shopping - Carrousel du Louvre - Paris
France, 2021
ART3F - International Contemporary Art Fair - Paris
France, 2019
Abstract state - Sonia Monti gallery - Paris
France, 2019
Salon National des Beaux Arts - paris
France, 2018