Bertrand GOALOU is a travel inspired Artist (‘artiste peintre voyageur’) born in 1975 in Lorient, France, Bretagne. Art and travels in more than 70 countries on all continents.

[Your] Colors and lights. Capturing and magnifying colors and lights around us.

ART PHILOSOPHY:
 Fascinated with cultural diversity, Bertrand GOALOU is a nomad artist. His creations originate from his travels across the world. Bertrand GOALOU likes to capture colors and lights, the beauty of people, places and simple moments and turn them into vibrant paintings. With Celtic roots and a passion for Bretagne his home region, his main focus is on cultures and people, diversity and ways of life, unexpected places and moments, and [always and again] the true beauty of colors and lights. Painting has always been part of his identity. Natural-born observer and inspired creator, painting is a natural medium for Bertrand GOALOU to create instant impressions. His Art practice turned into a unique approach which goes by immersing in all kind of places (‘déambulations artistiques’), drawing a few colored lines in his sketchbooks, feeling all sensations, smells, faces and details, nature, and –ultimately- revealing them in new paintings. This approach was adopted in the painting series he created over the past 25 years. His unique Art style uses a variety of new art techniques which combine figuration with abstraction, and mixed media.
Bertrand GOALOU is also an Engineer and Urban Planner and a Lead Urban Transport Specialist. As a professional, he supports the shift to sustainable urban mobility solutions in developing countries.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
"In the past 25 years, my Art collections of paintings exhibited in France (various cities, including in the iconic city of Pont-Aven in Bretagne, my home region), in Asia (Philippines) and in Africa (Nigeria, Cabo Verde, Congo, Niger) in solo exhibitions. Each show translated into unique moments, sharing and engaging with people and Art lovers, with peers and very often create jointly with them.

I have Celtic roots and I see myself as a travel inspired Artist. The unique Art practice I developed comes from my deep passion for the beauty of people, the rhapsody of the streets, the vibrancy of cities, and all the places I visited on all continents. The Art of noticing is at the center of my process. All of my artworks were made while traveling and after these travels. This is how I find inspiration, from these drawings and moments. This is also why you always see travel drawings together with my paintings in my Art exhibitions, as a great combination of instant street drawings and studio paintings.

My projects and series each evolved around countries or regions of the world. Interestingly, common themes emerged and thematic bulk of works across country specific series keep growing, such as portraits, cityscapes, and vegetal nature.

Today and as I keep traveling and (re)discovering new regions in the world, I am very excited about Art community moments, sharing my creations on my INSTAGRAM (@bertrandgoalou since 2020) and on my ONLINE GALLERY (bertrandgoalou.carbonmade.com, created in 2015). Posting new artworks as they come to the world and sharing them with you all, art lovers, collectors, travelers, friends and followers."

ARTIST STATEMENT:
“Colors, lights and beauty is all around us. Making Art is simple: open your eyes, slow down and embrace." Bertrand GOALOU

Established in Manila since 2010, Bertrand GOALOU’s work is exhibited internationally in France (Besancon, Bordeaux, Brest, Clermont-Ferrand, Lorient, Rennes, and Pont-Aven), Cabo Verde (Praia), Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Nigeria (Lagos), Niger (Niamey), and the Philippines (Manila). Temporary and permanent online exhibitions since 2015. On Instagram since 2020 @bertrandgoalou.

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