Eloi Derome

Eloi Derome lives and works in Paris.

After studying fine arts and literature, Eloi Derôme pursued higher studies in philosophy at the Sorbonne, but also in cinematographic aesthetics and contemporary thought at Jussieu.

Represented today by the gallery The Curators NY and Paris, the gallery Artgazette London and South Africa, the gallery 18 BIS in Paris rue de Savoie in the 6th and the gallery Patrick Bartoli in Villeneuve les Avignon.

Currently exhibiting at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche in Saint-Germain and at The Socialite Family, located at 12 Rue Saint Fiacre in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris.

Since 2019 and 2020, his work has been seen in Europe at the Golsa Gallery in Oslo, the Hôtel de Paris in Berlin and the Galerie Agnès B, Paris, as well as in the United States, at the Velvet Ropes in Oakland, the No Place Gallery Columbus, the Chicago Western Exhibitions, the DATELINE in Denver, the Hole NYC and the Soil Gallery in Seattle.

His work has been presented in Cape Town, Oslo, Berlin, Amsterdam, Strasbourg, Denver, Seattle and Chicago.

The blue hour embodies that fleeting moment when day fades into night, then when night recedes to make way for day.

This transitional instant both intrigues and captivates our artist, who has been working for over a year now on this ‘color-time’ in suspension, much like Monet was obsessed with water lilies and driven to paint their reflections.

Color moves within this partition of matter, the clear line carved out becoming the language through which the world’s transformation is established.

The artist seems to tell us that it’s not time that passes, but colors that transform