Théo Viardin (b. 1992) is a French artist currently living and working in Paris, France. After a master degree in graphic design, he co-founded Embuscade, a visual creation studio in 2015.

Through his paintings, Théo Viardin is building a speculative imagery representing surreal humanoid figures in intimate and melancholic scenes. Installed in bare backgrounds and twilight atmospheres, the sculptural compositions and the colossal shapes of the bodies contrast with the fragility of the faces and the eyes.

Drawing his inspiration from the writings of authors of anticipation such as Alain Damasio or Ursula K. Le Guin, convinced that our society needs a new narrative imagination to project itself into a more desirable future, Théo Viardin represents a distant humanity, deprived of the most humanistic of functions, namely language and narrative, that has no alternative except to gather in order to care and protect.

His work has been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions such as “Solitudes”, NBB (Berlin, 2023); “Et In Arcadia Ego”, Kandlhofer (Vienna, 2022); Jusqu’à ce que nous redevenions sauvages. Linseed Projects (Shanghai, 2022); “Gado, gado”, Everyday Gallery (Antwerp, 2022); “Have we Met?” Curated by Thom Oosterhof at Tesoro Collection (Amsterdam, 2022); “Distant Echoes”, Number Three Spitalfields (London, 2021); “Toute présence se mêle avec les pierres”, L21 Gallery (Palma de Mallorca, 2021); ARCO 2022 with L21 Gallery (Madrid, 2021).  

Théo Viardin (b. 1992, Paris). Lives and works in Paris

EDUCATION

2013 – 2015 Graphic Design, Lycée des Arènes, Toulouse (FR)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

Solitudes, NBB, Berlin (DE)

2022

Et In Arcadia Ego, Kandlhofer, Vienna (AT)

Jusqu’à ce que nous redevenions sauvages. Linseed Projects, Shanghai (CN)

2021

Distant Echoes. Number Three Spitalfields, London (UK)

Toute présence se mêle avec les pierres. L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca (ES)

GROUP SHOWS

2022

Gado, gado. Everyday Gallery, Antwerp (BEL)

Have we Met? Curated by Thom Oosterhof, Tesoro Collection, Amsterdam (NL)

ART FAIRS

2022

ARCO 2022. L21 Gallery, Madrid (ES)

2021

ARCO 2021. L21 Gallery, Madrid (ES)