A French Contemporary Visual Artist, Vietnam resident, a Yogi and Meditator
My artistic journey began in Lille and Paris, where I studied at the École du Louvre. After many years of travel, I found my home in Hanoi in a forest corner distancing from the city hustle and bustle, contemplating and painting.
My work grows from a deep intention to cultivate a living relationship with the natural world. I explore the spiritual space that exists between humans and nature, searching for a point of harmony where the two become inseparable.
Meditation, yoga, and community work nurture this connection. They own clarity, inner transformation, and a deeper understanding of universal principles and elements that flow directly into my paintings.
I love the silence and slow yet steady rhythm that painting brings me. I am like a researcher who does not know where he will arrive when he begins working; I place my trust in the guidance of my hands and in something beyond, whatever name one chooses to give it. Sometimes, in the very last stage, I introduce something that does not belong to the world of art—a natural pigment found in the wild, a piece of wood brought back from a forest walk.
I practice letting my paintings go. The creativity needs to keep flowing. I love to see that someone is touched by my artworks and that they will hang my paintings at home. Otherwise, the remaining works of the year will keep on their transformation into dust under a fire ritual at the corner of my garden.
That sounds violent to an artist, however, it is necessary for purification and transformation of an ego and bring forth the inner creativity. Then it is the time to start the continuation...
ARTISTIC PORTFOLIO
Born on november 17th, 1958 - France
Graduated from Universitee de Lille – Major in Literature
Graduated from L'ecole du Louvre de Paris
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 – “Nature”, private view for investors and collectors, Hanoi
2022 - “ Be here and listen ” AZ Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A journey of initiating, soaring, contemplating, home-coming and untethering...
2019 – Private view for investors and collectors, Nam Cát Tiên, Đồng Nai, Việt Nam.
2012 - “Voir et et et etre vue” Lille, France. Mixed materials.
(Renowned for his newspaper illustrations, Philippe Landry wanted to experienceexplored the interaction between painting, photography and poetry while focusing on the. It is a journey
between the stability and the movement of matter, as well as the permanence or eternity of light and the contrast.)
2011 - “Festival des trois mondes” Lille, France
(The exhibition used mixed materials experimenting with music.
15 acrylic and 10 art-media paintings were on display and sold. These works of this exhibition are currently being kept for collection in France, Belgium and Canada.)
1991 – 2001, exclusive sale 1400 paintings to Agence France - Presse, France
1989, Galerie Berty, Paris Digital art and mixed media
A one-month solo exhibition
1990, Galerie Berty, Paris
Digital art and mixed media
One-month solo exhibition
1991, Galerie Berty, Paris
Digital art and mixed media
One-month solo exhibition
In 1989 - 1991 softwares available for creating digital art were emerging and improving. Philippe's artworks during this time reflected his perception of the world and nature. They were Philippe’s work at the time contained a mix of traditional and digital paintings. The formation of his style was clear and precise. The expression of his art works looked authentic, vivid and powerful. Philippe was one of the most talented pioneers and digital artists in Paris at that time.
In 1985 - 1989 Character Designer, concept artist for Ara-film, Studio Asterix Paris, and Studio Disney France
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2008 & 2010 - LE 59 RIVOLI - https://www.59rivoli.org/accueil/
59, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Exhibition at 59 Rivoli, initially called Chez Robert.
In association with « free électrons » which is a collective of artists.
Exhibition of abstract digital images with an ordered, but not rigid, logical thought.
2006 - LE POINT ÉPHEMÈRE - https://pointephemere.org/
200, Quai de Valmy, 75010 Paris
Digital arts; a large-size wall projection of digital works allows you to discover details invisible to the naked eye.
A hidden story is thus revealed at the staging.
1993 - 1994 « LES FRIGOS » - https://www.les-frigos.fr/
19, rue des Frigos, 75013 Paris
Annual exhibition during the Portes Ouvertes des ateliers des Frigos. An exhibition of a series of paintings augmented by a video projection, allowing the exploration of the junction between painting and video.