Paola Rippoli y Thibault Barrére
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Paola Ripoll (1994) is a Mexican painter from the city of Querétaro. From a young age she was drawn to the art world. He began his training in art classes with Mexican artists Andrea Avendaño and later Román Miranda. Her eagerness to learn more led her to take drawing painting courses in Milan and Florence, until she finally settled in the latter to begin her formal training at The Angel Academy of Art from which she graduated in June 2018.
During his time in Italy, Ripoll had the opportunity to meet and learn from great contemporary painters such as César Santos and Jura Bedic. He complemented his studies in some courses at The Florence Academy of Art and with drawing lessons with the great Russian artist Sergey Churbiko in his atelier: Bottega Chiaro Scuro.
Paola's work has been selected for various exhibitions in Europe and can also be found in private collections. Currently one of his paintings ("Self-portrait with glasses") is on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The artist now resides in San Miguel de Allende where she runs her own atelier of academic painting and drawing methods.
Thibault Barrère is a French artist born in Grenoble in 1988. His interest in the arts began very early and in 2012 this led him to Florence to study at The Angel Academy of Art, where he completed the fundamental program of drawing and painting.
In addition to painting, Thibault expanded his areas of expertise towards engraving and sculpture. The same that he learned through specialized courses he took in Florence while studying painting.
From that moment on, Barrère has been exploring traditional painting techniques. Following recipes from the great masters of the past as well as those of his contemporaries, Thibault found a passion in the creation of his pigments and media as well as the construction and preparation of his fabrics and frames.
He begins to develop his works from sketches of his imagination that are followed by studies from a live model.
The narrative of his work is based on various mythologies, with the purpose of gaining a greater understanding of humanity. His work is an infinite search for the perfect balance between technique, craft and narrative.
Find inspiration in the Baroque movement, especially in the design, the color palette and the handling of light that dominated in that era.
His path through the art world has led him to live in different countries, including Bulgaria, Italy and France. His work has been selected in several very important pictorial competitions (Figuratives, Lang Leve Rembrandt, Mall Galleries). The artist currently lives in Guanajuato, Mexico, where he continues to develop his work in addition to sharing his knowledge in his own atelier: Atelier Barrère-Ripoll.