Behind

The artist.

Léa Bros.

LÉA BROS (YOUTHEMAGICIAN) IS AN ARTIST BASED IN THE SOUTH WEST OF FRANCE. DURING HER STUDIES’S FREE TIME IN FASHION DESIGN, SHE DEVELOPED HER SELF TAUGHT ILLUSTRATIONS WITH INK AND PEN AND WILL NEVER LEAVE THIS MEDIUM.

SHE THEN WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN FASHION DESIGN, FOR THE WOMEN’S LINE OF A MAJOR FRENCH READY-TO-WEAR BRAND.

FROM HER past IN WOMEN’S FASHION, LÉA BROS KEEPS THE DESIRE TO REPRESENT WOMEN. THEY ARE, WITH GESTURES, THE MAIN THEME OF HER WORKS.

IN HER WORK WE CAN FIND HER DESIRE TO REPRESENT WOMEN IN ALL THEIR subtleties. SHE TAKES A FEMININE EYE ON THE BODIES SHE REPRESENTS. BODIES REVEALED, SUGGESTED, BUT THAT ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PERSONALITY OF THE WOMEN REPRESENTED. A REPRESENTATION THAT GOES AGAINST FEMININE STEREOTYPES OFTEN AUTOMATICALLY SEXUALIZED.

LÉA BROS MAINLY USES INK AND PEN ON PAPER, AS WELL AS ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, HER OTHER PREFERRED MEDIUM. WE RECOGNIZE HER WORK BY ITS FINE PURE LINES : IT DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE GESTURES, THE DETAILS, THE ESSENTIAL THAT WE MIGHT MISS. A TRAIT ENHANCED BY THE POETRY OF THE GOLD LEAF THAT SHE USES IN TOUCHES.

THIS YEAR SHE WAS VOTED « ARTIST OF THE MONTH » BY ARTJOB IN MAY 2023, AND ARTIST DISTINGUISHED IN THE “ARTASCENT” MAGAZINE. SHE IS NOW WORKING WITH SELECTED GALLERIES, AS « GALERIE ANNOTIAU », WHERE SHE HAD HER FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION THIS OCTOBER 2023.