JEAN-PAUL LANDREAU ,ARTIST PAINTER & CERAMIST

JEAN-PAUL LANDREAU artist painter and ceramist

Born in the Loire valley, France, artist Jean-Paul Landreau moved to London in 1979 and studied ceramics at Harrow School of Art . Ceramist and painter works close to  Niort and La Rochelle in the heart of the Venise Verte in the Marais Poitevin.

The artist treats the surface of his ceramics the same as a painter uses canvas. Multiples layersof coloured slips ( coloured clays) and sgaffito motifs share influences drawn from artists such as Matisse, Cocteau, Braqueand Miro. In his more abstract figures, the ceramist artist enjoys the interplay of the motif and the form. Each designis intended to " Sing out to the viewers own imagination". In the past , ceramist Jean-Paul Landreau has collaborated with such respected figures as John Piper, Bruce Mc Lean, Philip Sutton and Patrick Caulfield.

The artist has exhibited widely in France, Great Britain, The Nederlands, Belgium, Spain, Germany and the USA;

EXHIBITIONS.

Art in clay, Ceramic Festival, HATFIELD,GB.

Art in Action, Waterperry , Oxford ,GB.

Earth&Fire, Rufford Ceramic Fair , Newark, GB.

Ceramic In the City, The Geffrye Museum, LONDON ,GB.

International Ceramic Market , SWALMEN, HOLLAND.

The Gouda International potters festival, GOUDA, HOLLAND.

Intenational ceramic fair , BADEN-BADEN GERMANY.

Keramisto Ceramic fair, MILSBEEK, HOLLAND.

Art in Action,DUBLIN, IRELAND.

Clay Art ,DENBIGH, WALES.

Potfest in The Pens , PENRITH,GB.

Potfest in The Park, PENRITH,GB.

Terrania,festival de Ceramica, MONTBLANC, SPAIN.

Les Arts du Feu, RENNES, FRANCE

Le Printemps des Potiers,BANDOL,FRANCE.