Oh de Laval

I paint to taste life twice: in the moment and in retrospection.

— Oh de Laval

The work of Polish-Thai artist Oh de Laval is concerned with human behaviour: the decisions we make and consequences of our actions. In this spirit, each of de Laval’s paintings acts as a window into our inner characters, pleasures and fantasies. Among Oh de Laval’s inspirations, the most significant are human desires, secrets and our wild nature.

Many of her paintings are dominated by “Venetian pink” which became her signature colour. To de Laval, everyone's life is a mix of comedy and drama. With each artwork she challenges herself to express these ideas through painting, questioning the viewer to reflect on the purpose and seriousness of life.

Oh de Laval (b.1990, Warsaw, PL) earned a degree in sociology from the University of Warsaw in 2016 before moving to London to pursue painting. Recent exhibitions include I miss when people had secrets, Galerie Marguo, Paris, FR (2025, solo); Take your pleasure seriously, Galerie Marguo, Paris, FR (2023, solo); Wild Things Happen in Stillness, Unit London, UK (2021, solo); Le jardin des délices, Galerie Claire Castaud, Paris, FR (2024, group); Technostalgia, Allouche Gallery, New York, NY (2024, group); I LICKED IT, IT’S MINE, Museum of Sex, New York, NY (2024, group); Hajimemashite, Bridge Mogura Gallery, Tokyo, JP (2023, group); Chronicles 7, Galerie Droste, Paris, FR (2022, group); Domesticity, Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv, IL (2022, group); My Secret Garden, Asia Art Center, Taipei, TW (2021, group); Xiao Foundation, Hong Kong, CN (2021, group); Ein Museum auf Probe, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, DE (2021, group); and Watchlist, Galerie Droste, Paris, FR and Unit London, UK (2020, group).

Oh de Laval collaborated with Kali Uchis on the art for her 2020 EP To Feel Alive. Her work is held in the collections of AMMA Foundation (Mexico City, MX); Dib Museum (Bangkok, TH); Rudin Dewoody Collection (Florida, US); Studio Berkhain Museum (Berlin, DE); Emergentes Art Collection (Lebanon); Xiao Foundation (Hong Kong); X Museum (Beijing); and the Asymmetry Foundation (London).

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Born 1990 in Warsaw, Poland. Works and lives in Paris, France.

Solo Exhibition

2025	Galerie Marguo, I miss when people had secrets, Paris, France
2023	Galerie Marguo, Take Your Pleasure Seriously, Paris, France
2022	Galerie Marguo, Solo Presentation, Art Paris, Paris, France
2021	Unit London, Wild Things Happen in Stillness, London, UK

Group Exhibitions

2024	Galerie Marguo, Art Collaboration Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (Upcoming)
	Andrea Festa Fine Art, Boudoir, Rome, Italy
	Show Studio, SHADOW-BAN, London, UK
	Galerie Claire Gastaud, Le jardin des délices, Paris, France
	Allouche Gallery, Technostalgia, New York, NY
	Museum of Sex, I LICKED IT, ITS MINE, New York, NY
	Sothebys London We Are the Future, London, UK
2023	Art Bund Fair, Cassina Projects, Shanghai, China
	Untitled Art Fair, Room57 Gallery, Miami, USA
	Bridge Mogura Gallery, 'Hajimemashite!', Tokyo, Japan
	Droste Gallery, Chronicles 7, Berlin, Germany
	Room 57 Gallery First Impression, New York, NY
	Galerie Marguo, Art Paris 2023, Paris, France
	Bridge Mogura Gallery, Hajimemashite!, Tokyo, Japan
2022	Galerie Droste, Echos, Paris, France
	Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Domesticity, Tel-Aviv, Israël
2021	Galerie Droste, Chronicles 3 at KPM Berlin, Berlin, Germany
	Asia Art Centre, My Secret Garden curated by Melanie Lum, Taipei, Taiwan
	Xiao Foundation, Group Exhibition curated by Hans Werner Holzwarth, Hong Kong
	Villa Merkel, Ein Museum auf Probe, Esslingen, Germany
2020	Galerie Droste, Watchlist, Paris, France
	Unit London, Drawn Together (online), London, UK
	Unit London, Alter Ego, London, UK