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, why we make them and how we feel as a result. These decisions are windows into our very personalities. In this spirit, each of de Laval’s paintings acts as a window into her character, her pleasures and her imaginings.

Among Oh de Laval’s varied inspirations are Francis Bacon’s hedonistic lifestyle, sociologist Émile Durkheim’s theory that deviance is necessary to a functioning, successful society, and her love for the French New Wave, Italian cinema, and Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky.

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. Her recent exhibitions include Galerie Marguo, Paris, FR (2023, solo); Unit London, UK (2021, solo); Galerie Claire Castaud, Paris, FR (2024, group); Allouche Gallery, New York, NY (2024, group); Museum of Sex, New York, NY (2024, group); Bridge Mogura Gallery, Tokyo, JP (2023, group); Galerie Droste, Paris, FR (2022, group); Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv, IL (2022, group); Asia Art Center, Taipei, TW (2021, group); Xiao Foundation, Hong Kong, CN (2021, group); Villa Merkel, Esslingen, DE (2021, group); Galerie Droste, Paris, FR (2020, group), Unit London, UK (2020, group).

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

Solo Exhibition

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

Collections

Fundación AMMA, Mexico City, Mexico

Dib Museum, Bangkok, Thailand

Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, USA

Studio Berkhain Museum, Berlin, Germany

Emergentes Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon

Xiao Foundation, Hong Kong

X Museum, Beijing, China

Asymmetry Foundation, London, UK

Oh de Laval: Take Your Pleasure Seriously

Exhibition Full Film

4 Apr 2023

Galerie Marguo is delighted to present Take Your Pleasure Seriously, an exhibition of new and recent works by the Thai-Polish artist Oh de Laval. Opening...