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.

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 solo exhibitions include Take your pleasure seriously, Galerie Marguo (Paris, 2022) and Wild Things Happen in Stillness, Unit London (London, 2021). Oh de Laval has participated in numerous group exhibitions : We Are the Future, Christie's London (London, 2024); Hajimemashite!, Bridge Mogura Gallery (Tokyo, 2023); Echos, Galerie Droste (Paris, 2022); Domesticity, Nassima Landau Art Foundation (Tel Aviv, 2022); Chronicles 3, Galerie Droste x KPM (Berlin, 2021); Groupe show curated by Melanie Lum, Asia Art Center (Taipei, 2021); Xiao Foundation (HK, 2021) and the Villa Merkel (Esslingen, 2021); Watchlist, Galerie Droste (Paris, 2020); and Alter Ego, Unit London (London, 2020).

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); and the Xiao Foundation (Hong Kong).

Among 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.

Born in Warsaw, Poland, 1990

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	Christie's London, 'We Are the Future', London, UK
2023	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
2022	Brigade Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
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

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...