Education
He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux from 1996 to 1999.
He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux from 1996 to 1999.
As a painter, Olivier Masmonteil dedicates his work exclusively to landscapes. While offering a variety of treatment, the paintings of Olivier Masmonteil assume a thematic unity which the landscape is both the substance and form, subject and object, the content and container. Globetrotter artist, he has started a second world tour in Asia (India, Thailand, Vietnam) and South America (Chile, Brazil).
Solo exhibitions (selection) 2012: Place, Louisiana Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Ontario, Canada Olivier Masmonteil, Galerie du CAUE, Limoges, France 2011: Walden ou la vie dans les bois, Galerie Domi Nostrae, Lyon, France 2010: The long and winding road, Galerie Dukan&Hourdequin, Marseille, France Quelle que soit la minute de jour, Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon-les-Bains, France 2007: Olivier Masmonteil, Klare Ferne, French Institute, Berlin, Germany 2006: Pêcher l’eau, Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris, France 2005: Olivier Masmonteil, Augenweide, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin, Germany Group exhibitions (selection) 2012: Plaisirs de France, curated by Philippe Costamagna, Baku, Azerbaijan and Almaty, Kazakhstan 2011: A Glimpse at French Contemporary Painting, Galeria Tap Seac, Macao, China Des paysages, des figures.
Carte blanche à Olivier Masmonteil, Le Château de Saint-Ouen, Saint-Ouen, France 2010: Collection 3, Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France 2008: Délicatesse des couleurs, Hangar 7, Salzburg, Germany 2007: Peinture: Génération 70, Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France 2004: Climats, cyclothymie des paysages, Centre national d’art et du paysage, Vassivière-en-Limousin, France 2005-2006:.