DELPHINE LEBOURGEOIS

Delphine Lebourgeois is a highly collectible artist and illustrator based in London. She studied Fine Art in Lyon then went on to complete a Masters in Illustration at Central St Martins in 2005. She works in various media including digital, collage, pencil, pen, ink, watercolour and screenprint but her working process always starts with an initial collage of found elements.

Her most recent work draws from various stylistic sources (ranging from Botticelli to comics) mixing symbols and cultural references in a playful and sometimes irreverent way. In 2014, Lebourgeois created a whole series of original drawings on the power of crowds “The Girl has a Gun” that was launched in October 2014. The works explored the realm of power relations and female emancipation.

Her series “Smoke” moves away from the intricate and very detailed pictures of crowds and armies featured in previous bodies of work, with images portraying a single individual smoking alone in calm surroundings. “Smoking is an interesting topic nowadays... in a society becoming more and more sanitised, we are not far from it turning into the next rebellious thing. For me, it belongs to youth and living the moment”

Lebourgeois’ latest series are her most feminist to date, as her armies of women have progressively taken on a deeper meaning. Her 2019 Pink Collection explores both erotica, the power to assert one’s sexuality, and Mania, a look back on female repression.

Lebourgeois has also collaborated with The New Yorker, The Guardian, Le Monde, L’Obs, Amnesty International and Soho House. In 2019, several of her works were featured as street art in the latest edition of Need For Speed Heat, produced by EA Games. She is exhibited around the world, including in the UK, Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore.