« C’est dans sa capacité à conjuguer le projet graphique à l’image choisie que Valentin van der Meulen révèle sa maîtrise du dessin : la même force qui se dégage du dessin se trouve dans le geste et le regard.Souvent les dessins de sculpteurs témoignent de leurs manières de traiter la pierre, le bois, l’on pense ici à Baselitz ou Dodeigne. Un même poids de la main s’imprime dans la matière. Valentin van der Meulen n’est pas sculpteur, pourtant son dessin parvient à conférer à l’image une présence tangible dans l’espace. »- Paul-Hervé Parsy, ancien directeur du Château D’Oiron et des collections du Centre Georges PompidouValentin van der Meulen vit et travaille à Paris. Il est représenté depuis plusieurs années par des galeries à Zurich, Salzbourg, Hambourg et Paris. On retrouve son travail dans des expositions institutionnelles telle que « Bribes » à la Maison des Arts de Malakoff, « Untitled » au Château de Bussy Rabutin en collaboration avec le centre des Monuments Nationaux, ou encore « Free » au Drawing Lab à Paris en 2018. Il a été exposé sur des foires telles que Drawing Now, Kunst Zurich, Art Fair Cologne, Luxembourg Art Week ou Art Paris. Présent dans plusieurs collections en France et à l’étranger telles que la Fondation Francés, la Fondation Vasarely, ou la collection de la Société Générale, son travail interroge les limites de l’image et du dessin à travers les notions d’altération, d’espace, de temps, d’histoire, ou de construction de l’identité. En décembre 2023, il présente sa deuxième exposition personnelle à la galerie Strouk, parallèlement à son exposition à l'Ancien Musée de Peinture de Grenoble suite à son passage à la Résidence Saint-Ange.
"It is in his ability to combine the graphic project with the chosen image that Valentin van der Meulen reveals his mastery of drawing: the same force that emerges from the drawing is found in the gesture and the look.Often the drawings of sculptors testify to their ways of treating stone, wood, we think here of Baselitz or Dodeigne. The same weight of the hand is imprinted in the material. Valentin van der Meulen is not a sculptor, yet his drawing manages to give the image a tangible presence in space."- Paul-Hervé Parsy, former director of the Château D'Oiron and the Collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou. Valentin van der Meulen lives and works in Paris. He has been represented for several years by galleries in Zurich, Salzburg, Hamburg and Paris. His work can be found in institutional exhibitions such as "Bribes" at the Maison des Arts de Malakoff, "Untitled" at the Château de Bussy Rabutin in collaboration with the Centre des Monuments Nationaux, or "Free" at the Drawing Lab in Paris in 2018. He has been exhibited at fairs such as Drawing Now, Kunst Zurich, Art Fair Cologne, Luxembourg Art Week or Art Paris. Present in several collections in France and abroad such as the Francés Foundation, the Vasarely Foundation or La Société Générale his work questions the limits of the image and drawing through the notions of alteration, space, time, history, or the construction of identity. In December 2023, he presents his second personal exhibition at Strouk gallery, alongside his exhibition at the Ancien Musée de Peinture de Grenoble following his residency at la Résidence Saint-Ange.
"It is in his ability to combine the graphic project with the chosen image that Valentin van der Meulen reveals his mastery of drawing: the same force that emerges from the drawing is found in the gesture and the look.Often the drawings of sculptors testify to their ways of treating stone, wood, we think here of Baselitz or Dodeigne. The same weight of the hand is imprinted in the material. Valentin van der Meulen is not a sculptor, yet his drawing manages to give the image a tangible presence in space."- Paul-Hervé Parsy, former director of the Château D'Oiron and the Collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou. Valentin van der Meulen lives and works in Paris. He has been represented for several years by galleries in Zurich, Salzburg, Hamburg and Paris. His work can be found in institutional exhibitions such as "Bribes" at the Maison des Arts de Malakoff, "Untitled" at the Château de Bussy Rabutin in collaboration with the Centre des Monuments Nationaux, or "Free" at the Drawing Lab in Paris in 2018. He has been exhibited at fairs such as Drawing Now, Kunst Zurich, Art Fair Cologne, Luxembourg Art Week or Art Paris. Present in several collections in France and abroad such as the Francés Foundation, the Vasarely Foundation or La Société Générale his work questions the limits of the image and drawing through the notions of alteration, space, time, history, or the construction of identity. In December 2023, he presents his second personal exhibition at Strouk gallery, alongside his exhibition at the Ancien Musée de Peinture de Grenoble following his residency at la Résidence Saint-Ange.