My journey
Coming from a multidisciplinary course combining art school, psychology studies and social intervention, I chose in 2021 to devote myself fully to my artistic practice. For two years, I develop a work centered on hyperrealistic drawing: I participate in several exhibitions, make works on order, sell original pieces and receive several distinctions at artistic events. My work also draws the attention of the media, with radio and television broadcasts that help to make my approach known.
In 2023, I decided to move to Montreal, a voluntary parenthesis that allows me to nourish my eyes and broaden my personal and artistic horizon. On my return to France in the summer of 2024, the desire to create revives. After a break away from hyperrealistic drawing, I find this demanding practice with a renewed look and a refined sensitivity.
Each drawing thus becomes a silent dialogue space between my story and that of the spectator.
– Marion Roy
My artistic approach
My hyperrealistic drawing practice was born in teenage years, guided by a fascination for black and white portraits. Early on, I sought to represent the discreet marks of the body, in a desire to value its singularity and to question the imposed norms. It was an approach of benevolence, oriented towards self-appropriation.
Today, my approach is evolving towards a wider exploration of the intimate through memories, moments of life, fragments of everyday life, dreams. My goal is to create works that reflect a feeling, an emotional trace. Whether the emotion is mild, disturbing or unexpected, it must leave a imprint, a reflection.
Each drawing thus becomes a space of silent dialogue between my story and that of the spectator, in this subtle area where the intimate encounters the universal.
My technique
Before each drawing, I write an intimate starting point between my experience and its discreetly drawn transcription. After a phrase of introspection and reflection, I make sketches, then a montage from photographs – often taken by myself – in order to build a composition faithful to my vision: this is the basis of the final drawing.
The rigor of my technique is entirely at the service of my artistic approach. Each drawing, sometimes made over more than 80 hours, requires precision, patience and technical requirement. I work mainly with graphite pencils, black pencils and black PanPastel, in order to obtain renderings close to the photograph while retaining the material of the drawing.
Specializing in hyperrealistic drawing, my practice is part of a constant search for accuracy and visual emotion.