Artist Statement

My practice explores how painting can extend beyond its own surface and enter into dialogue with architecture, light, and perception. Working on acrylic glass, I create multi-panel paintings through successive layers of reverse-painted acrylic, hand-cut stencils, and gold leaf. Each panel exists independently while remaining inseparable from the whole.

The translucent surface allows the surrounding wall, changing light, and the viewer's movement to become part of the work itself. Rather than presenting a fixed image, the paintings shift continuously through reflection, transparency, and the space they inhabit.

Growing up between France and Germany, and later living in the United States, shaped my understanding of place as something fluid rather than fixed. Moving between cultures fostered an interest in perception, memory, and the ways environments influence how we experience belonging. Fragmentation, layering, and repetition have become both the physical language of my work and a reflection of these experiences.

Increasingly, I am interested in extending painting into architecture, creating works that transform with light, space, and the presence of the viewer.

Biographie

Annabelle Verhoye is a French-German visual artist based between New York and Munich. Her practice explores perception, memory, and the relationship between painting, light, and architecture through layered works on acrylic glass.

She received an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York and has exhibited internationally. Following many years working within the contemporary art world, she returned to full-time studio practice, where she continues to develop site-responsive paintings and installations. Her work is held in private collections internationally.

Annabelle Verhoye Studio

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