Pilar Corrias has announced the representation of Alexis Ralaivao (b. 1991, Rennes; lives and works in Rennes, France), in partnership with Olney Gleason, New York.
Ralaivao’s first UK solo exhibition, Flirter avec l’abstrait, is currently on view at Pilar Corrias’s Conduit Street gallery in Mayfair, London, through 23rd May 2026.
Ralaivao’s intimate, diaristic oil paintings combine classical traditions with a distinctly contemporary sensibility. Drawing on Old Master techniques associated with 17th-century Dutch painting and its meticulous attention to fabric and surface, his work is marked by a precise and attentive gaze, capturing
fleeting gestures and lending them both immediacy and a sense of timelessness. The paintings that emerge draw out the emotional depth of everyday scenes, inviting sustained looking, at once revealing and withholding.
“We are delighted to be working with Alexis. The reception of his current exhibition at the gallery, his first UK solo show, has been phenomenal, and it has been an honour to introduce his work to new audiences. Alexis is one of the most exciting young painters working today, distinguished by a masterful handling of paint and a nuanced, contemporary reimagining of art historical traditions.”
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Alexis Ralaivao lives and works in Rennes. In 2022, he was featured in The Artsy Vanguard. His work is held in numerous institutional collections internationally, including the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France; Powerlong Museum, Shanghai; and the He Art Museum, China. @oavialar
