Rebecca Brodskis

Rebecca Brodskis, born in France in 1988, lives and works in Marseille. She spent most of her childhood traveling and living between France and Morocco. She studied painting at the Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris and Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London.
Having always been drawn to theoretical studies, she completed a Master's degree in sociology on the themes of vulnerability and social crisis.

Rebecca Brodskis paints exclusively figures, mainly portraits. With no context background setting, only the faces count. Her models are often strangers whom she has met and whose representation she modifies through her imagination. While reduced details allow a sense of uncertainty to overcome the images, the looks are thoughtful or deliberate. She says: "A portrait is, above all, a reflection of the soul - I don't paint portraits, I paint people."

Surprisingly, under her brushes, the anatomical elements of the figures, carried by the shadows, become rounder. The angles of the nose become softer, the superciliary arches less prominent. On each of the two canvases on display, the quiet detail, yet the one catching the eye, is indeed round, whether it's the little gold creole worn on Alex's ear or the accessory in Leo's hair.