Contemporary Art in Bordeaux: Where Spirituality and Creativity Unite
Exhibition in Bordeaux: 'Gestes Alchimiques' brings together four artists in a shared quest for meaning, blending spirituality and...
Galerie REVEL & Maxwell-Baynes
From 20 June to 10 October 2025, Galerie REVEL, in collaboration with luxury real estate agency Maxwell-Baynes | Christie’s International Real Estate, presents the group exhibition in Bordeaux "Gestes Alchimiques". This unique event showcases four contemporary female artists who explore spirituality, alchemy, and the search for meaning in contemporary art through powerful and evocative works.
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“Gestes Alchimiques”: A Collective Exhibition in Bordeaux Honouring the Spiritual Quest
From 20 June to 10 October 2025, Galerie REVEL unveils "Gestes Alchimiques", a collective exhibition featuring the works of four female artists: Tiffanie Delune, Kartini Thomas, Alymamah Rashed, and Olivia de Posson. Their creations reflect deeply personal spiritual quests. Each artist transforms their own stories, wounds, and sensitivities into what Vassily Kandinsky described as “vibrations of the soul” in his book Concerning the Spiritual in Art.
These dreamlike compositions evoke universal resonances, immersing viewers in a journey through ancestral wisdom and collective memory. The exhibition invites us to reframe our worldview, offering an alternative to materialist philosophies.
In the tradition of spiritual alchemy, the quest for the Great Work translates into a slow, profound transformation of the inner “Self”. Here, pigments, textiles and stoneware take the place of sulphur, lead and gold—elements of classical alchemy. Artistic gestures become intimate, liberating and purifying rituals.
In response to today’s global crises—climate destruction, overconsumption, and social fragmentation—these practices sketch out new horizons of reconnection and re-enchantment. The works align with the legacies of pioneering figures like Hilma af Klint, Anna-Eva Bergman, or Joan Mitchell, where material and spirit converge.
Featured Artists in Our Exhibition in Bordeaux
Tiffanie Delune: Dream Cartographies and Intimate Narratives
Of French and Belgo-Congolese heritage, Tiffanie Delune is a self-taught visual artist currently based in Montpellier.
Her piece Silence Talks (2022) is a testament to her exploration of storytelling through painting, collage, and drawing — an invitation to emotion and conversation. Initially focused on trauma and childhood, her work has since evolved toward universal stories, where symbols, celestial forms, and organic shapes converse in a singular aesthetic.
Tiffanie Delune, Cartographie du Coeur, VI (Cartography of the Heart, IV), 2025 Mixed techniques on canvas Galerie Revel
Her work Cartography of the Heart, VI (2025) is exhibited here in Bordeaux, following shows in London, Paris, Lagos and Los Angeles. She has been featured by Forbes, BBC Radio London, Contemporary And, The Financial Times and Artsy, and her work is part of prestigious collections, including the Gandur Foundation for Art in Geneva and the Alexandra Cohen Hospital in New York.
Kartini Thomas: Intuitive Sculptures and Contemporary Mythologies
An American artist living between Toulouse and Île d’Oléron, Kartini Thomas sculpts porcelain and stoneware to bring to life a universe of teeming, curious creatures. A graduate of École des Arts Décoratifs de Paris and Reed College in biology, she combines scientific inquiry with artistic creation, exploring themes of biodiversity, mutation, and the unknown.
Through a playful yet precise approach to ceramic materials and glazes, Kartini encourages viewers to let go of expectations and embrace the wonder of new life forms—like a “mad scientist” imagining joyful new species.
Her inspiration comes from microbiology and travel—especially the sensation of being a stranger or “alien”—a disorienting yet liberating feeling she expresses through tactile and visual immersion.
Kartini Thomas, Baby Mega Space Monkey (grès, porcelaine, engobes, émaux), Photo d'Arthur Pequin
Alymamah Rashed: Mystical Landscapes and Hybrid Identities
Alymamah Rashed, a visual artist from Kuwait, uses her work to navigate questions of identity, the female body, and the natural world. Drawing inspiration from regional folklore, everyday objects, and botanical treasures, she bridges East and West in poetic and engaged narratives.
She holds an MFA from Parsons School of Design (2019) and a BFA from School of Visual Arts, New York (2016). Her work has been shown in New York, including at the Czech Center, Parsol Projects, and The New School.
Alymamah has received numerous accolades, including the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education merit scholarship and a residency sponsored by the American-Arab Chamber of Commerce.
Alymamah Rashed, A Forest Grows Within Me to See You (You Found Me Once Again) 1, Photo d'Arthur Pequin
Olivia de Posson: Energy Transmission and the Alchemy of the Heart
Describing herself as an “energy artist,” Olivia de Posson uses color as a medium of vibrational information. Guided by heart-centered intuition, she transforms the emotional depths of her life journey into radiant, abstract harmonies.
Her creative process draws on the idea of the “HeArt”—a space beyond duality and judgment—where blocks and illusions dissolve into a state of grace. Each painting becomes an expression of love and spiritual unity.
Her acrylic paintings are infused with water’s vibrational memory, echoing the research of Masaru Emoto, and serve as subtle channels of healing and energetic transmission.
Through vivid and luminous artworks, Olivia invites viewers to a deep inner journey of awakening and transformation.
Olivia de Posson, This place where we are one (Acrylic and pure energy on canvas) 50 x 40 x 10 cm, Photo d'Arthur Pequin
A Committed and Innovative Galleryin Bordeaux
Founded in 2021, Galerie REVEL has become a vital voice in Bordeaux’s contemporary art scene. It is committed to amplifying artists historically marginalised by the Western art canon. The gallery curates emerging and mid-career talents whose work engages with major themes of our time: identity, gender, ecology, decolonial practices, postcolonial cultures, cultural appropriation, and migration.
International Recognition
The gallery’s unique curatorial vision has been praised by leading art and design publications, including The Art Newspaper, Financial Times, The Design Edit, Elle Decoration France, The Sunday Telegraph, World of Interiors, AD France, AD Italy, AD Spain, and ENKI Magazine.
An Artistic Journey into Meaning and Transformation
In partnership with Maxwell-Baynes | Christie’s International Real Estate, Galerie REVEL offers a unique art experience where every exhibition in Bordeaux becomes a journey through meaning, diversity, and innovation.
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