Pauline Douady is a French visual artist whose practice spans drawing, printmaking, and large-scale paintings. Her process is rooted in a hands-on, sensory approach that embraces surprise, memory, and emotional resonance. Largely self-taught, her trajectory has been shaped by formative time in Buenos Aires under the guidance of painter Jorge Demirjian, where she honed her sensitivity to form, balance, and the invisible forces shaping visual composition. Drawn to the material intimacy of lithography, she developed a singular printmaking language centered on unique, limited-edition works, far from traditional reproduction. Her time in the Beaux-Arts schools of Buenos Aires and Angers allowed her to deepen her technical vocabulary while engaging actively with local artistic communities.
Since relocating to Toulon in 2017, the Mediterranean landscape has enriched her visual lexicon and sparked new experiments in intaglio, xylography, and mural painting. In 2019, she co-founded the city’s first printmaking festival, in collaboration with Sacha Stoliarova.
Douady’s work has been exhibited across local galleries, artist-run initiatives, and unconventional spaces, reflecting her commitment to open, dynamic forms of artistic exchange. In recent years, she has expanded into fresco work and continues to explore the intersection of gesture, memory, and sensory perception.