Sophie-Gaëlle Martin
• EXTRASOLAR UTOPIAS •
Contemporary narrative art • Surrealism • Oil painting
70s & 80s
A child of Generation X, Sophie-Gaëlle Martin, or Sofigael M., is a French visual artist, painter and designer.
Her bittersweet graphic narratives, with precise lines and intense, contrasting colors typical of 70s and 80s design, portray disillusioned characters whose haunted gazes suggest adventures we can sense as tragic.
Through surreal scenes with a deceptively lighthearted tone, the artist illustrates existential anxiety and depicts the liminal state, the peaceful instant, and the unawareness surrounding tragedy.
Extrasolar utopias
An amateur cosmologist, raised on science fiction stories from a very young age, the artist is fascinated by the universe and quantum physics.
Vast spaces, distant journeys to exotic tropical regions: Sophie-Gaëlle loves pushing the boundaries of exoticism in her dystopian worlds, which have a pop art aesthetic.
End(s) of the world
The danger is present, the catastrophe is imminent, the tragedy is about to unfold. Whether it's a tsunami or a drought, an alien invasion, a plane crash at the end of vacation, or a peaceful, idyllic scene threatened by hidden rapists or predators: moments of relaxation or tenderness are always fragile and fleeting, suspended in time.
The threat looms.
Endangered by the cataclysms they themselves have unleashed, or more prosaically, by the ordinary dramas and invisible dangers of their daily lives, these resilient heroes and heroines, despite adversity, exude a certain audacious and sexy "no future" vibe reminiscent of the late 20th century.
Yet for them, this is indeed the end of the world - an intimate or radical end, but in any case, the end of their world, the one we have always called home
A few artworks
Summerwaves -Sofigael M. 2025 – Huile sur lin
Malaise -Sofigael M. 2025 – Huile sur lin – 73 x 92 cm
Le bourdonnement – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin – 2025
L’arrivée des premiers engins -2025 – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin – 60 x 73 cm
La traversée du désert [American dream] – Sofigael M. 2025 – Huile sur lin – 65 x 81 cm
![La traversée du désert [American dream] - Sofigael M. 2025 - Huile sur lin - 65 x 81 cm](https://www.sofigael-m.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/La-traversee-du-desert-American-Dream-Sofigael-M-2025-1-scaled.webp)
SMOKE – Sofigael M. 2025 – Huile sur lin – 50 x 50 cm – Art contemporain
Delivrance – Sofigael M. 2025 – Huile sur lin – 81 x 65 cm – Art contemporain
Promenade avec mon chat – Sofigael M. 2025 – Huile sur lin – 50 x 50 cm
L’amour vache – Sofigael M. 2025 – Huile sur lin – 50 x 50 cm
En ligne de mire – Sofigael M. 2025 – Huile sur lin 50×50 cm
La fin des vacances – Sofigael M. 2024 – Huile sur lin – Art contemporain
Belle prise – Sofigael M. 2025 – Huile sur lin – 50 x 50 cm
L’arrêt du programme – Sofigael M. 2025 – Huile sur lin – 65 x 81 cm – Art contemporain
Soleils – Sofigael M. ART – Huile sur lin – 73 x 92 cm
Points cardinaux – Sofigael M. – Huile sur coton – 100 x 80 cm
Don’t kill the Punk – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin – 73 x 60 cm
Stigmates – Sofigael M. 2024 – Huile sur lin – 73 x 60 cm
Vortex – Sofigael M. 2024 – Huile sur lin – 60 x 73 cm
Miroir cassé – Sofigael M. – 2024 – Huile sur lin – 60 x 73 cm
A l’écart de la ville – Sofigael M. ART – Huile sur lin – 80 x 80 cm
Nos galaxies – Sofigael M. ART – Huile sur lin – 65 x 81 cm
Intrication – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin – 73 x 60 cm
The Jungle game – Sofigael M. – 2024 – Huile sur lin – 100 x 100 cm
Le grand jeu – Sofigael M. – 2023 – Huile sur lin – 81 x 100 cm
Insomnie II L’homme au chapeau noir – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin – 80 x 80 cm
Distraction – Huile sur lin – 73 x 92 cm – Sofigael M. ART
Le refuge – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin – 100 x 80 cm
Autoportrait Sophie-Gaëlle Martin – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin
Adaptation – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin
Jazzy cats – Sofigael M. – Huile sur coton
Prédateurs – Sofigael M. – Huile sur coton
Vivaces – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin
La Vague – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin
Avant l’orage – Sofigael M. – Huile sur lin
