Georges Monfils
Belgian born (Wilrijk) Georges Monfils was raised in Flemish Belgium and Northern France. He later migrated to the States. By his late teens he was living in New York City and his "old world" heritage became fully exposed to the "factory" (Andy Warhol) cult. Imagine the clash of those roots with the imagery of booming "pop". That’s his style; "nouveau pop".
Although being a self taught painter, he got the help and needed encouragement from many well established artists. His unique layering technique fully developed once he changed his medium to acrylic paints. Those he mixes himself and uses some of his favorite Gauguin paintings as inspiration to create his ever growing color palette.
His work confronts us with the same blunt force as that of a child asking about sex. No topic is "off limit"; let yourself be drawn into the subject matter and your imagination challenged, while execution and color engulf you into his world.
Private & Corporate Collections
Sylvia C Toth, philanthropist, Monaco, New York, The Hague
Careen Friedland, philanthropist, Pasadena, New York
Neelie Kroes, European Community Commissioner, Brussels
Astrid Joosten, television personality, Netherlands
Paul de Leeuw, comedian/producer, the Netherlands, New York
Anne & Rick Hoffman, developer, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Smit & Smit, restaurateurs, San Francisco
Janice Dickinson, actress/producer, Los Angeles, CA
Prince Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Prince’s Palace of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Kittrich Corporation / Pomona
Toco Holdings USA / The Hague, New York
Toco d'Azur / Nice
Permanent Collections
Van Gogh Museum Shop, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Selected Exhibitions
2019 Gefen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, USA The La Jolla Gallery, La Jolla, CA, USA Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2018 Gefen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, USA The La Jolla Gallery, La Jolla, CA, USA Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2017 Gefen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, USA The La Jolla Gallery, La Jolla, CA, USA Gallery 21, Tel Aviv, Israel
Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2016 Gallery 21, Tel Aviv, Israel
Galerie Montaigne, West Hollywood, CA, USA Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2015 Galerie Montaigne, West Hollywood, CA, USA Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2014 LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA, USA Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2013 Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2012 Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2011 LA Art Experience, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
Hilton Hotel Lobby, The Hague, the Netherlands 2010 Art Basel, Miami, FL, USA
San Marino Gallery, Pasadena, CA, USA
Toco d’Azur, Nice, France 2009 Arti, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2008 Colours, The Hague, the Netherlands
Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2007 Lange Voorhout, The Hague, the Netherlands
Toco d’Azur, Nice, France 2006 Toco d’Azur, Nice, France
2005 Biennale Internazionale Dell’arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy The Grove, Coconut Grove, FL, USA
The Tides, South Beach, Miami, FL, USA 2003 Flamingos on the Beach, Miami, FL, USA
Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA, USA 2002 Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA, USA 2001 Trail of Painted Ponies, Albuquerque International Airport,
Albuquerque, NM, USA
2000 Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA, USA 1999 Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA, USA 1998 Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Publications
Filmmaker, Review, Magazine, Spring 2010 LA Art Show Catalogue, 2014
LA Times, Review, Newspaper, 2003
Fly Dutchman, KLM Magazine