Elena Gómez Toussaint

Elena Gómez Toussaint studied fine arts in Mexico City and at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.

Her work has been exhibited in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland and Mexico.

Fluctuating between abstraction and representation, Elena uses drawing as a starting point. She describes drawing as “a way of looking into the world and expressing it through the mark, like a continuation of the gesture of the hand”. This results in very gestural paintings in which movement is key.

A recurring theme in her work is the concept of process. By working in layers, every stage of her process leaves a trace on her canvas; stains, brushstrokes and pencil marks remain visible through an interlacing of depths and transparencies, turning her abstract landscapes into a recording device, a space of memories.

Her two latest series, “Distressed Walls” and “Night Skies” were completed using this process.

Elena Gómez Toussaint was born in 1964 in Mexico City, where she currently lives and works.